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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 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 requested with the @code{password}
1128 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
1129 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
1132 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
1133 (qemu) change vnc password
1138 @node vnc_sec_certificate
1139 @subsection With x509 certificates
1141 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
1142 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
1143 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
1144 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
1145 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
1146 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
1149 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1152 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
1153 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
1154 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1155 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
1156 only be readable by the user owning it.
1158 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
1159 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
1161 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
1162 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
1163 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
1164 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
1167 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1171 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
1172 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
1174 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
1175 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1178 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1179 (qemu) change vnc password
1186 @subsection With SASL authentication
1188 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
1189 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
1190 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
1191 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
1192 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
1193 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
1194 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
1196 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
1197 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
1198 then QEMU can be launched with:
1201 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
1204 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
1205 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
1207 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
1208 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
1209 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
1210 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
1211 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
1212 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
1215 qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
1219 @node vnc_generate_cert
1220 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1222 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1223 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1224 is necessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1225 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1226 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1227 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1228 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1232 * vnc_generate_server::
1233 * vnc_generate_client::
1235 @node vnc_generate_ca
1236 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1238 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1239 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1240 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1241 issued with it is lost.
1244 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1247 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1248 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1249 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1250 name of the organization.
1253 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1254 cn = Name of your organization
1258 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1259 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1260 --template ca.info \
1261 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1264 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1265 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1267 @node vnc_generate_server
1268 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1270 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1271 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1272 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1273 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1274 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1275 secure CA private key:
1278 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1279 organization = Name of your organization
1280 cn = server.foo.example.com
1285 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1286 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1287 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1288 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1289 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1290 --template server.info \
1291 --outfile server-cert.pem
1294 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1295 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1296 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1298 @node vnc_generate_client
1299 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1301 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1302 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1303 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1304 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1305 the secure CA private key:
1308 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1312 organiazation = Name of your organization
1313 cn = client.foo.example.com
1318 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1319 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1320 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1321 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1322 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1323 --template client.info \
1324 --outfile client-cert.pem
1327 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1328 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1331 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1333 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1335 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1336 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1337 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1338 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1339 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1340 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1342 The default configuration might contain
1345 mech_list: digest-md5
1346 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1349 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1350 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1351 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1352 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1353 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1356 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1361 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1364 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1365 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1366 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1367 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Kerberos Realm.
1369 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1370 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1371 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1372 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1377 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1378 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1380 In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1383 qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1384 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1385 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1386 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1389 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1394 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1396 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1399 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1404 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1408 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1410 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1412 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1413 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1416 Advanced debugging options:
1418 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:
1420 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1422 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1424 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1425 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1426 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1428 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1430 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1432 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1433 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1436 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1438 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1440 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1441 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1446 @node pcsys_os_specific
1447 @section Target OS specific information
1451 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1452 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1453 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1455 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1456 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1457 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1458 cannot simulate exactly.
1460 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1461 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1462 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1463 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1464 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1468 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1469 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1471 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1473 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1474 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1475 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1476 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1478 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1479 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1480 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1481 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1483 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1485 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1486 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1487 idle. You can install the utility from
1488 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1489 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1491 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1493 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1494 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1495 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1496 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1499 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1501 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1502 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1503 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1505 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1506 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1507 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1508 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1509 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1510 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1512 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1514 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1516 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1518 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1521 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1522 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1525 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1526 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1527 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1528 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1529 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1531 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1533 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1535 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1536 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1537 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1540 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1541 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1543 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1544 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1545 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1548 * PowerPC System emulator::
1549 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1550 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1551 * MIPS System emulator::
1552 * ARM System emulator::
1553 * ColdFire System emulator::
1554 * Cris System emulator::
1555 * Microblaze System emulator::
1556 * SH4 System emulator::
1557 * Xtensa System emulator::
1560 @node PowerPC System emulator
1561 @section PowerPC System emulator
1562 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1564 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1565 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1567 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1571 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1573 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1575 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1581 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1584 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1590 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1592 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1596 NE2000 network adapters
1600 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1602 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1605 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1606 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1608 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1609 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1610 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1611 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1613 @c man begin OPTIONS
1615 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1619 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1621 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1623 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1625 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1628 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1629 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1630 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1633 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1640 More information is available at
1641 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1643 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1644 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1645 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1647 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1648 Sun4m architecture machines:
1663 SPARCstation Voyager
1670 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1671 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1673 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1674 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1675 emulators are not usable yet.
1677 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1685 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1687 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1689 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1690 and power/reset logic
1692 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1694 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1696 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1699 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1700 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1703 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1704 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1705 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1706 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1708 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1709 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1710 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1711 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1714 @c man begin OPTIONS
1716 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1720 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1722 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1723 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1725 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1727 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1730 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1731 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1734 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1736 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1742 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1743 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1744 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1746 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1747 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1748 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1749 it can launch some kernels.
1751 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1755 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1757 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1759 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1761 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1763 PC-compatible serial ports
1765 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1770 @c man begin OPTIONS
1772 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1776 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1778 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1781 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1784 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1786 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1792 @node MIPS System emulator
1793 @section MIPS System emulator
1794 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1796 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1797 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1798 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1799 Five different machine types are emulated:
1803 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1805 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1807 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1809 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1811 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1814 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1815 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1820 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1822 PC style serial port
1829 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1833 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1835 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1837 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1839 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1841 Malta FPGA serial device
1843 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1846 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1852 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1859 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
1860 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1865 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1867 PC style serial port
1869 MIPSnet network emulation
1872 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1878 PC-style IRQ controller
1888 @node ARM System emulator
1889 @section ARM System emulator
1890 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1892 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1893 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1898 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1902 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1904 PL110 LCD controller
1906 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1908 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1911 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1915 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1917 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1921 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1923 PL110 LCD controller
1925 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1927 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1928 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1929 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1930 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1931 mapped control registers.
1933 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1935 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1937 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1940 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1941 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1942 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1943 of the box on these boards.
1945 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1946 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1947 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1948 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1950 The following devices are emulated:
1954 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1956 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1960 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1962 PL110 LCD controller
1964 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1968 PCI OHCI USB controller
1970 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1972 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1975 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1976 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1980 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1984 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1986 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1988 On-chip LCD controller
1990 On-chip Real Time Clock
1992 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1994 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1996 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1998 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
2002 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
2005 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
2010 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2012 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
2014 On-chip LCD controller
2016 On-chip Real Time Clock
2018 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
2019 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
2021 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
2023 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2028 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
2029 emulation supports the following elements:
2033 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
2035 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
2037 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
2038 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
2040 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
2041 driven through SPI bus
2043 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
2044 through I@math{^2}C bus
2046 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2048 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
2050 A Bluetooth(R) transceiver and HCI connected to an UART
2052 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
2053 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
2055 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
2057 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
2059 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
2063 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
2070 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
2072 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
2074 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
2077 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
2084 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
2086 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
2088 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
2091 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
2096 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
2098 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
2102 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
2104 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
2106 128×64 display with brightness control
2108 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
2111 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
2112 The emulation includes the following elements:
2116 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2118 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
2120 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
2124 On-chip LCD controller
2126 On-chip Real Time Clock
2128 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2133 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
2134 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
2136 @c man begin OPTIONS
2138 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
2143 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2145 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
2147 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2148 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2152 @node ColdFire System emulator
2153 @section ColdFire System emulator
2154 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
2155 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
2157 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2158 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
2160 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2164 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2166 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2168 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2171 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
2175 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2180 @c man begin OPTIONS
2182 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
2187 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2189 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
2191 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2192 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2196 @node Cris System emulator
2197 @section Cris System emulator
2198 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
2202 @node Microblaze System emulator
2203 @section Microblaze System emulator
2204 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2208 @node SH4 System emulator
2209 @section SH4 System emulator
2210 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2214 @node Xtensa System emulator
2215 @section Xtensa System emulator
2216 @cindex system emulation (Xtensa)
2218 Two executables cover simulation of both Xtensa endian options,
2219 @file{qemu-system-xtensa} and @file{qemu-system-xtensaeb}.
2220 Two different machine types are emulated:
2224 Xtensa emulator pseudo board "sim"
2226 Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 board
2229 The sim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
2230 to one provided by the proprietary Tensilica ISS.
2235 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2237 Console and filesystem access via semihosting calls
2240 The Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 emulation supports:
2244 A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
2248 OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC
2251 @c man begin OPTIONS
2253 The following options are specific to the Xtensa emulation:
2258 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2260 Xtensa semihosting provides basic file IO calls, such as open/read/write/seek/select.
2261 Tensilica baremetal libc for ISS and linux platform "sim" use this interface.
2263 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2264 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2267 @node QEMU User space emulator
2268 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2271 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2272 * Linux User space emulator::
2273 * BSD User space emulator ::
2276 @node Supported Operating Systems
2277 @section Supported Operating Systems
2279 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2283 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2285 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2288 @node Linux User space emulator
2289 @section Linux User space emulator
2294 * Command line options::
2299 @subsection Quick Start
2301 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2302 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2306 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2310 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2313 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2316 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch QEMU with
2317 QEMU (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2320 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2323 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2324 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2325 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2328 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2331 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2334 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2336 You can look at @file{scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2337 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2338 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2341 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2343 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2344 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2350 @subsection Wine launch
2354 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2355 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2359 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2362 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2363 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2365 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2366 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2367 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2369 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2372 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2373 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2378 @node Command line options
2379 @subsection Command line options
2382 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
2389 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2391 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2393 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2394 @item -ignore-environment
2395 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2396 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2397 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2398 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2400 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2402 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2403 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2404 This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2406 Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
2407 "G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
2414 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2416 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2418 Wait gdb connection to port
2420 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2423 Environment variables:
2427 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2428 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2429 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2430 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2431 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2432 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2435 @node Other binaries
2436 @subsection Other binaries
2438 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2439 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2441 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2442 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2444 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2445 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2446 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2447 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2449 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2450 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2451 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2452 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2453 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2455 The binary format is detected automatically.
2457 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2458 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2460 @cindex user mode (i386)
2461 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2462 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2464 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2465 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2467 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2468 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2469 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2471 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2472 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2473 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2474 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2476 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2477 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2478 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2480 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2481 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2483 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2484 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2486 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2487 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2489 @node BSD User space emulator
2490 @section BSD User space emulator
2495 * BSD Command line options::
2499 @subsection BSD Status
2503 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2506 @node BSD Quick Start
2507 @subsection Quick Start
2509 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2510 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2514 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2518 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2523 @node BSD Command line options
2524 @subsection Command line options
2527 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2534 Set the library root path (default=/)
2536 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2537 @item -ignore-environment
2538 Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
2539 the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
2540 @item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2541 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2543 Remove @var{var} from the environment.
2545 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2546 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2553 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2555 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2557 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2561 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2566 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2574 @subsection Compilation
2576 First you must decompress the sources:
2579 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2583 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2589 Then type as root user:
2593 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2599 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2600 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2601 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2604 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2605 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2606 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2607 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2608 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2610 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2611 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2612 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2614 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2616 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2618 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2619 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2620 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2622 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/QEMU} by typing
2623 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2624 @file{Program Files/QEMU}.
2628 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2629 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2633 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2634 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2637 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2638 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2639 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2640 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2641 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2642 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2643 the QEMU configuration script.
2645 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2646 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2647 MinGW's default header and linker search paths.
2650 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2652 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2654 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2655 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2656 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MinGW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2657 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2658 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/QEMU}.
2660 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2662 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2664 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2666 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2667 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2668 installation directory.
2672 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu-system-i386.exe
2673 and all other qemu-system-@var{target}.exe compiled for Win32.
2678 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2679 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2683 @section Make targets
2689 Make everything which is typically needed.
2698 Remove most files which were built during make.
2700 @item make distclean
2701 Remove everything which was built during make.
2707 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2712 @item make defconfig
2713 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2714 User made changes will be overwritten.
2725 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2727 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2728 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2730 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2744 @section Concept Index
2745 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2748 @node Function Index
2749 @section Function Index
2750 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2753 @node Keystroke Index
2754 @section Keystroke Index
2756 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2757 in system emulation.
2762 @section Program Index
2765 @node Data Type Index
2766 @section Data Type Index
2768 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2772 @node Variable Index
2773 @section Variable Index