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12 @center @titlefont{QEMU Emulator}
14 @center @titlefont{User Documentation}
26 * QEMU PC System emulator::
27 * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
28 * QEMU User space emulator::
29 * compilation:: Compilation from the sources
40 * intro_features:: Features
46 QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
47 achieve good emulation speed.
49 QEMU has two operating modes:
54 Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
55 example a PC), including one or several processors and various
56 peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
57 without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
60 User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
61 processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
62 launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
63 to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
67 QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
70 For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
72 @item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
73 @item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
74 @item PREP (PowerPC processor)
75 @item G3 Beige PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
76 @item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
77 @item Sun4m/Sun4c/Sun4d (32-bit Sparc processor)
78 @item Sun4u/Sun4v (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
79 @item Malta board (32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processors)
80 @item MIPS Magnum (64-bit MIPS processor)
81 @item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM)
82 @item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM)
83 @item ARM RealView Emulation baseboard (ARM)
84 @item Spitz, Akita, Borzoi, Terrier and Tosa PDAs (PXA270 processor)
85 @item Luminary Micro LM3S811EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
86 @item Luminary Micro LM3S6965EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
87 @item Freescale MCF5208EVB (ColdFire V2).
88 @item Arnewsh MCF5206 evaluation board (ColdFire V2).
89 @item Palm Tungsten|E PDA (OMAP310 processor)
90 @item N800 and N810 tablets (OMAP2420 processor)
91 @item MusicPal (MV88W8618 ARM processor)
92 @item Gumstix "Connex" and "Verdex" motherboards (PXA255/270).
93 @item Siemens SX1 smartphone (OMAP310 processor)
94 @item Syborg SVP base model (ARM Cortex-A8).
95 @item AXIS-Devboard88 (CRISv32 ETRAX-FS).
96 @item Petalogix Spartan 3aDSP1800 MMU ref design (MicroBlaze).
99 For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, 32-bit MIPS, Sparc32/64, ColdFire(m68k), CRISv32 and MicroBlaze CPUs are supported.
102 @chapter Installation
104 If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
107 * install_linux:: Linux
108 * install_windows:: Windows
109 * install_mac:: Macintosh
115 If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
116 have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
118 @node install_windows
121 Download the experimental binary installer at
122 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
127 Download the experimental binary installer at
128 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
130 @node QEMU PC System emulator
131 @chapter QEMU PC System emulator
134 * pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
135 * pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
136 * sec_invocation:: Invocation
138 * pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
139 * disk_images:: Disk Images
140 * pcsys_network:: Network emulation
141 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
142 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
143 * vnc_security:: VNC security
144 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
145 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
148 @node pcsys_introduction
149 @section Introduction
151 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
153 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
154 following peripherals:
158 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
160 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
161 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
163 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
165 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
169 PCI and ISA network adapters
173 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
175 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
177 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
179 Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
181 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
183 CS4231A compatible sound card
185 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
188 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
190 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
191 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
194 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
197 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
199 QEMU uses GUS emulation(GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
200 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
202 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
206 @node pcsys_quickstart
209 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
215 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
221 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
222 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
227 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
228 targets do not need a disk image.
230 @include qemu-options.texi
239 During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
245 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
248 Target system display
256 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
259 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
260 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
262 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
263 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
272 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
274 Toggle console timestamps
276 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
278 Switch between console and monitor
287 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
288 user mode emulator invocation.
298 @section QEMU Monitor
300 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
301 emulator. You can use it to:
306 Remove or insert removable media images
307 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
310 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
313 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
319 The following commands are available:
321 @include qemu-monitor.texi
323 @subsection Integer expressions
325 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
326 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
327 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
332 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
333 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
334 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
335 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
339 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
340 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
341 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
342 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
343 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
344 * host_drives:: Using host drives
345 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
346 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
349 @node disk_images_quickstart
350 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
352 You can create a disk image with the command:
354 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
356 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
357 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
358 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
360 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
362 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
363 @subsection Snapshot mode
365 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
366 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
367 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
368 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
369 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
372 @subsection VM snapshots
374 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
375 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
376 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
377 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
378 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
380 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
381 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
382 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
384 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
385 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
386 with their associated information:
389 (qemu) info snapshots
390 Snapshot devices: hda
391 Snapshot list (from hda):
392 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
393 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
394 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
395 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
398 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
399 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
400 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
401 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
402 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
403 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
404 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
405 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
408 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
409 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
410 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
412 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
415 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
416 inserted after a snapshot is done.
418 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
419 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
422 @node qemu_img_invocation
423 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
425 @include qemu-img.texi
427 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
428 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
430 @include qemu-nbd.texi
433 @subsection Using host drives
435 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
436 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
440 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
441 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
442 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
443 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
447 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
448 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
449 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
451 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
452 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
453 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
454 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
456 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
457 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
458 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
459 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
460 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
461 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
464 @subsubsection Windows
468 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
469 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
470 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
472 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
473 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
474 change or eject media.
476 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
477 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
479 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
480 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
481 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
482 modifications are written in a temporary file).
486 @subsubsection Mac OS X
488 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
490 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
491 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
492 change or eject media.
494 @node disk_images_fat_images
495 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
497 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
498 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
501 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
504 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
505 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
506 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
508 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
511 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
514 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
518 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
521 What you should @emph{never} do:
523 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
524 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
525 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
526 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
529 @node disk_images_nbd
530 @subsection NBD access
532 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
536 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
539 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
543 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
546 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
549 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
552 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
554 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
557 and then you can use it with two guests:
559 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
560 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
564 @section Network emulation
566 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
567 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
568 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
569 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
570 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
571 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
576 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
577 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
578 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
581 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
583 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
584 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
585 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
587 @subsubsection Linux host
589 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
590 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
591 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
592 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
593 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
594 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
596 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
597 TAP network interfaces.
599 @subsubsection Windows host
601 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
602 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
603 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
604 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
606 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
608 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
609 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
610 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
611 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
615 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
618 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
620 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
623 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
624 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
625 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
626 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
628 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
629 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
630 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
632 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
633 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
636 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
639 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
640 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
641 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
643 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
645 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
646 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
649 @node direct_linux_boot
650 @section Direct Linux Boot
652 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
653 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
658 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
661 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
662 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
663 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
665 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
666 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
669 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
670 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
671 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
673 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
674 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
677 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
678 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
681 @section USB emulation
683 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
684 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
685 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
686 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
693 @subsection Connecting USB devices
695 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
696 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
700 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
702 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
703 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
704 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
705 @item disk:@var{file}
706 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
707 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
708 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
710 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
711 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
714 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
715 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
716 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
718 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
719 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
720 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
721 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
722 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
723 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
725 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
727 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
728 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
730 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
732 @item net:@var{options}
733 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
734 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
735 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
737 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
739 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
740 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
741 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
742 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
743 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
744 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
747 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
751 @node host_usb_devices
752 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
754 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
755 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
756 Cameras) are not supported yet.
759 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
760 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
761 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
762 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
764 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
770 @item Since only root can access to the USB devices directly, you can either launch QEMU as root or change the permissions of the USB devices you want to use. For testing, the following suffices:
772 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
775 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
778 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
779 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
781 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
782 hubs, it won't work).
784 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
786 usb_add host:1234:5678
789 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
790 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
792 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
796 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
797 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
800 @section VNC security
802 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
803 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
804 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
809 * vnc_sec_certificate::
810 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
811 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
813 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
814 * vnc_generate_cert::
818 @subsection Without passwords
820 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
821 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
822 socket only. For example
825 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
828 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
829 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
830 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
833 @node vnc_sec_password
834 @subsection With passwords
836 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
837 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
838 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
839 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
840 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
841 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
842 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
843 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
846 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
847 (qemu) change vnc password
852 @node vnc_sec_certificate
853 @subsection With x509 certificates
855 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
856 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
857 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
858 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
859 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
860 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
863 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
866 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
867 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
868 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
869 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
870 only be readable by the user owning it.
872 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
873 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
875 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
876 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
877 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
878 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
881 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
885 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
886 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
888 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
889 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
892 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
893 (qemu) change vnc password
900 @subsection With SASL authentication
902 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
903 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
904 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
905 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
906 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
907 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
908 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
910 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
911 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
912 then QEMU can be launched with:
915 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
918 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
919 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
921 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
922 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
923 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
924 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
925 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
926 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
929 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
933 @node vnc_generate_cert
934 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
936 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
937 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
938 is neccessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
939 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
940 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
941 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
942 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
946 * vnc_generate_server::
947 * vnc_generate_client::
949 @node vnc_generate_ca
950 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
952 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
953 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
954 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
955 issued with it is lost.
958 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
961 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
962 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
963 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
964 name of the organization.
967 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
968 cn = Name of your organization
972 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
973 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
975 --outfile ca-cert.pem
978 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
979 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
981 @node vnc_generate_server
982 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
984 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
985 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
986 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
987 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
988 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
989 secure CA private key:
992 # cat > server.info <<EOF
993 organization = Name of your organization
994 cn = server.foo.example.com
999 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1000 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1001 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1002 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1003 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1004 --template server.info \
1005 --outfile server-cert.pem
1008 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1009 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1010 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1012 @node vnc_generate_client
1013 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1015 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1016 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1017 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1018 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1019 the secure CA private key:
1022 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1026 organiazation = Name of your organization
1027 cn = client.foo.example.com
1032 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1033 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1034 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1035 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1036 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1037 --template client.info \
1038 --outfile client-cert.pem
1041 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1042 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1045 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1047 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1049 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1050 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1051 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1052 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1053 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1054 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1056 The default configuration might contain
1059 mech_list: digest-md5
1060 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1063 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1064 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1065 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1066 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1067 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1070 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1075 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1078 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1079 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1080 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1081 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Keberos Realm.
1083 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1084 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1085 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1086 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1091 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1092 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1094 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1097 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1098 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1099 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1100 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1103 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1108 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1110 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1113 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1118 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1122 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1124 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1126 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1127 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1130 Advanced debugging options:
1132 The default single stepping behavior is step with the IRQs and timer service routines off. It is set this way because when gdb executes a single step it expects to advance beyond the current instruction. With the IRQs and and timer service routines on, a single step might jump into the one of the interrupt or exception vectors instead of executing the current instruction. This means you may hit the same breakpoint a number of times before executing the instruction gdb wants to have executed. Because there are rare circumstances where you want to single step into an interrupt vector the behavior can be controlled from GDB. There are three commands you can query and set the single step behavior:
1134 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1136 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1138 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1139 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1140 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1142 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1144 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1146 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1147 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1150 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1152 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1154 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1155 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1160 @node pcsys_os_specific
1161 @section Target OS specific information
1165 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1166 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1167 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1169 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1170 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1171 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1172 cannot simulate exactly.
1174 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1175 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1176 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1177 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1178 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1182 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1183 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1185 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1187 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1188 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1189 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1190 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1192 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1193 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1194 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1195 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1197 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1199 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1200 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1201 idle. You can install the utility from
1202 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1203 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1205 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1207 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1208 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1209 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1210 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1213 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1215 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1216 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1217 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1219 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1220 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1221 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1222 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1223 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1224 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1226 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1228 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1230 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1232 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1235 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1236 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1239 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1240 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1241 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1242 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1243 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1245 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1247 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1249 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1250 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1251 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1254 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1255 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1257 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1258 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1259 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1262 * QEMU PowerPC System emulator::
1263 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1264 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1265 * MIPS System emulator::
1266 * ARM System emulator::
1267 * ColdFire System emulator::
1270 @node QEMU PowerPC System emulator
1271 @section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
1273 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1274 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1276 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1280 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1282 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1284 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1290 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1293 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1299 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1301 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1305 NE2000 network adapters
1309 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1311 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1314 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1315 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1317 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1318 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1319 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1320 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1322 @c man begin OPTIONS
1324 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1328 @item -g WxH[xDEPTH]
1330 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1332 @item -prom-env string
1334 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1337 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1338 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1339 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1342 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1349 More information is available at
1350 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1352 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1353 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1355 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1356 Sun4m architecture machines:
1371 SPARCstation Voyager
1378 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1379 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1381 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1382 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1383 emulators are not usable yet.
1385 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1393 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1395 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1397 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1398 and power/reset logic
1400 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1402 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1404 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1407 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1408 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1411 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1412 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1413 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1414 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1416 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1417 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1418 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1419 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1422 @c man begin OPTIONS
1424 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1428 @item -g WxHx[xDEPTH]
1430 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1431 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1433 @item -prom-env string
1435 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1438 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1439 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1442 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1444 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1450 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1451 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1453 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1454 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1455 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1456 it can launch some kernels.
1458 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1462 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1464 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1466 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1468 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1470 PC-compatible serial ports
1472 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1477 @c man begin OPTIONS
1479 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1483 @item -prom-env string
1485 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1488 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1491 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1493 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1499 @node MIPS System emulator
1500 @section MIPS System emulator
1502 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1503 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1504 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1505 Five different machine types are emulated:
1509 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1511 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1513 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1515 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1517 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1520 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1521 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1526 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1528 PC style serial port
1535 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1539 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1541 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1543 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1545 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1547 Malta FPGA serial device
1549 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1552 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1558 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1565 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
1566 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1571 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1573 PC style serial port
1575 MIPSnet network emulation
1578 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1584 PC-style IRQ controller
1594 @node ARM System emulator
1595 @section ARM System emulator
1597 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1598 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1603 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1607 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1609 PL110 LCD controller
1611 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1613 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1616 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1620 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1622 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1626 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1628 PL110 LCD controller
1630 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1632 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1633 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1634 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1635 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1636 mapped control registers.
1638 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1640 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1642 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1645 The ARM RealView Emulation baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1649 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCORE(x4) or Cortex-A8 CPU
1651 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1655 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1657 PL110 LCD controller
1659 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1663 PCI OHCI USB controller
1665 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1667 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1670 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1671 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1675 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1679 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1681 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1683 On-chip LCD controller
1685 On-chip Real Time Clock
1687 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1689 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1691 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1693 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
1697 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1700 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1705 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1707 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1709 On-chip LCD controller
1711 On-chip Real Time Clock
1713 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1714 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1716 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1718 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1723 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1724 emulation supports the following elements:
1728 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1730 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1732 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1733 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1735 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1736 driven through SPI bus
1738 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1739 through I@math{^2}C bus
1741 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1743 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1745 A Bluetooth(R) transciever and HCI connected to an UART
1747 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
1748 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
1750 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
1752 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
1754 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
1758 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
1765 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
1767 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
1769 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
1772 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
1779 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
1781 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
1783 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
1786 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
1791 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
1793 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
1797 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
1799 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
1801 128×64 display with brightness control
1803 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
1806 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
1807 The emulaton includes the following elements:
1811 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1813 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
1815 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
1819 On-chip LCD controller
1821 On-chip Real Time Clock
1823 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1828 The "Syborg" Symbian Virtual Platform base model includes the following
1835 Interrupt controller
1850 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1851 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1853 @c man begin OPTIONS
1855 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1860 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1862 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
1864 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1865 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1869 @node ColdFire System emulator
1870 @section ColdFire System emulator
1872 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
1873 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
1875 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
1879 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
1881 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
1883 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
1886 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
1890 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
1895 @c man begin OPTIONS
1897 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1902 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1904 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
1906 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1907 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1911 @node QEMU User space emulator
1912 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
1915 * Supported Operating Systems ::
1916 * Linux User space emulator::
1917 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
1918 * BSD User space emulator ::
1921 @node Supported Operating Systems
1922 @section Supported Operating Systems
1924 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
1928 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
1930 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
1932 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
1935 @node Linux User space emulator
1936 @section Linux User space emulator
1941 * Command line options::
1946 @subsection Quick Start
1948 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
1949 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
1953 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
1957 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
1960 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
1963 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
1964 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
1967 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
1970 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
1971 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
1972 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
1975 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
1978 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
1981 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
1983 You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
1984 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
1985 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
1988 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
1990 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
1991 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
1997 @subsection Wine launch
2001 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2002 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2006 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2009 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2010 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2012 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2013 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2014 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2016 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2019 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2020 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2025 @node Command line options
2026 @subsection Command line options
2029 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] program [arguments...]
2036 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2038 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2040 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2042 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2043 the address region rewuired by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2044 Ths option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2051 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2053 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2055 Wait gdb connection to port
2057 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2060 Environment variables:
2064 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2065 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2066 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2067 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2068 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2069 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2072 @node Other binaries
2073 @subsection Other binaries
2075 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2076 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2077 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2079 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2080 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2081 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2083 The binary format is detected automatically.
2085 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2087 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2088 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2090 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2091 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2093 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2094 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2097 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2098 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2099 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2102 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2103 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2107 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2109 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2111 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2113 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2116 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2118 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2119 @subsection Quick Start
2121 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2122 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2123 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2124 CD or compile them by hand.
2128 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2135 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2141 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2145 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
2148 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2149 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2153 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2154 @subsection Command line options
2157 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2164 Set the library root path (default=/)
2166 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2173 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2175 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2177 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2180 @node BSD User space emulator
2181 @section BSD User space emulator
2186 * BSD Command line options::
2190 @subsection BSD Status
2194 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2197 @node BSD Quick Start
2198 @subsection Quick Start
2200 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2201 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2205 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2209 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2214 @node BSD Command line options
2215 @subsection Command line options
2218 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2225 Set the library root path (default=/)
2227 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2229 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2230 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2237 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2239 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2241 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2245 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2250 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2257 @subsection Compilation
2259 First you must decompress the sources:
2262 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2266 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2272 Then type as root user:
2276 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2282 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2283 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2284 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2287 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2288 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2289 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place, and
2290 unpack the archive @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz} in the MinGW tool
2291 directory. Edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2292 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2294 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2296 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2298 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2299 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2300 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2302 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
2303 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2304 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2308 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2309 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2313 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2314 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2317 Install the Win32 version of SDL (@url{http://www.libsdl.org}) by
2318 unpacking @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz}. Set up the PATH environment
2319 variable so that @file{i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config} can be launched by
2320 the QEMU configuration script.
2323 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2325 ./configure --enable-mingw32
2327 If necessary, you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix
2328 chosen for the MinGW tools with --cross-prefix. You can also use
2329 --prefix to set the Win32 install path.
2331 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2332 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in the
2333 installation directory.
2337 Note: Currently, Wine does not seem able to launch
2343 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2344 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary