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8 @settitle QEMU Emulator User Documentation
15 * QEMU: (qemu-doc). The QEMU Emulator User Documentation.
22 @center @titlefont{QEMU Emulator}
24 @center @titlefont{User Documentation}
36 * QEMU PC System emulator::
37 * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
38 * QEMU User space emulator::
39 * compilation:: Compilation from the sources
51 * intro_features:: Features
57 QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
58 achieve good emulation speed.
60 QEMU has two operating modes:
63 @cindex operating modes
66 @cindex system emulation
67 Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
68 example a PC), including one or several processors and various
69 peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
70 without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
73 @cindex user mode emulation
74 User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
75 processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
76 launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
77 to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
81 QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
84 For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
86 @cindex emulated target systems
87 @cindex supported target systems
88 @item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
89 @item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
90 @item PREP (PowerPC processor)
91 @item G3 Beige PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
92 @item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
93 @item Sun4m/Sun4c/Sun4d (32-bit Sparc processor)
94 @item Sun4u/Sun4v (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
95 @item Malta board (32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processors)
96 @item MIPS Magnum (64-bit MIPS processor)
97 @item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM)
98 @item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM)
99 @item ARM RealView Emulation/Platform baseboard (ARM)
100 @item Spitz, Akita, Borzoi, Terrier and Tosa PDAs (PXA270 processor)
101 @item Luminary Micro LM3S811EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
102 @item Luminary Micro LM3S6965EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
103 @item Freescale MCF5208EVB (ColdFire V2).
104 @item Arnewsh MCF5206 evaluation board (ColdFire V2).
105 @item Palm Tungsten|E PDA (OMAP310 processor)
106 @item N800 and N810 tablets (OMAP2420 processor)
107 @item MusicPal (MV88W8618 ARM processor)
108 @item Gumstix "Connex" and "Verdex" motherboards (PXA255/270).
109 @item Siemens SX1 smartphone (OMAP310 processor)
110 @item Syborg SVP base model (ARM Cortex-A8).
111 @item AXIS-Devboard88 (CRISv32 ETRAX-FS).
112 @item Petalogix Spartan 3aDSP1800 MMU ref design (MicroBlaze).
113 @item Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 boards (Xtensa)
116 @cindex supported user mode targets
117 For user emulation, x86 (32 and 64 bit), PowerPC (32 and 64 bit),
118 ARM, MIPS (32 bit only), Sparc (32 and 64 bit),
119 Alpha, ColdFire(m68k), CRISv32 and MicroBlaze CPUs are supported.
122 @chapter Installation
124 If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
127 * install_linux:: Linux
128 * install_windows:: Windows
129 * install_mac:: Macintosh
134 @cindex installation (Linux)
136 If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
137 have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
139 @node install_windows
141 @cindex installation (Windows)
143 Download the experimental binary installer at
144 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
145 TODO (no longer available)
150 Download the experimental binary installer at
151 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
152 TODO (no longer available)
154 @node QEMU PC System emulator
155 @chapter QEMU PC System emulator
156 @cindex system emulation (PC)
159 * pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
160 * pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
161 * sec_invocation:: Invocation
163 * pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
164 * disk_images:: Disk Images
165 * pcsys_network:: Network emulation
166 * pcsys_other_devs:: Other Devices
167 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
168 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
169 * vnc_security:: VNC security
170 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
171 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
174 @node pcsys_introduction
175 @section Introduction
177 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
179 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
180 following peripherals:
184 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
186 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
187 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
189 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
191 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
195 PCI and ISA network adapters
199 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
201 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
203 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
205 Intel HD Audio Controller and HDA codec
207 Adlib (OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
209 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
211 CS4231A compatible sound card
213 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
216 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
218 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
219 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
222 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
225 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
227 QEMU uses GUS emulation (GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
228 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
230 Note that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
231 qemu must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS
234 qemu dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
239 qemu dos.img -device gus,irq=5
242 Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
244 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
248 @node pcsys_quickstart
252 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
258 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
264 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
265 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
270 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
271 targets do not need a disk image.
273 @include qemu-options.texi
282 During the graphical emulation, you can use special key combinations to change
283 modes. The default key mappings are shown below, but if you use @code{-alt-grab}
284 then the modifier is Ctrl-Alt-Shift (instead of Ctrl-Alt) and if you use
285 @code{-ctrl-grab} then the modifier is the right Ctrl key (instead of Ctrl-Alt):
302 Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
306 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
309 Target system display
318 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
324 @kindex Ctrl-PageDown
325 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
326 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
329 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
330 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
343 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
346 Toggle console timestamps
349 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
352 Switch between console and monitor
362 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
363 user mode emulator invocation.
373 @section QEMU Monitor
376 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
377 emulator. You can use it to:
382 Remove or insert removable media images
383 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
386 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
389 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
395 The following commands are available:
397 @include qemu-monitor.texi
399 @subsection Integer expressions
401 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
402 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
403 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
408 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
409 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
410 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
411 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
415 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
416 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
417 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
418 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
419 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
420 * host_drives:: Using host drives
421 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
422 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
423 * disk_images_sheepdog:: Sheepdog disk images
424 * disk_images_iscsi:: iSCSI LUNs
427 @node disk_images_quickstart
428 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
430 You can create a disk image with the command:
432 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
434 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
435 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
436 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
438 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
440 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
441 @subsection Snapshot mode
443 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
444 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
445 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
446 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
447 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
450 @subsection VM snapshots
452 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
453 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
454 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
455 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
456 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
458 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
459 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
460 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
462 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
463 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
464 with their associated information:
467 (qemu) info snapshots
468 Snapshot devices: hda
469 Snapshot list (from hda):
470 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
471 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
472 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
473 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
476 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
477 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
478 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
479 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
480 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
481 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
482 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
483 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
486 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
487 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
488 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
490 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
493 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
494 inserted after a snapshot is done.
496 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
497 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
500 @node qemu_img_invocation
501 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
503 @include qemu-img.texi
505 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
506 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
508 @include qemu-nbd.texi
511 @subsection Using host drives
513 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
514 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
518 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
519 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
520 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
521 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
525 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
526 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
527 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
529 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
530 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
531 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
532 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
534 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
535 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
536 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
537 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
538 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
539 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
542 @subsubsection Windows
546 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
547 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
548 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
550 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
551 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
552 change or eject media.
554 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
555 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
557 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
558 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
559 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
560 modifications are written in a temporary file).
564 @subsubsection Mac OS X
566 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
568 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
569 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
570 change or eject media.
572 @node disk_images_fat_images
573 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
575 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
576 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
579 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
582 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
583 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
584 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
586 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
589 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
592 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
596 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
599 What you should @emph{never} do:
601 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
602 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
603 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
604 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
607 @node disk_images_nbd
608 @subsection NBD access
610 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
614 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
617 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
621 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
624 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
627 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
630 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
632 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
635 and then you can use it with two guests:
637 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
638 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
641 If the nbd-server uses named exports (since NBD 2.9.18), you must use the
644 qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
645 qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
648 @node disk_images_sheepdog
649 @subsection Sheepdog disk images
651 Sheepdog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. It provides highly
652 available block level storage volumes that can be attached to
653 QEMU-based virtual machines.
655 You can create a Sheepdog disk image with the command:
657 qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{image} @var{size}
659 where @var{image} is the Sheepdog image name and @var{size} is its
662 To import the existing @var{filename} to Sheepdog, you can use a
665 qemu-img convert @var{filename} sheepdog:@var{image}
668 You can boot from the Sheepdog disk image with the command:
670 qemu sheepdog:@var{image}
673 You can also create a snapshot of the Sheepdog image like qcow2.
675 qemu-img snapshot -c @var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image}
677 where @var{tag} is a tag name of the newly created snapshot.
679 To boot from the Sheepdog snapshot, specify the tag name of the
682 qemu sheepdog:@var{image}:@var{tag}
685 You can create a cloned image from the existing snapshot.
687 qemu-img create -b sheepdog:@var{base}:@var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image}
689 where @var{base} is a image name of the source snapshot and @var{tag}
692 If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to
693 specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to.
695 qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image} @var{size}
696 qemu sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image}
699 @node disk_images_iscsi
700 @subsection iSCSI LUNs
702 iSCSI is a popular protocol used to access SCSI devices across a computer
705 There are two different ways iSCSI devices can be used by QEMU.
707 The first method is to mount the iSCSI LUN on the host, and make it appear as
708 any other ordinary SCSI device on the host and then to access this device as a
709 /dev/sd device from QEMU. How to do this differs between host OSes.
711 The second method involves using the iSCSI initiator that is built into
712 QEMU. This provides a mechanism that works the same way regardless of which
713 host OS you are running QEMU on. This section will describe this second method
714 of using iSCSI together with QEMU.
716 In QEMU, iSCSI devices are described using special iSCSI URLs
720 iscsi://[<username>[%<password>]@@]<host>[:<port>]/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
723 Username and password are optional and only used if your target is set up
724 using CHAP authentication for access control.
725 Alternatively the username and password can also be set via environment
726 variables to have these not show up in the process list
729 export LIBISCSI_CHAP_USERNAME=<username>
730 export LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD=<password>
731 iscsi://<host>/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
734 Howto set up a simple iSCSI target on loopback and accessing it via QEMU:
736 This example shows how to set up an iSCSI target with one CDROM and one DISK
737 using the Linux STGT software target. This target is available on Red Hat based
738 systems as the package 'scsi-target-utils'.
740 tgtd --iscsi portal=127.0.0.1:3260
741 tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode target --tid 1 -T iqn.qemu.test
742 tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 1 \
743 -b /IMAGES/disk.img --device-type=disk
744 tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 2 \
745 -b /IMAGES/cd.iso --device-type=cd
746 tgtadm --lld iscsi --op bind --mode target --tid 1 -I ALL
748 qemu-system-i386 -boot d -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
749 -cdrom iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/2
755 @section Network emulation
757 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
758 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
759 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
760 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
761 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
762 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
767 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
768 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
769 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
772 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
774 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
775 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
776 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
778 @subsubsection Linux host
780 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
781 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
782 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
783 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
784 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
785 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
787 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
788 TAP network interfaces.
790 @subsubsection Windows host
792 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
793 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
794 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
795 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
797 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
799 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
800 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
801 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
802 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
806 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
809 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
811 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
814 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
815 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
816 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
817 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
819 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
820 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
821 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
823 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
824 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
827 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
830 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
831 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
832 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
834 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
836 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
837 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
840 @node pcsys_other_devs
841 @section Other Devices
843 @subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
845 With KVM enabled on a Linux host, a shared memory device is available. Guests
846 map a POSIX shared memory region into the guest as a PCI device that enables
847 zero-copy communication to the application level of the guests. The basic
851 qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,shm=<shm name>]
854 If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
855 memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
856 using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
857 is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
861 qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,chardev=<id>]
862 [,msi=on][,ioeventfd=on][,vectors=n][,role=peer|master]
863 qemu -chardev socket,path=<path>,id=<id>
866 When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
867 using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
868 VM ID from a device register (see example code). Since receiving the shared
869 memory region from the server is asynchronous, there is a (small) chance the
870 guest may boot before the shared memory is attached. To allow an application
871 to ensure shared memory is attached, the VM ID register will return -1 (an
872 invalid VM ID) until the memory is attached. Once the shared memory is
873 attached, the VM ID will return the guest's valid VM ID. With these semantics,
874 the guest application can check to ensure the shared memory is attached to the
875 guest before proceeding.
877 The @option{role} argument can be set to either master or peer and will affect
878 how the shared memory is migrated. With @option{role=master}, the guest will
879 copy the shared memory on migration to the destination host. With
880 @option{role=peer}, the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.
881 With the @option{peer} case, the device should be detached and then reattached
882 after migration using the PCI hotplug support.
884 @node direct_linux_boot
885 @section Direct Linux Boot
887 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
888 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
893 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
896 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
897 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
898 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
900 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
901 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
904 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
905 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
906 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
908 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
909 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
912 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
913 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
916 @section USB emulation
918 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
919 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
920 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
921 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
928 @subsection Connecting USB devices
930 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
931 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
935 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
937 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
938 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
939 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
940 @item disk:@var{file}
941 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
942 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
943 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
945 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
946 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
949 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
950 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
951 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
953 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
954 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
955 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
956 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
957 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
958 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
960 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
962 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
963 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
965 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
967 @item net:@var{options}
968 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
969 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
970 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
972 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
974 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
975 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
976 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
977 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
978 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
979 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
982 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
986 @node host_usb_devices
987 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
989 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
990 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
991 Cameras) are not supported yet.
994 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
995 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
996 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
997 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
999 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
1005 @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:
1007 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
1010 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
1013 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
1014 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
1016 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
1017 hubs, it won't work).
1019 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
1021 usb_add host:1234:5678
1024 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
1025 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
1027 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
1031 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
1032 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
1035 @section VNC security
1037 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
1038 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
1039 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
1043 * vnc_sec_password::
1044 * vnc_sec_certificate::
1045 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
1046 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
1048 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
1049 * vnc_generate_cert::
1053 @subsection Without passwords
1055 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
1056 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
1057 socket only. For example
1060 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
1063 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
1064 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
1065 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
1068 @node vnc_sec_password
1069 @subsection With passwords
1071 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
1072 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
1073 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
1074 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
1075 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
1076 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
1077 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
1078 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
1081 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
1082 (qemu) change vnc password
1087 @node vnc_sec_certificate
1088 @subsection With x509 certificates
1090 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
1091 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
1092 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
1093 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
1094 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
1095 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
1098 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1101 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
1102 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
1103 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1104 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
1105 only be readable by the user owning it.
1107 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
1108 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
1110 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
1111 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
1112 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
1113 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
1116 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1120 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
1121 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
1123 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
1124 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1127 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1128 (qemu) change vnc password
1135 @subsection With SASL authentication
1137 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
1138 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
1139 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
1140 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
1141 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
1142 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
1143 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
1145 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
1146 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
1147 then QEMU can be launched with:
1150 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
1153 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
1154 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
1156 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
1157 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
1158 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
1159 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
1160 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
1161 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
1164 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
1168 @node vnc_generate_cert
1169 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1171 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1172 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1173 is necessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1174 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1175 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1176 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1177 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1181 * vnc_generate_server::
1182 * vnc_generate_client::
1184 @node vnc_generate_ca
1185 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1187 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1188 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1189 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1190 issued with it is lost.
1193 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1196 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1197 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1198 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1199 name of the organization.
1202 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1203 cn = Name of your organization
1207 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1208 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1209 --template ca.info \
1210 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1213 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1214 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1216 @node vnc_generate_server
1217 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1219 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1220 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1221 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1222 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1223 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1224 secure CA private key:
1227 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1228 organization = Name of your organization
1229 cn = server.foo.example.com
1234 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1235 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1236 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1237 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1238 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1239 --template server.info \
1240 --outfile server-cert.pem
1243 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1244 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1245 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1247 @node vnc_generate_client
1248 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1250 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1251 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1252 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1253 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1254 the secure CA private key:
1257 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1261 organiazation = Name of your organization
1262 cn = client.foo.example.com
1267 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1268 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1269 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1270 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1271 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1272 --template client.info \
1273 --outfile client-cert.pem
1276 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1277 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1280 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1282 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1284 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1285 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1286 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1287 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1288 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1289 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1291 The default configuration might contain
1294 mech_list: digest-md5
1295 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1298 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1299 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1300 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1301 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1302 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1305 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1310 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1313 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1314 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1315 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1316 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Kerberos Realm.
1318 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1319 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1320 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1321 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1326 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1327 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1329 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1332 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1333 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1334 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1335 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1338 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1343 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1345 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1348 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1353 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1357 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1359 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1361 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1362 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1365 Advanced debugging options:
1367 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:
1369 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1371 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1373 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1374 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1375 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1377 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1379 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1381 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1382 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1385 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1387 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1389 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1390 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1395 @node pcsys_os_specific
1396 @section Target OS specific information
1400 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1401 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1402 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1404 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1405 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1406 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1407 cannot simulate exactly.
1409 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1410 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1411 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1412 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1413 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1417 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1418 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1420 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1422 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1423 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1424 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1425 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1427 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1428 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1429 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1430 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1432 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1434 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1435 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1436 idle. You can install the utility from
1437 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1438 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1440 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1442 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1443 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1444 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1445 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1448 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1450 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1451 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1452 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1454 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1455 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1456 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1457 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1458 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1459 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1461 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1463 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1465 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1467 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1470 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1471 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1474 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1475 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1476 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1477 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1478 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1480 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1482 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1484 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1485 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1486 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1489 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1490 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1492 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1493 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1494 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1497 * PowerPC System emulator::
1498 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1499 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1500 * MIPS System emulator::
1501 * ARM System emulator::
1502 * ColdFire System emulator::
1503 * Cris System emulator::
1504 * Microblaze System emulator::
1505 * SH4 System emulator::
1506 * Xtensa System emulator::
1509 @node PowerPC System emulator
1510 @section PowerPC System emulator
1511 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1513 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1514 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1516 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1520 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1522 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1524 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1530 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1533 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1539 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1541 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1545 NE2000 network adapters
1549 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1551 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1554 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1555 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1557 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1558 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1559 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1560 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1562 @c man begin OPTIONS
1564 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1568 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1570 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1572 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1574 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1577 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1578 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1579 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1582 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1589 More information is available at
1590 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1592 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1593 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1594 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1596 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1597 Sun4m architecture machines:
1612 SPARCstation Voyager
1619 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1620 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1622 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1623 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1624 emulators are not usable yet.
1626 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1634 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1636 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1638 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1639 and power/reset logic
1641 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1643 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1645 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1648 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1649 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1652 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1653 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1654 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1655 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1657 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1658 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1659 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1660 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1663 @c man begin OPTIONS
1665 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1669 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1671 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1672 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1674 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1676 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1679 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1680 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1683 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1685 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1691 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1692 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1693 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1695 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1696 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1697 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1698 it can launch some kernels.
1700 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1704 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1706 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1708 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1710 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1712 PC-compatible serial ports
1714 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1719 @c man begin OPTIONS
1721 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1725 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1727 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1730 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1733 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1735 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1741 @node MIPS System emulator
1742 @section MIPS System emulator
1743 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1745 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1746 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1747 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1748 Five different machine types are emulated:
1752 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1754 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1756 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1758 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1760 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1763 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1764 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1769 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1771 PC style serial port
1778 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1782 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1784 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1786 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1788 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1790 Malta FPGA serial device
1792 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1795 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1801 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1808 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
1809 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1814 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1816 PC style serial port
1818 MIPSnet network emulation
1821 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1827 PC-style IRQ controller
1837 @node ARM System emulator
1838 @section ARM System emulator
1839 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1841 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1842 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1847 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1851 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1853 PL110 LCD controller
1855 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1857 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1860 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1864 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1866 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1870 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1872 PL110 LCD controller
1874 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1876 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1877 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1878 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1879 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1880 mapped control registers.
1882 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1884 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1886 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1889 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1890 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1891 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1892 of the box on these boards.
1894 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1895 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1896 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1897 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1899 The following devices are emulated:
1903 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1905 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1909 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1911 PL110 LCD controller
1913 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1917 PCI OHCI USB controller
1919 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1921 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1924 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1925 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1929 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1933 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1935 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1937 On-chip LCD controller
1939 On-chip Real Time Clock
1941 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1943 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1945 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1947 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
1951 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1954 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1959 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1961 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1963 On-chip LCD controller
1965 On-chip Real Time Clock
1967 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1968 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1970 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1972 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1977 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1978 emulation supports the following elements:
1982 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1984 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1986 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1987 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1989 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1990 driven through SPI bus
1992 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1993 through I@math{^2}C bus
1995 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1997 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1999 A Bluetooth(R) transceiver and HCI connected to an UART
2001 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
2002 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
2004 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
2006 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
2008 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
2012 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
2019 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
2021 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
2023 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
2026 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
2033 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
2035 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
2037 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
2040 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
2045 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
2047 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
2051 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
2053 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
2055 128×64 display with brightness control
2057 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
2060 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
2061 The emulation includes the following elements:
2065 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2067 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
2069 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
2073 On-chip LCD controller
2075 On-chip Real Time Clock
2077 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2082 The "Syborg" Symbian Virtual Platform base model includes the following
2089 Interrupt controller
2104 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
2105 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
2107 @c man begin OPTIONS
2109 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
2114 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2116 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
2118 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2119 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2123 @node ColdFire System emulator
2124 @section ColdFire System emulator
2125 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
2126 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
2128 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2129 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
2131 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2135 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2137 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2139 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2142 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
2146 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2151 @c man begin OPTIONS
2153 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
2158 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2160 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
2162 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2163 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2167 @node Cris System emulator
2168 @section Cris System emulator
2169 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
2173 @node Microblaze System emulator
2174 @section Microblaze System emulator
2175 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2179 @node SH4 System emulator
2180 @section SH4 System emulator
2181 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2185 @node Xtensa System emulator
2186 @section Xtensa System emulator
2187 @cindex system emulation (Xtensa)
2189 Two executables cover simulation of both Xtensa endian options,
2190 @file{qemu-system-xtensa} and @file{qemu-system-xtensaeb}.
2191 Two different machine types are emulated:
2195 Xtensa emulator pseudo board "sim"
2197 Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 board
2200 The sim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
2201 to one provided by the proprietary Tensilica ISS.
2206 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2208 Console and filesystem access via semihosting calls
2211 The Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 emulation supports:
2215 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2219 OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC
2222 @c man begin OPTIONS
2224 The following options are specific to the Xtensa emulation:
2229 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2231 Xtensa semihosting provides basic file IO calls, such as open/read/write/seek/select.
2232 Tensilica baremetal libc for ISS and linux platform "sim" use this interface.
2234 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2235 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2238 @node QEMU User space emulator
2239 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2242 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2243 * Linux User space emulator::
2244 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
2245 * BSD User space emulator ::
2248 @node Supported Operating Systems
2249 @section Supported Operating Systems
2251 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2255 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2257 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
2259 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2262 @node Linux User space emulator
2263 @section Linux User space emulator
2268 * Command line options::
2273 @subsection Quick Start
2275 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2276 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2280 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2284 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2287 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2290 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
2291 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2294 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2297 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2298 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2299 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2302 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2305 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2308 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2310 You can look at @file{scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2311 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2312 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2315 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2317 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2318 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2324 @subsection Wine launch
2328 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2329 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2333 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2336 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2337 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2339 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2340 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2341 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2343 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2346 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2347 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2352 @node Command line options
2353 @subsection Command line options
2356 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
2363 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2365 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2367 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2368 @item -ignore-environment
2369 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2370 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2371 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2372 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2374 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2376 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2377 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2378 This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2380 Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
2381 "G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
2388 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2390 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2392 Wait gdb connection to port
2394 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2397 Environment variables:
2401 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2402 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2403 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2404 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2405 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2406 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2409 @node Other binaries
2410 @subsection Other binaries
2412 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2413 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2415 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2416 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2418 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2419 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2420 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2421 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2423 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2424 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2425 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2426 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2427 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2429 The binary format is detected automatically.
2431 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2432 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2434 @cindex user mode (i386)
2435 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2436 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2438 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2439 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2441 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2442 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2443 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2445 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2446 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2447 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2448 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2450 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2451 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2452 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2454 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2455 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2457 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2458 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2460 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2461 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2463 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2464 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2467 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2468 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2469 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2472 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2473 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2477 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2479 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2481 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2483 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2486 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2488 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2489 @subsection Quick Start
2491 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2492 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2493 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2494 CD or compile them by hand.
2498 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2505 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2511 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2515 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
2518 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2519 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2523 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2524 @subsection Command line options
2527 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2534 Set the library root path (default=/)
2536 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2543 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2545 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2547 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2550 @node BSD User space emulator
2551 @section BSD User space emulator
2556 * BSD Command line options::
2560 @subsection BSD Status
2564 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2567 @node BSD Quick Start
2568 @subsection Quick Start
2570 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2571 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2575 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2579 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2584 @node BSD Command line options
2585 @subsection Command line options
2588 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2595 Set the library root path (default=/)
2597 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2598 @item -ignore-environment
2599 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2600 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2601 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2602 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2604 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2606 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2607 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2614 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2616 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2618 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2622 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2627 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2635 @subsection Compilation
2637 First you must decompress the sources:
2640 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2644 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2650 Then type as root user:
2654 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2660 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2661 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2662 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2665 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2666 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2667 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2668 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2669 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2671 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2672 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2673 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2675 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2677 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2679 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2680 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2681 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2683 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
2684 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2685 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2689 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2690 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2694 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2695 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2698 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2699 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2700 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2701 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2702 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2703 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2704 the QEMU configuration script.
2706 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2707 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2708 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2711 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2713 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2715 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2716 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2717 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MinGW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2718 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2719 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/Qemu}.
2721 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2723 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2725 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2727 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2728 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2729 installation directory.
2733 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu.exe compiled for Win32.
2738 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2739 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2743 @section Make targets
2749 Make everything which is typically needed.
2758 Remove most files which were built during make.
2760 @item make distclean
2761 Remove everything which was built during make.
2767 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2772 @item make defconfig
2773 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2774 User made changes will be overwritten.
2785 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2787 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2788 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2790 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2804 @section Concept Index
2805 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2808 @node Function Index
2809 @section Function Index
2810 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2813 @node Keystroke Index
2814 @section Keystroke Index
2816 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2817 in system emulation.
2822 @section Program Index
2825 @node Data Type Index
2826 @section Data Type Index
2828 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2832 @node Variable Index
2833 @section Variable Index