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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:/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
634 and then you can use it with two guests:
636 qemu-system-i386 linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
637 qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
640 If the nbd-server uses named exports (since NBD 2.9.18), you must use the
643 qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
644 qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
647 @node disk_images_sheepdog
648 @subsection Sheepdog disk images
650 Sheepdog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. It provides highly
651 available block level storage volumes that can be attached to
652 QEMU-based virtual machines.
654 You can create a Sheepdog disk image with the command:
656 qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{image} @var{size}
658 where @var{image} is the Sheepdog image name and @var{size} is its
661 To import the existing @var{filename} to Sheepdog, you can use a
664 qemu-img convert @var{filename} sheepdog:@var{image}
667 You can boot from the Sheepdog disk image with the command:
669 qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:@var{image}
672 You can also create a snapshot of the Sheepdog image like qcow2.
674 qemu-img snapshot -c @var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image}
676 where @var{tag} is a tag name of the newly created snapshot.
678 To boot from the Sheepdog snapshot, specify the tag name of the
681 qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:@var{image}:@var{tag}
684 You can create a cloned image from the existing snapshot.
686 qemu-img create -b sheepdog:@var{base}:@var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image}
688 where @var{base} is a image name of the source snapshot and @var{tag}
691 If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to
692 specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to.
694 qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image} @var{size}
695 qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image}
698 @node disk_images_iscsi
699 @subsection iSCSI LUNs
701 iSCSI is a popular protocol used to access SCSI devices across a computer
704 There are two different ways iSCSI devices can be used by QEMU.
706 The first method is to mount the iSCSI LUN on the host, and make it appear as
707 any other ordinary SCSI device on the host and then to access this device as a
708 /dev/sd device from QEMU. How to do this differs between host OSes.
710 The second method involves using the iSCSI initiator that is built into
711 QEMU. This provides a mechanism that works the same way regardless of which
712 host OS you are running QEMU on. This section will describe this second method
713 of using iSCSI together with QEMU.
715 In QEMU, iSCSI devices are described using special iSCSI URLs
719 iscsi://[<username>[%<password>]@@]<host>[:<port>]/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
722 Username and password are optional and only used if your target is set up
723 using CHAP authentication for access control.
724 Alternatively the username and password can also be set via environment
725 variables to have these not show up in the process list
728 export LIBISCSI_CHAP_USERNAME=<username>
729 export LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD=<password>
730 iscsi://<host>/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
733 Various session related parameters can be set via special options, either
734 in a configuration file provided via '-readconfig' or directly on the
738 Setting a specific initiator name to use when logging in to the target
739 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator
743 Controlling which type of header digest to negotiate with the target
744 -iscsi header-digest=CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
747 These can also be set via a configuration file
750 user = "CHAP username"
751 password = "CHAP password"
752 initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
753 # header digest is one of CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
754 header-digest = "CRC32C"
758 Setting the target name allows different options for different targets
760 [iscsi "iqn.target.name"]
761 user = "CHAP username"
762 password = "CHAP password"
763 initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
764 # header digest is one of CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
765 header-digest = "CRC32C"
769 Howto use a configuration file to set iSCSI configuration options:
771 cat >iscsi.conf <<EOF
774 password = "my password"
775 initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
776 header-digest = "CRC32C"
779 qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
780 -readconfig iscsi.conf
784 Howto set up a simple iSCSI target on loopback and accessing it via QEMU:
786 This example shows how to set up an iSCSI target with one CDROM and one DISK
787 using the Linux STGT software target. This target is available on Red Hat based
788 systems as the package 'scsi-target-utils'.
790 tgtd --iscsi portal=127.0.0.1:3260
791 tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode target --tid 1 -T iqn.qemu.test
792 tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 1 \
793 -b /IMAGES/disk.img --device-type=disk
794 tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 2 \
795 -b /IMAGES/cd.iso --device-type=cd
796 tgtadm --lld iscsi --op bind --mode target --tid 1 -I ALL
798 qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator \
799 -boot d -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
800 -cdrom iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/2
806 @section Network emulation
808 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
809 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
810 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
811 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
812 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
813 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
818 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
819 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
820 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
823 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
825 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
826 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
827 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
829 @subsubsection Linux host
831 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
832 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
833 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
834 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
835 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
836 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
838 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
839 TAP network interfaces.
841 @subsubsection Windows host
843 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
844 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
845 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
846 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
848 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
850 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
851 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
852 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
853 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
857 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
860 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
862 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
865 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
866 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
867 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
868 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
870 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
871 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
872 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
874 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
875 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
878 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
881 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
882 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
883 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
885 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
887 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
888 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
891 @node pcsys_other_devs
892 @section Other Devices
894 @subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
896 With KVM enabled on a Linux host, a shared memory device is available. Guests
897 map a POSIX shared memory region into the guest as a PCI device that enables
898 zero-copy communication to the application level of the guests. The basic
902 qemu-system-i386 -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,shm=<shm name>]
905 If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
906 memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
907 using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
908 is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
912 qemu-system-i386 -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,chardev=<id>]
913 [,msi=on][,ioeventfd=on][,vectors=n][,role=peer|master]
914 qemu-system-i386 -chardev socket,path=<path>,id=<id>
917 When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
918 using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
919 VM ID from a device register (see example code). Since receiving the shared
920 memory region from the server is asynchronous, there is a (small) chance the
921 guest may boot before the shared memory is attached. To allow an application
922 to ensure shared memory is attached, the VM ID register will return -1 (an
923 invalid VM ID) until the memory is attached. Once the shared memory is
924 attached, the VM ID will return the guest's valid VM ID. With these semantics,
925 the guest application can check to ensure the shared memory is attached to the
926 guest before proceeding.
928 The @option{role} argument can be set to either master or peer and will affect
929 how the shared memory is migrated. With @option{role=master}, the guest will
930 copy the shared memory on migration to the destination host. With
931 @option{role=peer}, the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.
932 With the @option{peer} case, the device should be detached and then reattached
933 after migration using the PCI hotplug support.
935 @node direct_linux_boot
936 @section Direct Linux Boot
938 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
939 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
944 qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
947 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
948 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
949 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
951 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
952 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
955 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
956 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
957 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
959 qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
960 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
963 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
964 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
967 @section USB emulation
969 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
970 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
971 on Linux hosts). QEMU will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
972 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
979 @subsection Connecting USB devices
981 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
982 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
986 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
988 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
989 This means QEMU is able to report the mouse position without having
990 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
991 @item disk:@var{file}
992 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
993 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
994 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
996 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
997 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
1000 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
1001 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
1002 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
1004 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
1005 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
1006 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
1007 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
1008 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
1009 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
1011 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
1013 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
1014 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
1016 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
1018 @item net:@var{options}
1019 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
1020 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
1021 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
1023 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
1025 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
1026 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
1027 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
1028 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
1029 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
1030 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
1033 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
1037 @node host_usb_devices
1038 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
1040 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
1041 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
1042 Cameras) are not supported yet.
1045 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
1046 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
1047 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
1048 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
1050 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
1056 @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:
1058 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
1061 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
1064 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
1065 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
1067 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
1068 hubs, it won't work).
1070 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
1072 usb_add host:1234:5678
1075 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
1076 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
1078 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
1082 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
1083 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
1086 @section VNC security
1088 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
1089 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
1090 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
1094 * vnc_sec_password::
1095 * vnc_sec_certificate::
1096 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
1097 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
1099 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
1100 * vnc_generate_cert::
1104 @subsection Without passwords
1106 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
1107 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
1108 socket only. For example
1111 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
1114 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
1115 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
1116 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
1119 @node vnc_sec_password
1120 @subsection With passwords
1122 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
1123 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
1124 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
1125 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
1126 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
1127 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is not supported when operating
1128 in FIPS 140-2 compliance mode as it requires the use of the DES cipher. Password
1129 authentication is requested with the @code{password} option, and then once QEMU
1130 is running the password is set with the monitor. Until the monitor is used to
1131 set the password all clients will be rejected.
1134 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
1135 (qemu) change vnc password
1140 @node vnc_sec_certificate
1141 @subsection With x509 certificates
1143 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
1144 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
1145 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
1146 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
1147 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
1148 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
1151 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1154 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
1155 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
1156 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1157 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
1158 only be readable by the user owning it.
1160 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
1161 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
1163 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
1164 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
1165 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
1166 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
1169 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1173 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
1174 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
1176 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
1177 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1180 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1181 (qemu) change vnc password
1188 @subsection With SASL authentication
1190 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
1191 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
1192 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
1193 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
1194 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
1195 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
1196 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
1198 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
1199 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
1200 then QEMU can be launched with:
1203 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
1206 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
1207 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
1209 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
1210 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
1211 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
1212 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
1213 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
1214 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
1217 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
1221 @node vnc_generate_cert
1222 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1224 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1225 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1226 is necessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1227 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1228 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1229 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1230 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1234 * vnc_generate_server::
1235 * vnc_generate_client::
1237 @node vnc_generate_ca
1238 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1240 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1241 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1242 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1243 issued with it is lost.
1246 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1249 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1250 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1251 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1252 name of the organization.
1255 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1256 cn = Name of your organization
1260 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1261 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1262 --template ca.info \
1263 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1266 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1267 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1269 @node vnc_generate_server
1270 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1272 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1273 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1274 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1275 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1276 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1277 secure CA private key:
1280 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1281 organization = Name of your organization
1282 cn = server.foo.example.com
1287 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1288 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1289 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1290 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1291 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1292 --template server.info \
1293 --outfile server-cert.pem
1296 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1297 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1298 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1300 @node vnc_generate_client
1301 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1303 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1304 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1305 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1306 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1307 the secure CA private key:
1310 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1314 organiazation = Name of your organization
1315 cn = client.foo.example.com
1320 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1321 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1322 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1323 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1324 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1325 --template client.info \
1326 --outfile client-cert.pem
1329 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1330 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1333 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1335 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1337 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1338 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1339 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1340 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1341 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1342 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1344 The default configuration might contain
1347 mech_list: digest-md5
1348 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1351 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1352 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1353 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1354 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1355 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1358 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1363 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1366 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1367 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1368 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1369 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Kerberos Realm.
1371 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1372 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1373 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1374 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1379 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1380 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1382 In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1385 qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1386 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1387 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1388 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1391 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1396 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1398 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1401 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1406 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1410 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1412 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1414 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1415 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1418 Advanced debugging options:
1420 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:
1422 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1424 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1426 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1427 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1428 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1430 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1432 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1434 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1435 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1438 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1440 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1442 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1443 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1448 @node pcsys_os_specific
1449 @section Target OS specific information
1453 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1454 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1455 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1457 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1458 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1459 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1460 cannot simulate exactly.
1462 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1463 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1464 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1465 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1466 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1470 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1471 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1473 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1475 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1476 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1477 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1478 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1480 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1481 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1482 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1483 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1485 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1487 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1488 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1489 idle. You can install the utility from
1490 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1491 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1493 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1495 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1496 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1497 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1498 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1501 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1503 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1504 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1505 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1507 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1508 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1509 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1510 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1511 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1512 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1514 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1516 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1518 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1520 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1523 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1524 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1527 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1528 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1529 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1530 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1531 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1533 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1535 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1537 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1538 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1539 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1542 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1543 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1545 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1546 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1547 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1550 * PowerPC System emulator::
1551 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1552 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1553 * MIPS System emulator::
1554 * ARM System emulator::
1555 * ColdFire System emulator::
1556 * Cris System emulator::
1557 * Microblaze System emulator::
1558 * SH4 System emulator::
1559 * Xtensa System emulator::
1562 @node PowerPC System emulator
1563 @section PowerPC System emulator
1564 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1566 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1567 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1569 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1573 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1575 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1577 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1583 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1586 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1592 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1594 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1598 NE2000 network adapters
1602 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1604 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1607 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1608 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1610 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1611 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1612 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1613 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1615 @c man begin OPTIONS
1617 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1621 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1623 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1625 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1627 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1630 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1631 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1632 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1635 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1642 More information is available at
1643 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1645 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1646 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1647 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1649 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1650 Sun4m architecture machines:
1665 SPARCstation Voyager
1672 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1673 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1675 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1676 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1677 emulators are not usable yet.
1679 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1687 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1689 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1691 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1692 and power/reset logic
1694 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1696 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1698 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1701 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1702 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1705 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1706 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1707 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1708 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1710 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1711 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1712 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1713 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1716 @c man begin OPTIONS
1718 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1722 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1724 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1725 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1727 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1729 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1732 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1733 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1736 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1738 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1744 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1745 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1746 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1748 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1749 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1750 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1751 it can launch some kernels.
1753 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1757 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1759 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1761 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1763 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1765 PC-compatible serial ports
1767 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1772 @c man begin OPTIONS
1774 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1778 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1780 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1783 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1786 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1788 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1794 @node MIPS System emulator
1795 @section MIPS System emulator
1796 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1798 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1799 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1800 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1801 Five different machine types are emulated:
1805 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1807 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1809 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1811 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1813 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1816 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1817 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1822 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1824 PC style serial port
1831 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1835 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1837 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1839 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1841 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1843 Malta FPGA serial device
1845 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1848 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1854 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1861 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
1862 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1867 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1869 PC style serial port
1871 MIPSnet network emulation
1874 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1880 PC-style IRQ controller
1890 @node ARM System emulator
1891 @section ARM System emulator
1892 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1894 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1895 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1900 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1904 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1906 PL110 LCD controller
1908 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1910 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1913 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1917 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1919 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1923 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1925 PL110 LCD controller
1927 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1929 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1930 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1931 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1932 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1933 mapped control registers.
1935 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1937 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1939 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1942 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1943 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1944 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1945 of the box on these boards.
1947 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1948 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1949 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1950 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1952 The following devices are emulated:
1956 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1958 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1962 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1964 PL110 LCD controller
1966 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1970 PCI OHCI USB controller
1972 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1974 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1977 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1978 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1982 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1986 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1988 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1990 On-chip LCD controller
1992 On-chip Real Time Clock
1994 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1996 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1998 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
2000 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
2004 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
2007 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
2012 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2014 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
2016 On-chip LCD controller
2018 On-chip Real Time Clock
2020 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
2021 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
2023 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
2025 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2030 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
2031 emulation supports the following elements:
2035 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
2037 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
2039 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
2040 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
2042 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
2043 driven through SPI bus
2045 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
2046 through I@math{^2}C bus
2048 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2050 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
2052 A Bluetooth(R) transceiver and HCI connected to an UART
2054 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
2055 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
2057 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
2059 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
2061 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
2065 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
2072 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
2074 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
2076 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
2079 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
2086 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
2088 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
2090 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
2093 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
2098 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
2100 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
2104 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
2106 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
2108 128×64 display with brightness control
2110 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
2113 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
2114 The emulation includes the following elements:
2118 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2120 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
2122 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
2126 On-chip LCD controller
2128 On-chip Real Time Clock
2130 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2135 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
2136 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
2138 @c man begin OPTIONS
2140 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
2145 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2147 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
2149 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2150 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2154 @node ColdFire System emulator
2155 @section ColdFire System emulator
2156 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
2157 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
2159 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2160 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
2162 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2166 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2168 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2170 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2173 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
2177 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2182 @c man begin OPTIONS
2184 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
2189 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2191 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
2193 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2194 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2198 @node Cris System emulator
2199 @section Cris System emulator
2200 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
2204 @node Microblaze System emulator
2205 @section Microblaze System emulator
2206 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2210 @node SH4 System emulator
2211 @section SH4 System emulator
2212 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2216 @node Xtensa System emulator
2217 @section Xtensa System emulator
2218 @cindex system emulation (Xtensa)
2220 Two executables cover simulation of both Xtensa endian options,
2221 @file{qemu-system-xtensa} and @file{qemu-system-xtensaeb}.
2222 Two different machine types are emulated:
2226 Xtensa emulator pseudo board "sim"
2228 Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 board
2231 The sim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
2232 to one provided by the proprietary Tensilica ISS.
2237 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2239 Console and filesystem access via semihosting calls
2242 The Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 emulation supports:
2246 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2250 OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC
2253 @c man begin OPTIONS
2255 The following options are specific to the Xtensa emulation:
2260 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2262 Xtensa semihosting provides basic file IO calls, such as open/read/write/seek/select.
2263 Tensilica baremetal libc for ISS and linux platform "sim" use this interface.
2265 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2266 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2269 @node QEMU User space emulator
2270 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2273 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2274 * Linux User space emulator::
2275 * BSD User space emulator ::
2278 @node Supported Operating Systems
2279 @section Supported Operating Systems
2281 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2285 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2287 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2290 @node Linux User space emulator
2291 @section Linux User space emulator
2296 * Command line options::
2301 @subsection Quick Start
2303 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2304 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2308 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2312 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2315 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2318 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch QEMU with
2319 QEMU (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2322 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2325 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2326 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2327 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2330 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2333 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2336 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2338 You can look at @file{scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2339 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2340 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2343 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2345 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2346 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2352 @subsection Wine launch
2356 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2357 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2361 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2364 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2365 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2367 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2368 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2369 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2371 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2374 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2375 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2380 @node Command line options
2381 @subsection Command line options
2384 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
2391 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2393 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2395 Select CPU model (-cpu help for list and additional feature selection)
2396 @item -ignore-environment
2397 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2398 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2399 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2400 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2402 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2404 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2405 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2406 This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2408 Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
2409 "G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
2416 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2418 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2420 Wait gdb connection to port
2422 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2425 Environment variables:
2429 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2430 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2431 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2432 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2433 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2434 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2437 @node Other binaries
2438 @subsection Other binaries
2440 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2441 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2443 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2444 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2446 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2447 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2448 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2449 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2451 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2452 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2453 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2454 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2455 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2457 The binary format is detected automatically.
2459 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2460 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2462 @cindex user mode (i386)
2463 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2464 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2466 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2467 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2469 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2470 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2471 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2473 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2474 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2475 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2476 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2478 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2479 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2480 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2482 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2483 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2485 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2486 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2488 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2489 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2491 @node BSD User space emulator
2492 @section BSD User space emulator
2497 * BSD Command line options::
2501 @subsection BSD Status
2505 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2508 @node BSD Quick Start
2509 @subsection Quick Start
2511 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2512 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2516 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2520 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2525 @node BSD Command line options
2526 @subsection Command line options
2529 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2536 Set the library root path (default=/)
2538 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2539 @item -ignore-environment
2540 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2541 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2542 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2543 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2545 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2547 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2548 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2555 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2557 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2559 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2563 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2568 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2576 @subsection Compilation
2578 First you must decompress the sources:
2581 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2585 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2591 Then type as root user:
2595 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2601 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2602 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2603 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2606 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2607 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2608 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2609 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2610 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2612 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2613 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2614 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2616 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2618 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2620 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2621 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2622 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2624 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/QEMU} by typing
2625 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2626 @file{Program Files/QEMU}.
2630 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2631 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2635 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2636 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2639 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2640 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2641 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2642 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2643 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2644 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2645 the QEMU configuration script.
2647 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2648 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2649 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2652 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2654 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2656 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2657 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2658 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MinGW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2659 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2660 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/QEMU}.
2662 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2664 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2666 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2668 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2669 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2670 installation directory.
2674 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu-system-i386.exe
2675 and all other qemu-system-@var{target}.exe compiled for Win32.
2680 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2681 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2685 @section Make targets
2691 Make everything which is typically needed.
2700 Remove most files which were built during make.
2702 @item make distclean
2703 Remove everything which was built during make.
2709 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2714 @item make defconfig
2715 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2716 User made changes will be overwritten.
2727 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2729 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2730 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2732 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2746 @section Concept Index
2747 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2750 @node Function Index
2751 @section Function Index
2752 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2755 @node Keystroke Index
2756 @section Keystroke Index
2758 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2759 in system emulation.
2764 @section Program Index
2767 @node Data Type Index
2768 @section Data Type Index
2770 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2774 @node Variable Index
2775 @section Variable Index