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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 a 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 AXIS-Devboard88 (CRISv32 ETRAX-FS).
111 @item Petalogix Spartan 3aDSP1800 MMU ref design (MicroBlaze).
112 @item Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 boards (Xtensa)
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 Note 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-system-i386 dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
238 qemu-system-i386 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:
254 qemu-system-i386 linux.img
257 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
263 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
264 usage: qemu-system-i386 [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 special key combinations to change
282 modes. The default key mappings are shown below, but if you use @code{-alt-grab}
283 then the modifier is Ctrl-Alt-Shift (instead of Ctrl-Alt) and if you use
284 @code{-ctrl-grab} then the modifier is the right Ctrl key (instead of Ctrl-Alt):
301 Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
305 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
308 Target system display
317 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
323 @kindex Ctrl-PageDown
324 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
325 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
328 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
329 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
342 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
345 Toggle console timestamps
348 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
351 Switch between console and monitor
361 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
362 user mode emulator invocation.
372 @section QEMU Monitor
375 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
376 emulator. You can use it to:
381 Remove or insert removable media images
382 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
385 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
388 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
394 The following commands are available:
396 @include qemu-monitor.texi
398 @subsection Integer expressions
400 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
401 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
402 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
407 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
408 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
409 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
410 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
414 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
415 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
416 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
417 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
418 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
419 * host_drives:: Using host drives
420 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
421 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
422 * disk_images_sheepdog:: Sheepdog disk images
423 * disk_images_iscsi:: iSCSI LUNs
426 @node disk_images_quickstart
427 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
429 You can create a disk image with the command:
431 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
433 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
434 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
435 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
437 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
439 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
440 @subsection Snapshot mode
442 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
443 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
444 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
445 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
446 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
449 @subsection VM snapshots
451 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
452 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
453 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
454 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
455 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
457 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
458 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
459 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
461 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
462 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
463 with their associated information:
466 (qemu) info snapshots
467 Snapshot devices: hda
468 Snapshot list (from hda):
469 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
470 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
471 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
472 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
475 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
476 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
477 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
478 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
479 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
480 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
481 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
482 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
485 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
486 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
487 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
489 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
492 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
493 inserted after a snapshot is done.
495 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
496 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
499 @node qemu_img_invocation
500 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
502 @include qemu-img.texi
504 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
505 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
507 @include qemu-nbd.texi
510 @subsection Using host drives
512 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
513 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
517 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
518 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
519 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
520 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
524 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
525 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
526 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
528 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
529 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
530 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
531 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
533 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
534 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
535 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
536 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
537 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
538 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
541 @subsubsection Windows
545 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
546 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
547 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
549 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
550 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
551 change or eject media.
553 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
554 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
556 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
557 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
558 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
559 modifications are written in a temporary file).
563 @subsubsection Mac OS X
565 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
567 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
568 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
569 change or eject media.
571 @node disk_images_fat_images
572 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
574 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
575 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
578 qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
581 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
582 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
583 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
585 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
588 qemu-system-i386 linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
591 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
595 qemu-system-i386 linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
598 What you should @emph{never} do:
600 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
601 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
602 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
603 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
606 @node disk_images_nbd
607 @subsection NBD access
609 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
613 qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd://my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024/
616 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
620 qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
623 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
626 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
629 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
631 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
635 and then you can use it with two guests:
637 qemu-system-i386 linux1.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
638 qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
641 If the nbd-server uses named exports (supported since NBD 2.9.18, or with QEMU's
642 own embedded NBD server), you must specify an export name in the URI:
644 qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd://localhost/debian-500-ppc-netinst
645 qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd://localhost/openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
648 The URI syntax for NBD is supported since QEMU 1.3. An alternative syntax is
649 also available. Here are some example of the older syntax:
651 qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
652 qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
653 qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd:localhost:10809:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
656 @node disk_images_sheepdog
657 @subsection Sheepdog disk images
659 Sheepdog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. It provides highly
660 available block level storage volumes that can be attached to
661 QEMU-based virtual machines.
663 You can create a Sheepdog disk image with the command:
665 qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{image} @var{size}
667 where @var{image} is the Sheepdog image name and @var{size} is its
670 To import the existing @var{filename} to Sheepdog, you can use a
673 qemu-img convert @var{filename} sheepdog:@var{image}
676 You can boot from the Sheepdog disk image with the command:
678 qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:@var{image}
681 You can also create a snapshot of the Sheepdog image like qcow2.
683 qemu-img snapshot -c @var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image}
685 where @var{tag} is a tag name of the newly created snapshot.
687 To boot from the Sheepdog snapshot, specify the tag name of the
690 qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:@var{image}:@var{tag}
693 You can create a cloned image from the existing snapshot.
695 qemu-img create -b sheepdog:@var{base}:@var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image}
697 where @var{base} is a image name of the source snapshot and @var{tag}
700 If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to
701 specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to.
703 qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image} @var{size}
704 qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image}
707 @node disk_images_iscsi
708 @subsection iSCSI LUNs
710 iSCSI is a popular protocol used to access SCSI devices across a computer
713 There are two different ways iSCSI devices can be used by QEMU.
715 The first method is to mount the iSCSI LUN on the host, and make it appear as
716 any other ordinary SCSI device on the host and then to access this device as a
717 /dev/sd device from QEMU. How to do this differs between host OSes.
719 The second method involves using the iSCSI initiator that is built into
720 QEMU. This provides a mechanism that works the same way regardless of which
721 host OS you are running QEMU on. This section will describe this second method
722 of using iSCSI together with QEMU.
724 In QEMU, iSCSI devices are described using special iSCSI URLs
728 iscsi://[<username>[%<password>]@@]<host>[:<port>]/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
731 Username and password are optional and only used if your target is set up
732 using CHAP authentication for access control.
733 Alternatively the username and password can also be set via environment
734 variables to have these not show up in the process list
737 export LIBISCSI_CHAP_USERNAME=<username>
738 export LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD=<password>
739 iscsi://<host>/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
742 Various session related parameters can be set via special options, either
743 in a configuration file provided via '-readconfig' or directly on the
746 If the initiator-name is not specified qemu will use a default name
747 of 'iqn.2008-11.org.linux-kvm[:<name>'] where <name> is the name of the
752 Setting a specific initiator name to use when logging in to the target
753 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator
757 Controlling which type of header digest to negotiate with the target
758 -iscsi header-digest=CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
761 These can also be set via a configuration file
764 user = "CHAP username"
765 password = "CHAP password"
766 initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
767 # header digest is one of CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
768 header-digest = "CRC32C"
772 Setting the target name allows different options for different targets
774 [iscsi "iqn.target.name"]
775 user = "CHAP username"
776 password = "CHAP password"
777 initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
778 # header digest is one of CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
779 header-digest = "CRC32C"
783 Howto use a configuration file to set iSCSI configuration options:
785 cat >iscsi.conf <<EOF
788 password = "my password"
789 initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
790 header-digest = "CRC32C"
793 qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
794 -readconfig iscsi.conf
798 Howto set up a simple iSCSI target on loopback and accessing it via QEMU:
800 This example shows how to set up an iSCSI target with one CDROM and one DISK
801 using the Linux STGT software target. This target is available on Red Hat based
802 systems as the package 'scsi-target-utils'.
804 tgtd --iscsi portal=127.0.0.1:3260
805 tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode target --tid 1 -T iqn.qemu.test
806 tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 1 \
807 -b /IMAGES/disk.img --device-type=disk
808 tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 2 \
809 -b /IMAGES/cd.iso --device-type=cd
810 tgtadm --lld iscsi --op bind --mode target --tid 1 -I ALL
812 qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator \
813 -boot d -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
814 -cdrom iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/2
820 @section Network emulation
822 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
823 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
824 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
825 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
826 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
827 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
832 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
833 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
834 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
837 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
839 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
840 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
841 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
843 @subsubsection Linux host
845 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
846 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
847 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
848 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
849 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
850 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
852 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
853 TAP network interfaces.
855 @subsubsection Windows host
857 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
858 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
859 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
860 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
862 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
864 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
865 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
866 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
867 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
871 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
874 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
876 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
879 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
880 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
881 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
882 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
884 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
885 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
886 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
888 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
889 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
892 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
895 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
896 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
897 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
899 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
901 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
902 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
905 @node pcsys_other_devs
906 @section Other Devices
908 @subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
910 With KVM enabled on a Linux host, a shared memory device is available. Guests
911 map a POSIX shared memory region into the guest as a PCI device that enables
912 zero-copy communication to the application level of the guests. The basic
916 qemu-system-i386 -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,shm=<shm name>]
919 If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
920 memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
921 using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
922 is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
926 qemu-system-i386 -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,chardev=<id>]
927 [,msi=on][,ioeventfd=on][,vectors=n][,role=peer|master]
928 qemu-system-i386 -chardev socket,path=<path>,id=<id>
931 When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
932 using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
933 VM ID from a device register (see example code). Since receiving the shared
934 memory region from the server is asynchronous, there is a (small) chance the
935 guest may boot before the shared memory is attached. To allow an application
936 to ensure shared memory is attached, the VM ID register will return -1 (an
937 invalid VM ID) until the memory is attached. Once the shared memory is
938 attached, the VM ID will return the guest's valid VM ID. With these semantics,
939 the guest application can check to ensure the shared memory is attached to the
940 guest before proceeding.
942 The @option{role} argument can be set to either master or peer and will affect
943 how the shared memory is migrated. With @option{role=master}, the guest will
944 copy the shared memory on migration to the destination host. With
945 @option{role=peer}, the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.
946 With the @option{peer} case, the device should be detached and then reattached
947 after migration using the PCI hotplug support.
949 @node direct_linux_boot
950 @section Direct Linux Boot
952 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
953 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
958 qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
961 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
962 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
963 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
965 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
966 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
969 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
970 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
971 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
973 qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
974 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
977 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
978 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
981 @section USB emulation
983 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
984 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
985 on Linux hosts). QEMU will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
986 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
993 @subsection Connecting USB devices
995 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
996 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
1000 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
1002 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
1003 This means QEMU is able to report the mouse position without having
1004 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
1005 @item disk:@var{file}
1006 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
1007 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
1008 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
1010 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
1011 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
1014 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
1015 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
1016 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
1018 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
1019 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
1020 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
1021 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
1022 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
1023 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
1025 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
1027 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
1028 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
1030 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
1032 @item net:@var{options}
1033 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
1034 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
1035 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
1037 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
1039 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
1040 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
1041 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
1042 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
1043 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
1044 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
1047 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
1051 @node host_usb_devices
1052 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
1054 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
1055 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
1056 Cameras) are not supported yet.
1059 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
1060 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
1061 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
1062 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
1064 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
1070 @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:
1072 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
1075 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
1078 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
1079 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
1081 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
1082 hubs, it won't work).
1084 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
1086 usb_add host:1234:5678
1089 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
1090 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
1092 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
1096 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
1097 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
1100 @section VNC security
1102 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
1103 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
1104 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
1108 * vnc_sec_password::
1109 * vnc_sec_certificate::
1110 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
1111 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
1113 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
1114 * vnc_generate_cert::
1118 @subsection Without passwords
1120 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
1121 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
1122 socket only. For example
1125 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
1128 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
1129 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
1130 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
1133 @node vnc_sec_password
1134 @subsection With passwords
1136 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
1137 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
1138 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
1139 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
1140 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
1141 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is not supported when operating
1142 in FIPS 140-2 compliance mode as it requires the use of the DES cipher. Password
1143 authentication is requested with the @code{password} option, and then once QEMU
1144 is running the password is set with the monitor. Until the monitor is used to
1145 set the password all clients will be rejected.
1148 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
1149 (qemu) change vnc password
1154 @node vnc_sec_certificate
1155 @subsection With x509 certificates
1157 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
1158 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
1159 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
1160 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
1161 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
1162 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
1165 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1168 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
1169 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
1170 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1171 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
1172 only be readable by the user owning it.
1174 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
1175 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
1177 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
1178 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
1179 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
1180 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
1183 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1187 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
1188 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
1190 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
1191 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1194 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1195 (qemu) change vnc password
1202 @subsection With SASL authentication
1204 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
1205 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
1206 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
1207 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
1208 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
1209 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
1210 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
1212 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
1213 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
1214 then QEMU can be launched with:
1217 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
1220 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
1221 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
1223 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
1224 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
1225 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
1226 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
1227 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
1228 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
1231 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
1235 @node vnc_generate_cert
1236 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1238 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1239 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1240 is necessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1241 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1242 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1243 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1244 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1248 * vnc_generate_server::
1249 * vnc_generate_client::
1251 @node vnc_generate_ca
1252 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1254 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1255 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1256 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1257 issued with it is lost.
1260 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1263 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1264 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1265 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1266 name of the organization.
1269 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1270 cn = Name of your organization
1274 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1275 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1276 --template ca.info \
1277 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1280 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1281 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1283 @node vnc_generate_server
1284 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1286 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1287 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1288 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1289 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1290 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1291 secure CA private key:
1294 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1295 organization = Name of your organization
1296 cn = server.foo.example.com
1301 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1302 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1303 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1304 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1305 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1306 --template server.info \
1307 --outfile server-cert.pem
1310 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1311 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1312 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1314 @node vnc_generate_client
1315 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1317 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1318 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1319 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1320 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1321 the secure CA private key:
1324 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1328 organiazation = Name of your organization
1329 cn = client.foo.example.com
1334 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1335 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1336 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1337 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1338 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1339 --template client.info \
1340 --outfile client-cert.pem
1343 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1344 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1347 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1349 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1351 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1352 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1353 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1354 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1355 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1356 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1358 The default configuration might contain
1361 mech_list: digest-md5
1362 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1365 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1366 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1367 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1368 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1369 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1372 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1377 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1380 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1381 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1382 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1383 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Kerberos Realm.
1385 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1386 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1387 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1388 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1393 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1394 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1396 In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1399 qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1400 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1401 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1402 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1405 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1410 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1412 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1415 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1420 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1424 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1426 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1428 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1429 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1432 Advanced debugging options:
1434 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:
1436 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1438 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1440 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1441 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1442 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1444 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1446 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1448 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1449 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1452 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1454 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1456 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1457 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1462 @node pcsys_os_specific
1463 @section Target OS specific information
1467 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1468 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1469 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1471 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1472 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1473 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1474 cannot simulate exactly.
1476 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1477 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1478 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1479 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1480 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1484 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1485 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1487 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1489 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1490 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1491 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1492 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1494 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1495 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1496 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1497 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1499 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1501 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1502 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1503 idle. You can install the utility from
1504 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1505 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1507 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1509 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1510 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1511 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1512 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1515 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1517 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1518 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1519 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1521 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1522 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1523 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1524 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1525 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1526 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1528 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1530 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1532 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1534 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1537 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1538 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1541 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1542 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1543 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1544 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1545 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1547 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1549 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1551 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1552 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1553 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1556 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1557 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1559 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1560 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1561 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1564 * PowerPC System emulator::
1565 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1566 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1567 * MIPS System emulator::
1568 * ARM System emulator::
1569 * ColdFire System emulator::
1570 * Cris System emulator::
1571 * Microblaze System emulator::
1572 * SH4 System emulator::
1573 * Xtensa System emulator::
1576 @node PowerPC System emulator
1577 @section PowerPC System emulator
1578 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1580 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1581 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1583 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1587 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1589 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1591 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1597 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1600 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1606 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1608 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1612 NE2000 network adapters
1616 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1618 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1621 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1622 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1624 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1625 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1626 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1627 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1629 @c man begin OPTIONS
1631 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1635 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1637 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1639 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1641 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1644 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1645 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1646 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1649 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1656 More information is available at
1657 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1659 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1660 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1661 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1663 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1664 Sun4m architecture machines:
1679 SPARCstation Voyager
1686 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1687 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1689 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1690 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1691 emulators are not usable yet.
1693 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1701 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1703 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1705 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1706 and power/reset logic
1708 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1710 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1712 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1715 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1716 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1719 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1720 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1721 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1722 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1724 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1725 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1726 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1727 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1730 @c man begin OPTIONS
1732 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1736 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1738 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1739 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1741 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1743 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1746 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1747 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1750 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1752 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1758 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1759 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1760 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1762 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1763 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1764 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1765 it can launch some kernels.
1767 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1771 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1773 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1775 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1777 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1779 PC-compatible serial ports
1781 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1786 @c man begin OPTIONS
1788 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1792 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1794 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1797 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1800 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1802 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1808 @node MIPS System emulator
1809 @section MIPS System emulator
1810 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1812 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1813 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1814 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1815 Five different machine types are emulated:
1819 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1821 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1823 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1825 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1827 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1830 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1831 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1836 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1838 PC style serial port
1845 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1849 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1851 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1853 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1855 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1857 Malta FPGA serial device
1859 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1862 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1868 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1875 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
1876 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1881 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1883 PC style serial port
1885 MIPSnet network emulation
1888 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1894 PC-style IRQ controller
1904 @node ARM System emulator
1905 @section ARM System emulator
1906 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1908 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1909 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1914 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1918 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1920 PL110 LCD controller
1922 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1924 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1927 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1931 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1933 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1937 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1939 PL110 LCD controller
1941 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1943 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1944 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1945 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1946 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1947 mapped control registers.
1949 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1951 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1953 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1956 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1957 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1958 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1959 of the box on these boards.
1961 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1962 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1963 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1964 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1966 The following devices are emulated:
1970 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1972 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1976 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1978 PL110 LCD controller
1980 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1984 PCI OHCI USB controller
1986 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1988 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1991 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1992 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1996 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
2000 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
2002 On-chip OHCI USB controller
2004 On-chip LCD controller
2006 On-chip Real Time Clock
2008 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
2010 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
2012 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
2014 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
2018 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
2021 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
2026 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2028 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
2030 On-chip LCD controller
2032 On-chip Real Time Clock
2034 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
2035 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
2037 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
2039 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2044 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
2045 emulation supports the following elements:
2049 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
2051 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
2053 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
2054 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
2056 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
2057 driven through SPI bus
2059 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
2060 through I@math{^2}C bus
2062 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2064 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
2066 A Bluetooth(R) transceiver and HCI connected to an UART
2068 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
2069 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
2071 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
2073 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
2075 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
2079 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
2086 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
2088 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
2090 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
2093 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
2100 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
2102 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
2104 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
2107 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
2112 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
2114 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
2118 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
2120 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
2122 128×64 display with brightness control
2124 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
2127 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
2128 The emulation includes the following elements:
2132 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2134 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
2136 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
2140 On-chip LCD controller
2142 On-chip Real Time Clock
2144 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2149 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
2150 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
2152 @c man begin OPTIONS
2154 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
2159 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2161 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
2163 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2164 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2168 @node ColdFire System emulator
2169 @section ColdFire System emulator
2170 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
2171 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
2173 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2174 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
2176 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2180 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2182 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2184 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2187 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
2191 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2196 @c man begin OPTIONS
2198 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
2203 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2205 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
2207 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2208 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2212 @node Cris System emulator
2213 @section Cris System emulator
2214 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
2218 @node Microblaze System emulator
2219 @section Microblaze System emulator
2220 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2224 @node SH4 System emulator
2225 @section SH4 System emulator
2226 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2230 @node Xtensa System emulator
2231 @section Xtensa System emulator
2232 @cindex system emulation (Xtensa)
2234 Two executables cover simulation of both Xtensa endian options,
2235 @file{qemu-system-xtensa} and @file{qemu-system-xtensaeb}.
2236 Two different machine types are emulated:
2240 Xtensa emulator pseudo board "sim"
2242 Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 board
2245 The sim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
2246 to one provided by the proprietary Tensilica ISS.
2251 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2253 Console and filesystem access via semihosting calls
2256 The Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 emulation supports:
2260 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2264 OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC
2267 @c man begin OPTIONS
2269 The following options are specific to the Xtensa emulation:
2274 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2276 Xtensa semihosting provides basic file IO calls, such as open/read/write/seek/select.
2277 Tensilica baremetal libc for ISS and linux platform "sim" use this interface.
2279 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2280 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2283 @node QEMU User space emulator
2284 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2287 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2288 * Linux User space emulator::
2289 * BSD User space emulator ::
2292 @node Supported Operating Systems
2293 @section Supported Operating Systems
2295 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2299 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2301 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2304 @node Linux User space emulator
2305 @section Linux User space emulator
2310 * Command line options::
2315 @subsection Quick Start
2317 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2318 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2322 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2326 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2329 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2332 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch QEMU with
2333 QEMU (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2336 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2339 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2340 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2341 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2344 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2347 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2350 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2352 You can look at @file{scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2353 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2354 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2357 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2359 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2360 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2366 @subsection Wine launch
2370 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2371 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2375 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2378 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2379 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2381 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2382 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2383 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2385 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2388 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2389 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2394 @node Command line options
2395 @subsection Command line options
2398 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
2405 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2407 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2409 Select CPU model (-cpu help for list and additional feature selection)
2410 @item -ignore-environment
2411 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2412 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2413 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2414 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2416 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2418 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2419 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2420 This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2422 Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
2423 "G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
2430 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2432 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2434 Wait gdb connection to port
2436 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2439 Environment variables:
2443 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2444 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2445 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2446 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2447 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2448 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2451 @node Other binaries
2452 @subsection Other binaries
2454 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2455 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2457 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2458 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2460 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2461 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2462 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2463 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2465 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2466 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2467 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2468 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2469 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2471 The binary format is detected automatically.
2473 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2474 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2476 @cindex user mode (i386)
2477 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2478 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2480 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2481 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2483 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2484 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2485 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2487 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2488 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2489 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2490 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2492 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2493 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2494 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2496 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2497 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2499 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2500 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2502 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2503 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2505 @node BSD User space emulator
2506 @section BSD User space emulator
2511 * BSD Command line options::
2515 @subsection BSD Status
2519 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2522 @node BSD Quick Start
2523 @subsection Quick Start
2525 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2526 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2530 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2534 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2539 @node BSD Command line options
2540 @subsection Command line options
2543 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2550 Set the library root path (default=/)
2552 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2553 @item -ignore-environment
2554 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2555 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2556 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2557 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2559 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2561 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2562 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2569 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2571 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2573 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2577 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2582 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2590 @subsection Compilation
2592 First you must decompress the sources:
2595 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2599 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2605 Then type as root user:
2609 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2615 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2616 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2617 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2620 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2621 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2622 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2623 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2624 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2626 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2627 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2628 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2630 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2632 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2634 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2635 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2636 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2638 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/QEMU} by typing
2639 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2640 @file{Program Files/QEMU}.
2644 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2645 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2649 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2650 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2653 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2654 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2655 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2656 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2657 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2658 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2659 the QEMU configuration script.
2661 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2662 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2663 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2666 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2668 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2670 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2671 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2672 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MinGW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2673 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2674 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/QEMU}.
2676 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2678 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2680 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2682 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2683 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2684 installation directory.
2688 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu-system-i386.exe
2689 and all other qemu-system-@var{target}.exe compiled for Win32.
2694 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2695 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2699 @section Make targets
2705 Make everything which is typically needed.
2714 Remove most files which were built during make.
2716 @item make distclean
2717 Remove everything which was built during make.
2723 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2728 @item make defconfig
2729 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2730 User made changes will be overwritten.
2741 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2743 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2744 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2746 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2760 @section Concept Index
2761 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2764 @node Function Index
2765 @section Function Index
2766 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2769 @node Keystroke Index
2770 @section Keystroke Index
2772 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2773 in system emulation.
2778 @section Program Index
2781 @node Data Type Index
2782 @section Data Type Index
2784 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2788 @node Variable Index
2789 @section Variable Index