diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/linux.config b/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/linux.config
index 7994553544..f944884243 100644
--- a/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/linux.config
+++ b/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/linux.config
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
-CONFIG_YENTA=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_INET=y
-CONFIG_IDE=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC=y
+CONFIG_PCCARD=y
+CONFIG_YENTA=y
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
+CONFIG_ATA=y
+CONFIG_PATA_MACIO=y
 CONFIG_ADB=y
 CONFIG_ADB_CUDA=y
 CONFIG_ADB_PMU=y
diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/readme.txt b/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/readme.txt
index e6c9c2016e..e39579ade2 100644
--- a/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
-  qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -kernel output/images/vmlinux -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -append "console=ttyS0 rootwait root=/dev/hda" -serial stdio -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user # qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
+  qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -kernel output/images/vmlinux -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -append "console=ttyS0 rootwait root=/dev/sda" -serial stdio -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user # qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer.
diff --git a/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig b/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
index 6e41afe8d7..824fe648ab 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/qemu/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="$(BR2_DEFCONFIG)"
 
-# Linux headers same as kernel, a 5.10 series
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_10=y
+# Linux headers same as kernel
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_15=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.10.7"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.15"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/ppc-g3beige/linux.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y