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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 * pcsys_other_devs:: Other Devices
166 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
167 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
168 * vnc_security:: VNC security
169 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
170 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
173 @node pcsys_introduction
174 @section Introduction
176 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
178 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
179 following peripherals:
183 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
185 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
186 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
188 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
190 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
194 PCI and ISA network adapters
198 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
200 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
202 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
204 Intel HD Audio Controller and HDA codec
206 Adlib (OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
208 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
210 CS4231A compatible sound card
212 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
215 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
217 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
218 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
221 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
224 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
226 QEMU uses GUS emulation (GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
227 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
229 Not that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
230 qemu must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS
233 qemu dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
238 qemu dos.img -device gus,irq=5
241 Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
243 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
247 @node pcsys_quickstart
251 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
257 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
263 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
264 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
269 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
270 targets do not need a disk image.
272 @include qemu-options.texi
281 During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
289 Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
293 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
296 Target system display
305 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
311 @kindex Ctrl-PageDown
312 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
313 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
316 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
317 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
330 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
333 Toggle console timestamps
336 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
339 Switch between console and monitor
349 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
350 user mode emulator invocation.
360 @section QEMU Monitor
363 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
364 emulator. You can use it to:
369 Remove or insert removable media images
370 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
373 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
376 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
382 The following commands are available:
384 @include qemu-monitor.texi
386 @subsection Integer expressions
388 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
389 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
390 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
395 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
396 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
397 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
398 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
402 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
403 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
404 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
405 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
406 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
407 * host_drives:: Using host drives
408 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
409 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
412 @node disk_images_quickstart
413 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
415 You can create a disk image with the command:
417 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
419 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
420 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
421 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
423 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
425 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
426 @subsection Snapshot mode
428 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
429 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
430 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
431 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
432 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
435 @subsection VM snapshots
437 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
438 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
439 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
440 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
441 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
443 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
444 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
445 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
447 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
448 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
449 with their associated information:
452 (qemu) info snapshots
453 Snapshot devices: hda
454 Snapshot list (from hda):
455 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
456 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
457 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
458 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
461 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
462 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
463 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
464 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
465 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
466 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
467 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
468 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
471 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
472 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
473 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
475 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
478 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
479 inserted after a snapshot is done.
481 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
482 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
485 @node qemu_img_invocation
486 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
488 @include qemu-img.texi
490 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
491 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
493 @include qemu-nbd.texi
496 @subsection Using host drives
498 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
499 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
503 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
504 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
505 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
506 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
510 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
511 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
512 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
514 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
515 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
516 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
517 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
519 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
520 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
521 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
522 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
523 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
524 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
527 @subsubsection Windows
531 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
532 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
533 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
535 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
536 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
537 change or eject media.
539 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
540 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
542 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
543 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
544 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
545 modifications are written in a temporary file).
549 @subsubsection Mac OS X
551 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
553 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
554 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
555 change or eject media.
557 @node disk_images_fat_images
558 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
560 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
561 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
564 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
567 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
568 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
569 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
571 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
574 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
577 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
581 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
584 What you should @emph{never} do:
586 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
587 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
588 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
589 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
592 @node disk_images_nbd
593 @subsection NBD access
595 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
599 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
602 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
606 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
609 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
612 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
615 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
617 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
620 and then you can use it with two guests:
622 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
623 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
626 If the nbd-server uses named exports (since NBD 2.9.18), you must use the
629 qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
630 qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
634 @section Network emulation
636 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
637 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
638 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
639 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
640 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
641 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
646 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
647 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
648 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
651 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
653 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
654 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
655 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
657 @subsubsection Linux host
659 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
660 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
661 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
662 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
663 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
664 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
666 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
667 TAP network interfaces.
669 @subsubsection Windows host
671 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
672 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
673 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
674 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
676 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
678 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
679 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
680 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
681 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
685 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
688 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
690 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
693 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
694 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
695 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
696 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
698 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
699 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
700 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
702 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
703 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
706 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
709 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
710 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
711 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
713 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
715 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
716 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
719 @node pcsys_other_devs
720 @section Other Devices
722 @subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
724 With KVM enabled on a Linux host, a shared memory device is available. Guests
725 map a POSIX shared memory region into the guest as a PCI device that enables
726 zero-copy communication to the application level of the guests. The basic
730 qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,shm=<shm name>]
733 If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
734 memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
735 using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
736 is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
740 qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,chardev=<id>]
741 [,msi=on][,ioeventfd=on][,vectors=n][,role=peer|master]
742 qemu -chardev socket,path=<path>,id=<id>
745 When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
746 using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
747 VM ID from a device register (see example code). Since receiving the shared
748 memory region from the server is asynchronous, there is a (small) chance the
749 guest may boot before the shared memory is attached. To allow an application
750 to ensure shared memory is attached, the VM ID register will return -1 (an
751 invalid VM ID) until the memory is attached. Once the shared memory is
752 attached, the VM ID will return the guest's valid VM ID. With these semantics,
753 the guest application can check to ensure the shared memory is attached to the
754 guest before proceeding.
756 The @option{role} argument can be set to either master or peer and will affect
757 how the shared memory is migrated. With @option{role=master}, the guest will
758 copy the shared memory on migration to the destination host. With
759 @option{role=peer}, the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.
760 With the @option{peer} case, the device should be detached and then reattached
761 after migration using the PCI hotplug support.
763 @node direct_linux_boot
764 @section Direct Linux Boot
766 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
767 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
772 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
775 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
776 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
777 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
779 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
780 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
783 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
784 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
785 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
787 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
788 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
791 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
792 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
795 @section USB emulation
797 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
798 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
799 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
800 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
807 @subsection Connecting USB devices
809 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
810 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
814 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
816 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
817 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
818 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
819 @item disk:@var{file}
820 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
821 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
822 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
824 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
825 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
828 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
829 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
830 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
832 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
833 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
834 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
835 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
836 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
837 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
839 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
841 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
842 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
844 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
846 @item net:@var{options}
847 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
848 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
849 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
851 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
853 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
854 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
855 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
856 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
857 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
858 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
861 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
865 @node host_usb_devices
866 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
868 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
869 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
870 Cameras) are not supported yet.
873 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
874 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
875 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
876 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
878 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
884 @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:
886 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
889 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
892 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
893 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
895 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
896 hubs, it won't work).
898 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
900 usb_add host:1234:5678
903 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
904 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
906 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
910 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
911 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
914 @section VNC security
916 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
917 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
918 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
923 * vnc_sec_certificate::
924 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
925 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
927 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
928 * vnc_generate_cert::
932 @subsection Without passwords
934 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
935 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
936 socket only. For example
939 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
942 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
943 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
944 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
947 @node vnc_sec_password
948 @subsection With passwords
950 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
951 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
952 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
953 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
954 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
955 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
956 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
957 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
960 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
961 (qemu) change vnc password
966 @node vnc_sec_certificate
967 @subsection With x509 certificates
969 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
970 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
971 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
972 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
973 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
974 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
977 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
980 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
981 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
982 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
983 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
984 only be readable by the user owning it.
986 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
987 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
989 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
990 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
991 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
992 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
995 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
999 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
1000 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
1002 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
1003 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1006 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1007 (qemu) change vnc password
1014 @subsection With SASL authentication
1016 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
1017 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
1018 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
1019 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
1020 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
1021 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
1022 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
1024 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
1025 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
1026 then QEMU can be launched with:
1029 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
1032 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
1033 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
1035 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
1036 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
1037 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
1038 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
1039 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
1040 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
1043 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
1047 @node vnc_generate_cert
1048 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1050 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1051 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1052 is necessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1053 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1054 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1055 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1056 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1060 * vnc_generate_server::
1061 * vnc_generate_client::
1063 @node vnc_generate_ca
1064 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1066 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1067 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1068 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1069 issued with it is lost.
1072 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1075 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1076 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1077 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1078 name of the organization.
1081 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1082 cn = Name of your organization
1086 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1087 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1088 --template ca.info \
1089 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1092 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1093 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1095 @node vnc_generate_server
1096 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1098 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1099 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1100 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1101 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1102 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1103 secure CA private key:
1106 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1107 organization = Name of your organization
1108 cn = server.foo.example.com
1113 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1114 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1115 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1116 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1117 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1118 --template server.info \
1119 --outfile server-cert.pem
1122 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1123 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1124 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1126 @node vnc_generate_client
1127 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1129 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1130 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1131 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1132 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1133 the secure CA private key:
1136 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1140 organiazation = Name of your organization
1141 cn = client.foo.example.com
1146 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1147 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1148 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1149 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1150 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1151 --template client.info \
1152 --outfile client-cert.pem
1155 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1156 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1159 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1161 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1163 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1164 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1165 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1166 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1167 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1168 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1170 The default configuration might contain
1173 mech_list: digest-md5
1174 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1177 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1178 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1179 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1180 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1181 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1184 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1189 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1192 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1193 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1194 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1195 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Kerberos Realm.
1197 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1198 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1199 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1200 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1205 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1206 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1208 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1211 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1212 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1213 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1214 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1217 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1222 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1224 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1227 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1232 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1236 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1238 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1240 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1241 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1244 Advanced debugging options:
1246 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:
1248 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1250 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1252 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1253 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1254 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1256 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1258 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1260 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1261 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1264 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1266 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1268 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1269 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1274 @node pcsys_os_specific
1275 @section Target OS specific information
1279 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1280 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1281 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1283 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1284 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1285 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1286 cannot simulate exactly.
1288 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1289 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1290 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1291 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1292 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1296 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1297 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1299 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1301 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1302 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1303 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1304 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1306 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1307 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1308 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1309 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1311 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1313 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1314 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1315 idle. You can install the utility from
1316 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1317 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1319 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1321 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1322 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1323 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1324 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1327 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1329 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1330 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1331 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1333 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1334 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1335 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1336 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1337 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1338 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1340 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1342 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1344 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1346 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1349 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1350 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1353 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1354 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1355 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1356 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1357 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1359 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1361 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1363 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1364 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1365 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1368 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1369 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1371 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1372 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1373 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1376 * PowerPC System emulator::
1377 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1378 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1379 * MIPS System emulator::
1380 * ARM System emulator::
1381 * ColdFire System emulator::
1382 * Cris System emulator::
1383 * Microblaze System emulator::
1384 * SH4 System emulator::
1387 @node PowerPC System emulator
1388 @section PowerPC System emulator
1389 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1391 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1392 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1394 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1398 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1400 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1402 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1408 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1411 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1417 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1419 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1423 NE2000 network adapters
1427 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1429 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1432 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1433 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1435 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1436 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1437 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1438 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1440 @c man begin OPTIONS
1442 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1446 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1448 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1450 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1452 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1455 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1456 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1457 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1460 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1467 More information is available at
1468 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1470 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1471 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1472 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1474 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1475 Sun4m architecture machines:
1490 SPARCstation Voyager
1497 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1498 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1500 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1501 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1502 emulators are not usable yet.
1504 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1512 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1514 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1516 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1517 and power/reset logic
1519 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1521 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1523 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1526 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1527 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1530 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1531 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1532 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1533 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1535 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1536 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1537 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1538 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1541 @c man begin OPTIONS
1543 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1547 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1549 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1550 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1552 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1554 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1557 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1558 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1561 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1563 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1569 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1570 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1571 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1573 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1574 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1575 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1576 it can launch some kernels.
1578 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1582 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1584 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1586 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1588 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1590 PC-compatible serial ports
1592 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1597 @c man begin OPTIONS
1599 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1603 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1605 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1608 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1611 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1613 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1619 @node MIPS System emulator
1620 @section MIPS System emulator
1621 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1623 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1624 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1625 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1626 Five different machine types are emulated:
1630 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1632 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1634 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1636 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1638 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1641 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1642 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1647 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1649 PC style serial port
1656 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1660 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1662 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1664 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1666 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1668 Malta FPGA serial device
1670 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1673 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1679 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1686 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
1687 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1692 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1694 PC style serial port
1696 MIPSnet network emulation
1699 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1705 PC-style IRQ controller
1715 @node ARM System emulator
1716 @section ARM System emulator
1717 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1719 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1720 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1725 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1729 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1731 PL110 LCD controller
1733 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1735 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1738 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1742 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1744 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1748 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1750 PL110 LCD controller
1752 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1754 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1755 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1756 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1757 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1758 mapped control registers.
1760 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1762 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1764 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1767 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1768 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1769 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1770 of the box on these boards.
1772 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1773 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1774 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1775 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1777 The following devices are emulated:
1781 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1783 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1787 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1789 PL110 LCD controller
1791 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1795 PCI OHCI USB controller
1797 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1799 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1802 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1803 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1807 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1811 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1813 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1815 On-chip LCD controller
1817 On-chip Real Time Clock
1819 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1821 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1823 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1825 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
1829 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1832 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1837 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1839 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1841 On-chip LCD controller
1843 On-chip Real Time Clock
1845 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1846 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1848 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1850 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1855 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1856 emulation supports the following elements:
1860 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1862 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1864 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1865 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1867 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1868 driven through SPI bus
1870 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1871 through I@math{^2}C bus
1873 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1875 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1877 A Bluetooth(R) transceiver and HCI connected to an UART
1879 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
1880 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
1882 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
1884 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
1886 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
1890 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
1897 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
1899 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
1901 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
1904 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
1911 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
1913 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
1915 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
1918 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
1923 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
1925 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
1929 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
1931 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
1933 128×64 display with brightness control
1935 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
1938 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
1939 The emulation includes the following elements:
1943 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1945 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
1947 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
1951 On-chip LCD controller
1953 On-chip Real Time Clock
1955 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1960 The "Syborg" Symbian Virtual Platform base model includes the following
1967 Interrupt controller
1982 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1983 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1985 @c man begin OPTIONS
1987 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1992 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1994 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
1996 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1997 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2001 @node ColdFire System emulator
2002 @section ColdFire System emulator
2003 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
2004 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
2006 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2007 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
2009 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2013 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2015 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2017 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2020 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
2024 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2029 @c man begin OPTIONS
2031 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
2036 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2038 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
2040 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2041 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2045 @node Cris System emulator
2046 @section Cris System emulator
2047 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
2051 @node Microblaze System emulator
2052 @section Microblaze System emulator
2053 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2057 @node SH4 System emulator
2058 @section SH4 System emulator
2059 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2063 @node QEMU User space emulator
2064 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2067 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2068 * Linux User space emulator::
2069 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
2070 * BSD User space emulator ::
2073 @node Supported Operating Systems
2074 @section Supported Operating Systems
2076 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2080 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2082 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
2084 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2087 @node Linux User space emulator
2088 @section Linux User space emulator
2093 * Command line options::
2098 @subsection Quick Start
2100 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2101 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2105 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2109 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2112 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2115 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
2116 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2119 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2122 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2123 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2124 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2127 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2130 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2133 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2135 You can look at @file{scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2136 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2137 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2140 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2142 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2143 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2149 @subsection Wine launch
2153 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2154 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2158 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2161 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2162 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2164 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2165 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2166 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2168 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2171 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2172 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2177 @node Command line options
2178 @subsection Command line options
2181 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
2188 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2190 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2192 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2193 @item -ignore-environment
2194 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2195 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2196 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2197 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2199 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2201 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2202 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2203 This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2205 Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
2206 "G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
2213 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2215 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2217 Wait gdb connection to port
2219 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2222 Environment variables:
2226 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2227 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2228 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2229 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2230 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2231 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2234 @node Other binaries
2235 @subsection Other binaries
2237 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2238 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2240 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2241 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2243 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2244 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2245 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2246 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2248 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2249 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2250 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2251 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2252 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2254 The binary format is detected automatically.
2256 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2257 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2259 @cindex user mode (i386)
2260 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2261 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2263 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2264 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2266 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2267 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2268 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2270 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2271 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2272 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2273 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2275 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2276 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2277 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2279 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2280 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2282 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2283 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2285 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2286 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2288 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2289 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2292 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2293 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2294 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2297 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2298 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2302 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2304 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2306 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2308 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2311 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2313 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2314 @subsection Quick Start
2316 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2317 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2318 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2319 CD or compile them by hand.
2323 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2330 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2336 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2340 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
2343 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2344 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2348 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2349 @subsection Command line options
2352 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2359 Set the library root path (default=/)
2361 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
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.
2375 @node BSD User space emulator
2376 @section BSD User space emulator
2381 * BSD Command line options::
2385 @subsection BSD Status
2389 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2392 @node BSD Quick Start
2393 @subsection Quick Start
2395 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2396 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2400 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2404 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2409 @node BSD Command line options
2410 @subsection Command line options
2413 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2420 Set the library root path (default=/)
2422 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2423 @item -ignore-environment
2424 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2425 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2426 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2427 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2429 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2431 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2432 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2439 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2441 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2443 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2447 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2452 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2460 @subsection Compilation
2462 First you must decompress the sources:
2465 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2469 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2475 Then type as root user:
2479 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2485 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2486 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2487 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2490 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2491 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2492 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2493 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2494 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2496 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2497 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2498 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2500 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2502 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2504 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2505 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2506 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2508 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
2509 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2510 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2514 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2515 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2519 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2520 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2523 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2524 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2525 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2526 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2527 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2528 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2529 the QEMU configuration script.
2531 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2532 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2533 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2536 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2538 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2540 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2541 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2542 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MinGW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2543 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2544 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/Qemu}.
2546 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2548 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2550 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2552 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2553 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2554 installation directory.
2558 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu.exe compiled for Win32.
2563 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2564 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2568 @section Make targets
2574 Make everything which is typically needed.
2583 Remove most files which were built during make.
2585 @item make distclean
2586 Remove everything which was built during make.
2592 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2597 @item make defconfig
2598 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2599 User made changes will be overwritten.
2610 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2612 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2613 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2615 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2629 @section Concept Index
2630 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2633 @node Function Index
2634 @section Function Index
2635 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2638 @node Keystroke Index
2639 @section Keystroke Index
2641 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2642 in system emulation.
2647 @section Program Index
2650 @node Data Type Index
2651 @section Data Type Index
2653 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2657 @node Variable Index
2658 @section Variable Index