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8 @settitle QEMU Emulator User Documentation
15 * QEMU: (qemu-doc). The QEMU Emulator User Documentation.
22 @center @titlefont{QEMU Emulator}
24 @center @titlefont{User Documentation}
36 * QEMU PC System emulator::
37 * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
38 * QEMU User space emulator::
39 * compilation:: Compilation from the sources
51 * intro_features:: Features
57 QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
58 achieve good emulation speed.
60 QEMU has two operating modes:
63 @cindex operating modes
66 @cindex system emulation
67 Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
68 example a PC), including one or several processors and various
69 peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
70 without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
73 @cindex user mode emulation
74 User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
75 processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
76 launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
77 to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
81 QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
84 For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
86 @cindex emulated target systems
87 @cindex supported target systems
88 @item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
89 @item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
90 @item PREP (PowerPC processor)
91 @item G3 Beige PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
92 @item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
93 @item Sun4m/Sun4c/Sun4d (32-bit Sparc processor)
94 @item Sun4u/Sun4v (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
95 @item Malta board (32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processors)
96 @item MIPS Magnum (64-bit MIPS processor)
97 @item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM)
98 @item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM)
99 @item ARM RealView Emulation/Platform baseboard (ARM)
100 @item Spitz, Akita, Borzoi, Terrier and Tosa PDAs (PXA270 processor)
101 @item Luminary Micro LM3S811EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
102 @item Luminary Micro LM3S6965EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
103 @item Freescale MCF5208EVB (ColdFire V2).
104 @item Arnewsh MCF5206 evaluation board (ColdFire V2).
105 @item Palm Tungsten|E PDA (OMAP310 processor)
106 @item N800 and N810 tablets (OMAP2420 processor)
107 @item MusicPal (MV88W8618 ARM processor)
108 @item Gumstix "Connex" and "Verdex" motherboards (PXA255/270).
109 @item Siemens SX1 smartphone (OMAP310 processor)
110 @item Syborg SVP base model (ARM Cortex-A8).
111 @item AXIS-Devboard88 (CRISv32 ETRAX-FS).
112 @item Petalogix Spartan 3aDSP1800 MMU ref design (MicroBlaze).
115 @cindex supported user mode targets
116 For user emulation, x86 (32 and 64 bit), PowerPC (32 and 64 bit),
117 ARM, MIPS (32 bit only), Sparc (32 and 64 bit),
118 Alpha, ColdFire(m68k), CRISv32 and MicroBlaze CPUs are supported.
121 @chapter Installation
123 If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
126 * install_linux:: Linux
127 * install_windows:: Windows
128 * install_mac:: Macintosh
133 @cindex installation (Linux)
135 If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
136 have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
138 @node install_windows
140 @cindex installation (Windows)
142 Download the experimental binary installer at
143 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
144 TODO (no longer available)
149 Download the experimental binary installer at
150 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
151 TODO (no longer available)
153 @node QEMU PC System emulator
154 @chapter QEMU PC System emulator
155 @cindex system emulation (PC)
158 * pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
159 * pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
160 * sec_invocation:: Invocation
162 * pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
163 * disk_images:: Disk Images
164 * pcsys_network:: Network emulation
165 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
166 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
167 * vnc_security:: VNC security
168 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
169 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
172 @node pcsys_introduction
173 @section Introduction
175 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
177 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
178 following peripherals:
182 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
184 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
185 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
187 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
189 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
193 PCI and ISA network adapters
197 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
199 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
201 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
203 Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
205 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
207 CS4231A compatible sound card
209 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
212 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
214 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
215 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
218 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
221 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
223 QEMU uses GUS emulation(GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
224 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
226 Not that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
227 qemu must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS
230 qemu dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
235 qemu dos.img -device gus,irq=5
238 Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
240 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
244 @node pcsys_quickstart
248 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
254 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
260 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
261 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
266 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
267 targets do not need a disk image.
269 @include qemu-options.texi
278 During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
286 Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
290 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
293 Target system display
302 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
308 @kindex Ctrl-PageDown
309 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
310 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
313 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
314 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
327 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
330 Toggle console timestamps
333 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
336 Switch between console and monitor
346 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
347 user mode emulator invocation.
357 @section QEMU Monitor
360 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
361 emulator. You can use it to:
366 Remove or insert removable media images
367 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
370 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
373 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
379 The following commands are available:
381 @include qemu-monitor.texi
383 @subsection Integer expressions
385 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
386 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
387 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
392 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
393 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
394 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
395 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
399 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
400 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
401 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
402 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
403 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
404 * host_drives:: Using host drives
405 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
406 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
409 @node disk_images_quickstart
410 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
412 You can create a disk image with the command:
414 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
416 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
417 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
418 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
420 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
422 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
423 @subsection Snapshot mode
425 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
426 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
427 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
428 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
429 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
432 @subsection VM snapshots
434 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
435 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
436 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
437 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
438 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
440 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
441 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
442 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
444 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
445 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
446 with their associated information:
449 (qemu) info snapshots
450 Snapshot devices: hda
451 Snapshot list (from hda):
452 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
453 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
454 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
455 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
458 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
459 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
460 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
461 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
462 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
463 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
464 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
465 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
468 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
469 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
470 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
472 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
475 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
476 inserted after a snapshot is done.
478 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
479 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
482 @node qemu_img_invocation
483 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
485 @include qemu-img.texi
487 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
488 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
490 @include qemu-nbd.texi
493 @subsection Using host drives
495 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
496 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
500 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
501 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
502 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
503 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
507 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
508 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
509 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
511 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
512 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
513 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
514 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
516 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
517 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
518 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
519 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
520 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
521 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
524 @subsubsection Windows
528 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
529 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
530 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
532 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
533 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
534 change or eject media.
536 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
537 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
539 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
540 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
541 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
542 modifications are written in a temporary file).
546 @subsubsection Mac OS X
548 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
550 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
551 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
552 change or eject media.
554 @node disk_images_fat_images
555 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
557 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
558 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
561 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
564 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
565 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
566 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
568 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
571 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
574 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
578 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
581 What you should @emph{never} do:
583 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
584 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
585 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
586 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
589 @node disk_images_nbd
590 @subsection NBD access
592 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
596 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
599 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
603 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
606 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
609 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
612 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
614 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
617 and then you can use it with two guests:
619 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
620 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
624 @section Network emulation
626 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
627 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
628 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
629 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
630 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
631 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
636 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
637 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
638 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
641 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
643 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
644 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
645 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
647 @subsubsection Linux host
649 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
650 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
651 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
652 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
653 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
654 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
656 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
657 TAP network interfaces.
659 @subsubsection Windows host
661 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
662 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
663 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
664 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
666 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
668 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
669 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
670 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
671 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
675 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
678 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
680 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
683 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
684 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
685 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
686 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
688 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
689 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
690 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
692 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
693 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
696 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
699 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
700 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
701 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
703 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
705 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
706 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
709 @node direct_linux_boot
710 @section Direct Linux Boot
712 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
713 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
718 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
721 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
722 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
723 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
725 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
726 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
729 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
730 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
731 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
733 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
734 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
737 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
738 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
741 @section USB emulation
743 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
744 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
745 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
746 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
753 @subsection Connecting USB devices
755 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
756 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
760 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
762 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
763 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
764 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
765 @item disk:@var{file}
766 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
767 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
768 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
770 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
771 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
774 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
775 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
776 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
778 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
779 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
780 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
781 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
782 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
783 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
785 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
787 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
788 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
790 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
792 @item net:@var{options}
793 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
794 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
795 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
797 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
799 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
800 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
801 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
802 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
803 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
804 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
807 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
811 @node host_usb_devices
812 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
814 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
815 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
816 Cameras) are not supported yet.
819 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
820 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
821 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
822 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
824 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
830 @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:
832 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
835 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
838 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
839 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
841 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
842 hubs, it won't work).
844 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
846 usb_add host:1234:5678
849 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
850 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
852 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
856 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
857 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
860 @section VNC security
862 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
863 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
864 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
869 * vnc_sec_certificate::
870 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
871 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
873 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
874 * vnc_generate_cert::
878 @subsection Without passwords
880 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
881 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
882 socket only. For example
885 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
888 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
889 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
890 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
893 @node vnc_sec_password
894 @subsection With passwords
896 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
897 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
898 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
899 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
900 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
901 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
902 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
903 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
906 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
907 (qemu) change vnc password
912 @node vnc_sec_certificate
913 @subsection With x509 certificates
915 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
916 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
917 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
918 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
919 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
920 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
923 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
926 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
927 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
928 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
929 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
930 only be readable by the user owning it.
932 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
933 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
935 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
936 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
937 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
938 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
941 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
945 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
946 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
948 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
949 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
952 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
953 (qemu) change vnc password
960 @subsection With SASL authentication
962 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
963 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
964 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
965 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
966 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
967 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
968 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
970 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
971 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
972 then QEMU can be launched with:
975 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
978 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
979 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
981 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
982 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
983 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
984 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
985 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
986 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
989 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
993 @node vnc_generate_cert
994 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
996 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
997 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
998 is neccessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
999 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1000 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1001 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1002 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1006 * vnc_generate_server::
1007 * vnc_generate_client::
1009 @node vnc_generate_ca
1010 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1012 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1013 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1014 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1015 issued with it is lost.
1018 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1021 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1022 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1023 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1024 name of the organization.
1027 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1028 cn = Name of your organization
1032 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1033 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1034 --template ca.info \
1035 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1038 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1039 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1041 @node vnc_generate_server
1042 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1044 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1045 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1046 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1047 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1048 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1049 secure CA private key:
1052 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1053 organization = Name of your organization
1054 cn = server.foo.example.com
1059 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1060 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1061 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1062 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1063 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1064 --template server.info \
1065 --outfile server-cert.pem
1068 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1069 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1070 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1072 @node vnc_generate_client
1073 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1075 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1076 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1077 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1078 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1079 the secure CA private key:
1082 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1086 organiazation = Name of your organization
1087 cn = client.foo.example.com
1092 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1093 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1094 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1095 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1096 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1097 --template client.info \
1098 --outfile client-cert.pem
1101 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1102 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1105 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1107 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1109 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1110 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1111 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1112 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1113 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1114 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1116 The default configuration might contain
1119 mech_list: digest-md5
1120 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1123 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1124 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1125 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1126 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1127 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1130 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1135 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1138 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1139 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1140 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1141 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Keberos Realm.
1143 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1144 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1145 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1146 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1151 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1152 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1154 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1157 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1158 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1159 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1160 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1163 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1168 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1170 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1173 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1178 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1182 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1184 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1186 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1187 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1190 Advanced debugging options:
1192 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:
1194 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1196 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1198 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1199 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1200 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1202 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1204 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1206 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1207 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1210 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1212 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1214 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1215 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1220 @node pcsys_os_specific
1221 @section Target OS specific information
1225 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1226 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1227 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1229 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1230 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1231 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1232 cannot simulate exactly.
1234 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1235 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1236 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1237 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1238 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1242 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1243 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1245 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1247 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1248 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1249 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1250 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1252 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1253 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1254 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1255 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1257 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1259 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1260 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1261 idle. You can install the utility from
1262 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1263 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1265 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1267 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1268 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1269 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1270 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1273 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1275 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1276 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1277 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1279 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1280 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1281 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1282 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1283 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1284 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1286 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1288 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1290 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1292 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1295 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1296 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1299 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1300 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1301 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1302 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1303 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1305 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1307 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1309 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1310 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1311 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1314 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1315 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1317 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1318 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1319 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1322 * PowerPC System emulator::
1323 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1324 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1325 * MIPS System emulator::
1326 * ARM System emulator::
1327 * ColdFire System emulator::
1328 * Cris System emulator::
1329 * Microblaze System emulator::
1330 * SH4 System emulator::
1333 @node PowerPC System emulator
1334 @section PowerPC System emulator
1335 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1337 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1338 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1340 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1344 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1346 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1348 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1354 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1357 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1363 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1365 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1369 NE2000 network adapters
1373 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1375 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1378 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1379 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1381 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1382 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1383 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1384 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1386 @c man begin OPTIONS
1388 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1392 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1394 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1396 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1398 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1401 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1402 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1403 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1406 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1413 More information is available at
1414 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1416 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1417 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1418 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1420 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1421 Sun4m architecture machines:
1436 SPARCstation Voyager
1443 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1444 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1446 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1447 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1448 emulators are not usable yet.
1450 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1458 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1460 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1462 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1463 and power/reset logic
1465 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1467 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1469 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1472 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1473 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1476 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1477 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1478 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1479 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1481 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1482 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1483 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1484 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1487 @c man begin OPTIONS
1489 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1493 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1495 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1496 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1498 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1500 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1503 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1504 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1507 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1509 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1515 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1516 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1517 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1519 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1520 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1521 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1522 it can launch some kernels.
1524 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1528 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1530 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1532 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1534 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1536 PC-compatible serial ports
1538 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1543 @c man begin OPTIONS
1545 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1549 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1551 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1554 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1557 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1559 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1565 @node MIPS System emulator
1566 @section MIPS System emulator
1567 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1569 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1570 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1571 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1572 Five different machine types are emulated:
1576 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1578 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1580 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1582 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1584 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1587 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1588 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1593 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1595 PC style serial port
1602 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1606 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1608 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1610 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1612 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1614 Malta FPGA serial device
1616 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1619 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1625 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1632 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
1633 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1638 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1640 PC style serial port
1642 MIPSnet network emulation
1645 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1651 PC-style IRQ controller
1661 @node ARM System emulator
1662 @section ARM System emulator
1663 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1665 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1666 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1671 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1675 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1677 PL110 LCD controller
1679 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1681 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1684 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1688 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1690 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1694 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1696 PL110 LCD controller
1698 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1700 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1701 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1702 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1703 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1704 mapped control registers.
1706 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1708 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1710 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1713 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1714 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1715 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1716 of the box on these boards.
1718 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1719 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1720 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1721 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1723 The following devices are emuilated:
1727 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1729 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1733 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1735 PL110 LCD controller
1737 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1741 PCI OHCI USB controller
1743 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1745 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1748 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1749 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1753 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1757 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1759 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1761 On-chip LCD controller
1763 On-chip Real Time Clock
1765 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1767 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1769 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1771 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
1775 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1778 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1783 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1785 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1787 On-chip LCD controller
1789 On-chip Real Time Clock
1791 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1792 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1794 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1796 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1801 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1802 emulation supports the following elements:
1806 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1808 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1810 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1811 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1813 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1814 driven through SPI bus
1816 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1817 through I@math{^2}C bus
1819 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1821 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1823 A Bluetooth(R) transciever and HCI connected to an UART
1825 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
1826 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
1828 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
1830 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
1832 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
1836 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
1843 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
1845 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
1847 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
1850 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
1857 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
1859 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
1861 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
1864 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
1869 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
1871 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
1875 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
1877 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
1879 128×64 display with brightness control
1881 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
1884 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
1885 The emulaton includes the following elements:
1889 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1891 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
1893 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
1897 On-chip LCD controller
1899 On-chip Real Time Clock
1901 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1906 The "Syborg" Symbian Virtual Platform base model includes the following
1913 Interrupt controller
1928 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1929 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1931 @c man begin OPTIONS
1933 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1938 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1940 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
1942 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1943 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1947 @node ColdFire System emulator
1948 @section ColdFire System emulator
1949 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
1950 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
1952 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
1953 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
1955 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
1959 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
1961 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
1963 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
1966 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
1970 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
1975 @c man begin OPTIONS
1977 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
1982 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1984 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
1986 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1987 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1991 @node Cris System emulator
1992 @section Cris System emulator
1993 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
1997 @node Microblaze System emulator
1998 @section Microblaze System emulator
1999 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2003 @node SH4 System emulator
2004 @section SH4 System emulator
2005 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2009 @node QEMU User space emulator
2010 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2013 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2014 * Linux User space emulator::
2015 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
2016 * BSD User space emulator ::
2019 @node Supported Operating Systems
2020 @section Supported Operating Systems
2022 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2026 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2028 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
2030 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2033 @node Linux User space emulator
2034 @section Linux User space emulator
2039 * Command line options::
2044 @subsection Quick Start
2046 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2047 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2051 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2055 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2058 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2061 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
2062 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2065 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2068 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2069 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2070 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2073 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2076 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2079 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2081 You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2082 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2083 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2086 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2088 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2089 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2095 @subsection Wine launch
2099 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2100 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2104 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2107 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2108 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2110 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2111 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2112 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2114 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2117 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2118 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2123 @node Command line options
2124 @subsection Command line options
2127 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] program [arguments...]
2134 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2136 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2138 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2140 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2141 the address region rewuired by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2142 Ths option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2149 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2151 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2153 Wait gdb connection to port
2155 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2158 Environment variables:
2162 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2163 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2164 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2165 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2166 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2167 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2170 @node Other binaries
2171 @subsection Other binaries
2173 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2174 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2176 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2177 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2179 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2180 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2181 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2182 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2184 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2185 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2186 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2187 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2188 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2190 The binary format is detected automatically.
2192 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2193 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2195 @cindex user mode (i386)
2196 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2197 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2199 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2200 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2202 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2203 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2204 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2206 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2207 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2208 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2209 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2211 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2212 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2213 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2215 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2216 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2218 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2219 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2221 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2222 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2224 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2225 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2228 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2229 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2230 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2233 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2234 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2238 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2240 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2242 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2244 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2247 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2249 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2250 @subsection Quick Start
2252 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2253 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2254 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2255 CD or compile them by hand.
2259 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2266 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2272 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2276 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
2279 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2280 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2284 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2285 @subsection Command line options
2288 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2295 Set the library root path (default=/)
2297 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2304 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2306 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2308 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2311 @node BSD User space emulator
2312 @section BSD User space emulator
2317 * BSD Command line options::
2321 @subsection BSD Status
2325 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2328 @node BSD Quick Start
2329 @subsection Quick Start
2331 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2332 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2336 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2340 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2345 @node BSD Command line options
2346 @subsection Command line options
2349 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2356 Set the library root path (default=/)
2358 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2360 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2361 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2368 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2370 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2372 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2376 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2381 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2389 @subsection Compilation
2391 First you must decompress the sources:
2394 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2398 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2404 Then type as root user:
2408 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2414 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2415 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2416 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2419 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2420 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2421 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2422 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2423 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2425 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2426 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2427 MingGW's default header and linker search paths.
2429 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2431 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2433 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2434 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2435 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2437 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
2438 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2439 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2443 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2444 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2448 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2449 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2452 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2453 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2454 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2455 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2456 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2457 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2458 the QEMU configuration script.
2460 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2461 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2462 MingGW's default header and linker search paths.
2465 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2467 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2469 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2470 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2471 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MingW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2472 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2473 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/Qemu}.
2475 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2477 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2479 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2481 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2482 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2483 installation directory.
2487 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu.exe compiled for Win32.
2492 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2493 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2497 @section Make targets
2503 Make everything which is typically needed.
2512 Remove most files which were built during make.
2514 @item make distclean
2515 Remove everything which was built during make.
2521 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2526 @item make defconfig
2527 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2528 User made changes will be overwritten.
2539 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2541 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2542 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2544 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2558 @section Concept Index
2559 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2562 @node Function Index
2563 @section Function Index
2564 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2567 @node Keystroke Index
2568 @section Keystroke Index
2570 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2571 in system emulation.
2576 @section Program Index
2579 @node Data Type Index
2580 @section Data Type Index
2582 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2586 @node Variable Index
2587 @section Variable Index