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15 * QEMU: (qemu-doc). The QEMU Emulator User Documentation.
22 @center @titlefont{QEMU Emulator}
24 @center @titlefont{User Documentation}
36 * QEMU PC System emulator::
37 * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
38 * QEMU User space emulator::
39 * compilation:: Compilation from the sources
51 * intro_features:: Features
57 QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
58 achieve good emulation speed.
60 QEMU has two operating modes:
63 @cindex operating modes
66 @cindex system emulation
67 Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
68 example a PC), including one or several processors and various
69 peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
70 without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
73 @cindex user mode emulation
74 User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
75 processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
76 launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
77 to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
81 QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
84 For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
86 @cindex emulated target systems
87 @cindex supported target systems
88 @item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
89 @item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
90 @item PREP (PowerPC processor)
91 @item G3 Beige PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
92 @item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
93 @item Sun4m/Sun4c/Sun4d (32-bit Sparc processor)
94 @item Sun4u/Sun4v (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
95 @item Malta board (32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processors)
96 @item MIPS Magnum (64-bit MIPS processor)
97 @item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM)
98 @item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM)
99 @item ARM RealView Emulation/Platform baseboard (ARM)
100 @item Spitz, Akita, Borzoi, Terrier and Tosa PDAs (PXA270 processor)
101 @item Luminary Micro LM3S811EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
102 @item Luminary Micro LM3S6965EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
103 @item Freescale MCF5208EVB (ColdFire V2).
104 @item Arnewsh MCF5206 evaluation board (ColdFire V2).
105 @item Palm Tungsten|E PDA (OMAP310 processor)
106 @item N800 and N810 tablets (OMAP2420 processor)
107 @item MusicPal (MV88W8618 ARM processor)
108 @item Gumstix "Connex" and "Verdex" motherboards (PXA255/270).
109 @item Siemens SX1 smartphone (OMAP310 processor)
110 @item Syborg SVP base model (ARM Cortex-A8).
111 @item AXIS-Devboard88 (CRISv32 ETRAX-FS).
112 @item Petalogix Spartan 3aDSP1800 MMU ref design (MicroBlaze).
115 @cindex supported user mode targets
116 For user emulation, x86 (32 and 64 bit), PowerPC (32 and 64 bit),
117 ARM, MIPS (32 bit only), Sparc (32 and 64 bit),
118 Alpha, ColdFire(m68k), CRISv32 and MicroBlaze CPUs are supported.
121 @chapter Installation
123 If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
126 * install_linux:: Linux
127 * install_windows:: Windows
128 * install_mac:: Macintosh
133 @cindex installation (Linux)
135 If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
136 have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
138 @node install_windows
140 @cindex installation (Windows)
142 Download the experimental binary installer at
143 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
144 TODO (no longer available)
149 Download the experimental binary installer at
150 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
151 TODO (no longer available)
153 @node QEMU PC System emulator
154 @chapter QEMU PC System emulator
155 @cindex system emulation (PC)
158 * pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
159 * pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
160 * sec_invocation:: Invocation
162 * pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
163 * disk_images:: Disk Images
164 * pcsys_network:: Network emulation
165 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
166 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
167 * vnc_security:: VNC security
168 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
169 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
172 @node pcsys_introduction
173 @section Introduction
175 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
177 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
178 following peripherals:
182 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
184 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
185 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
187 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
189 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
193 PCI and ISA network adapters
197 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
199 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
201 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
203 Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
205 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
207 CS4231A compatible sound card
209 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
212 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
214 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
215 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
218 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
221 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
223 QEMU uses GUS emulation(GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
224 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
226 Not that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
227 qemu must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS
230 qemu dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
235 qemu dos.img -device gus,irq=5
238 Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
240 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
244 @node pcsys_quickstart
248 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
254 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
260 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
261 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
266 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
267 targets do not need a disk image.
269 @include qemu-options.texi
278 During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
286 Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
290 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
293 Target system display
302 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
308 @kindex Ctrl-PageDown
309 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
310 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
313 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
314 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
327 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
330 Toggle console timestamps
333 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
336 Switch between console and monitor
346 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
347 user mode emulator invocation.
357 @section QEMU Monitor
360 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
361 emulator. You can use it to:
366 Remove or insert removable media images
367 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
370 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
373 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
379 The following commands are available:
381 @include qemu-monitor.texi
383 @subsection Integer expressions
385 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
386 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
387 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
392 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
393 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
394 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
395 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
399 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
400 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
401 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
402 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
403 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
404 * host_drives:: Using host drives
405 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
406 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
409 @node disk_images_quickstart
410 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
412 You can create a disk image with the command:
414 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
416 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
417 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
418 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
420 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
422 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
423 @subsection Snapshot mode
425 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
426 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
427 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
428 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
429 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
432 @subsection VM snapshots
434 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
435 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
436 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
437 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
438 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
440 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
441 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
442 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
444 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
445 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
446 with their associated information:
449 (qemu) info snapshots
450 Snapshot devices: hda
451 Snapshot list (from hda):
452 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
453 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
454 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
455 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
458 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
459 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
460 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
461 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
462 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
463 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
464 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
465 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
468 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
469 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
470 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
472 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
475 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
476 inserted after a snapshot is done.
478 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
479 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
482 @node qemu_img_invocation
483 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
485 @include qemu-img.texi
487 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
488 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
490 @include qemu-nbd.texi
493 @subsection Using host drives
495 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
496 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
500 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
501 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
502 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
503 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
507 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
508 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
509 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
511 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
512 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
513 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
514 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
516 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
517 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
518 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
519 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
520 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
521 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
524 @subsubsection Windows
528 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
529 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
530 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
532 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
533 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
534 change or eject media.
536 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
537 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
539 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
540 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
541 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
542 modifications are written in a temporary file).
546 @subsubsection Mac OS X
548 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
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 @node disk_images_fat_images
555 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
557 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
558 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
561 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
564 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
565 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
566 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
568 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
571 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
574 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
578 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
581 What you should @emph{never} do:
583 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
584 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
585 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
586 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
589 @node disk_images_nbd
590 @subsection NBD access
592 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
596 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
599 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
603 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
606 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
609 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
612 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
614 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
617 and then you can use it with two guests:
619 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
620 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
623 If the nbd-server uses named exports (since NBD 2.9.18), you must use the
626 qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
627 qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
631 @section Network emulation
633 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
634 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
635 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
636 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
637 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
638 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
643 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
644 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
645 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
648 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
650 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
651 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
652 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
654 @subsubsection Linux host
656 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
657 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
658 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
659 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
660 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
661 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
663 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
664 TAP network interfaces.
666 @subsubsection Windows host
668 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
669 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
670 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
671 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
673 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
675 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
676 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
677 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
678 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
682 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
685 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
687 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
690 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
691 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
692 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
693 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
695 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
696 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
697 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
699 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
700 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
703 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
706 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
707 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
708 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
710 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
712 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
713 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
716 @section Other Devices
718 @subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
720 With KVM enabled on a Linux host, a shared memory device is available. Guests
721 map a POSIX shared memory region into the guest as a PCI device that enables
722 zero-copy communication to the application level of the guests. The basic
726 qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,shm=<shm name>]
729 If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
730 memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
731 using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
732 is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
736 qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,chardev=<id>]
737 [,msi=on][,ioeventfd=on][,vectors=n][,role=peer|master]
738 qemu -chardev socket,path=<path>,id=<id>
741 When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
742 using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
743 VM ID from a device register (see example code). Since receiving the shared
744 memory region from the server is asynchronous, there is a (small) chance the
745 guest may boot before the shared memory is attached. To allow an application
746 to ensure shared memory is attached, the VM ID register will return -1 (an
747 invalid VM ID) until the memory is attached. Once the shared memory is
748 attached, the VM ID will return the guest's valid VM ID. With these semantics,
749 the guest application can check to ensure the shared memory is attached to the
750 guest before proceeding.
752 The @option{role} argument can be set to either master or peer and will affect
753 how the shared memory is migrated. With @option{role=master}, the guest will
754 copy the shared memory on migration to the destination host. With
755 @option{role=peer}, the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.
756 With the @option{peer} case, the device should be detached and then reattached
757 after migration using the PCI hotplug support.
759 @node direct_linux_boot
760 @section Direct Linux Boot
762 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
763 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
768 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
771 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
772 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
773 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
775 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
776 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
779 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
780 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
781 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
783 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
784 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
787 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
788 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
791 @section USB emulation
793 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
794 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
795 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
796 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
803 @subsection Connecting USB devices
805 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
806 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
810 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
812 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
813 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
814 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
815 @item disk:@var{file}
816 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
817 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
818 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
820 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
821 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
824 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
825 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
826 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
828 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
829 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
830 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
831 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
832 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
833 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
835 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
837 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
838 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
840 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
842 @item net:@var{options}
843 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
844 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
845 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
847 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
849 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
850 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
851 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
852 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
853 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
854 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
857 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
861 @node host_usb_devices
862 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
864 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
865 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
866 Cameras) are not supported yet.
869 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
870 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
871 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
872 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
874 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
880 @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:
882 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
885 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
888 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
889 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
891 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
892 hubs, it won't work).
894 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
896 usb_add host:1234:5678
899 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
900 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
902 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
906 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
907 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
910 @section VNC security
912 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
913 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
914 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
919 * vnc_sec_certificate::
920 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
921 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
923 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
924 * vnc_generate_cert::
928 @subsection Without passwords
930 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
931 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
932 socket only. For example
935 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
938 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
939 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
940 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
943 @node vnc_sec_password
944 @subsection With passwords
946 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
947 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
948 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
949 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
950 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
951 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
952 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
953 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
956 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
957 (qemu) change vnc password
962 @node vnc_sec_certificate
963 @subsection With x509 certificates
965 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
966 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
967 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
968 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
969 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
970 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
973 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
976 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
977 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
978 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
979 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
980 only be readable by the user owning it.
982 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
983 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
985 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
986 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
987 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
988 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
991 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
995 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
996 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
998 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
999 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1002 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1003 (qemu) change vnc password
1010 @subsection With SASL authentication
1012 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
1013 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
1014 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
1015 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
1016 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
1017 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
1018 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
1020 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
1021 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
1022 then QEMU can be launched with:
1025 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
1028 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
1029 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
1031 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
1032 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
1033 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
1034 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
1035 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
1036 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
1039 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
1043 @node vnc_generate_cert
1044 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1046 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1047 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1048 is neccessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1049 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1050 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1051 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1052 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1056 * vnc_generate_server::
1057 * vnc_generate_client::
1059 @node vnc_generate_ca
1060 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1062 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1063 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1064 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1065 issued with it is lost.
1068 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1071 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1072 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1073 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1074 name of the organization.
1077 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
1078 cn = Name of your organization
1082 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
1083 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1084 --template ca.info \
1085 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1088 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1089 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1091 @node vnc_generate_server
1092 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1094 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1095 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1096 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1097 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1098 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1099 secure CA private key:
1102 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1103 organization = Name of your organization
1104 cn = server.foo.example.com
1109 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1110 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1111 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1112 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1113 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1114 --template server.info \
1115 --outfile server-cert.pem
1118 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1119 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1120 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1122 @node vnc_generate_client
1123 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1125 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1126 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1127 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1128 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1129 the secure CA private key:
1132 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1136 organiazation = Name of your organization
1137 cn = client.foo.example.com
1142 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1143 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1144 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1145 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1146 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1147 --template client.info \
1148 --outfile client-cert.pem
1151 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1152 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1155 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1157 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1159 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1160 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1161 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1162 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1163 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1164 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1166 The default configuration might contain
1169 mech_list: digest-md5
1170 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1173 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1174 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1175 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1176 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1177 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1180 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1185 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1188 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1189 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1190 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1191 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Keberos Realm.
1193 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1194 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1195 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1196 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1201 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1202 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1204 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1207 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1208 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1209 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1210 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1213 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1218 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1220 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1223 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1228 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1232 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1234 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1236 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1237 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1240 Advanced debugging options:
1242 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:
1244 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1246 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1248 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1249 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1250 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1252 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1254 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1256 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1257 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1260 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1262 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1264 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1265 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1270 @node pcsys_os_specific
1271 @section Target OS specific information
1275 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1276 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1277 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1279 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1280 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1281 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1282 cannot simulate exactly.
1284 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1285 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1286 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1287 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1288 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1292 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1293 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1295 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1297 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1298 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1299 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1300 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1302 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1303 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1304 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1305 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1307 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1309 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1310 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1311 idle. You can install the utility from
1312 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1313 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1315 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1317 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1318 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1319 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1320 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1323 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1325 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1326 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1327 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1329 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1330 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1331 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1332 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1333 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1334 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1336 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1338 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1340 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1342 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1345 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1346 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1349 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1350 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1351 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1352 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1353 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1355 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1357 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1359 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1360 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1361 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1364 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1365 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1367 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1368 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1369 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1372 * PowerPC System emulator::
1373 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1374 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1375 * MIPS System emulator::
1376 * ARM System emulator::
1377 * ColdFire System emulator::
1378 * Cris System emulator::
1379 * Microblaze System emulator::
1380 * SH4 System emulator::
1383 @node PowerPC System emulator
1384 @section PowerPC System emulator
1385 @cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
1387 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1388 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1390 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1394 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1396 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1398 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1404 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1407 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1413 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1415 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1419 NE2000 network adapters
1423 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1425 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1428 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1429 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1431 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1432 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1433 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1434 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1436 @c man begin OPTIONS
1438 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1442 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1444 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1446 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1448 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1451 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1452 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1453 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1456 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1463 More information is available at
1464 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1466 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1467 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1468 @cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
1470 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1471 Sun4m architecture machines:
1486 SPARCstation Voyager
1493 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1494 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1496 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1497 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1498 emulators are not usable yet.
1500 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1508 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1510 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1512 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1513 and power/reset logic
1515 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1517 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1519 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1522 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1523 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1526 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1527 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1528 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1529 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1531 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1532 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1533 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1534 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1537 @c man begin OPTIONS
1539 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1543 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1545 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1546 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1548 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1550 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1553 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1554 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1557 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1559 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1565 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1566 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1567 @cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
1569 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1570 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1571 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1572 it can launch some kernels.
1574 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1578 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1580 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1582 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1584 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1586 PC-compatible serial ports
1588 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1593 @c man begin OPTIONS
1595 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1599 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1601 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1604 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1607 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1609 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1615 @node MIPS System emulator
1616 @section MIPS System emulator
1617 @cindex system emulation (MIPS)
1619 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1620 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1621 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1622 Five different machine types are emulated:
1626 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1628 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1630 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1632 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1634 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1637 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1638 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1643 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1645 PC style serial port
1652 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1656 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1658 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1660 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1662 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1664 Malta FPGA serial device
1666 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1669 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1675 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1682 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
1683 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1688 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1690 PC style serial port
1692 MIPSnet network emulation
1695 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1701 PC-style IRQ controller
1711 @node ARM System emulator
1712 @section ARM System emulator
1713 @cindex system emulation (ARM)
1715 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1716 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1721 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1725 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1727 PL110 LCD controller
1729 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1731 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1734 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1738 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1740 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1744 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1746 PL110 LCD controller
1748 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1750 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1751 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1752 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1753 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1754 mapped control registers.
1756 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1758 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1760 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1763 Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1764 including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1765 bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1766 of the box on these boards.
1768 Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1769 enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1770 should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1771 disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1773 The following devices are emuilated:
1777 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
1779 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1783 SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
1785 PL110 LCD controller
1787 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1791 PCI OHCI USB controller
1793 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1795 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1798 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1799 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1803 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1807 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1809 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1811 On-chip LCD controller
1813 On-chip Real Time Clock
1815 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1817 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1819 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1821 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
1825 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1828 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1833 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1835 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1837 On-chip LCD controller
1839 On-chip Real Time Clock
1841 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1842 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1844 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1846 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1851 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1852 emulation supports the following elements:
1856 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1858 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1860 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1861 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1863 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1864 driven through SPI bus
1866 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1867 through I@math{^2}C bus
1869 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1871 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1873 A Bluetooth(R) transciever and HCI connected to an UART
1875 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
1876 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
1878 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
1880 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
1882 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
1886 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
1893 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
1895 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
1897 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
1900 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
1907 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
1909 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
1911 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
1914 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
1919 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
1921 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
1925 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
1927 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
1929 128×64 display with brightness control
1931 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
1934 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
1935 The emulaton includes the following elements:
1939 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1941 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
1943 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
1947 On-chip LCD controller
1949 On-chip Real Time Clock
1951 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1956 The "Syborg" Symbian Virtual Platform base model includes the following
1963 Interrupt controller
1978 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1979 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1981 @c man begin OPTIONS
1983 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1988 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1990 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
1992 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1993 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1997 @node ColdFire System emulator
1998 @section ColdFire System emulator
1999 @cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
2000 @cindex system emulation (M68K)
2002 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2003 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
2005 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2009 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2011 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2013 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2016 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
2020 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2025 @c man begin OPTIONS
2027 The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
2032 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2034 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
2036 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2037 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2041 @node Cris System emulator
2042 @section Cris System emulator
2043 @cindex system emulation (Cris)
2047 @node Microblaze System emulator
2048 @section Microblaze System emulator
2049 @cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
2053 @node SH4 System emulator
2054 @section SH4 System emulator
2055 @cindex system emulation (SH4)
2059 @node QEMU User space emulator
2060 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
2063 * Supported Operating Systems ::
2064 * Linux User space emulator::
2065 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
2066 * BSD User space emulator ::
2069 @node Supported Operating Systems
2070 @section Supported Operating Systems
2072 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2076 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
2078 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
2080 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
2083 @node Linux User space emulator
2084 @section Linux User space emulator
2089 * Command line options::
2094 @subsection Quick Start
2096 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
2097 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
2101 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2105 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2108 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2111 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
2112 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
2115 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2118 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2119 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2120 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
2123 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2126 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
2129 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2131 You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2132 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2133 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2136 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2138 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2139 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2145 @subsection Wine launch
2149 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2150 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2154 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2157 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2158 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2160 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2161 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2162 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2164 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2167 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2168 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2173 @node Command line options
2174 @subsection Command line options
2177 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
2184 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2186 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2188 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2190 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2191 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2192 This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2194 Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
2195 "G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
2202 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2204 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2206 Wait gdb connection to port
2208 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2211 Environment variables:
2215 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2216 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2217 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2218 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2219 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2220 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2223 @node Other binaries
2224 @subsection Other binaries
2226 @cindex user mode (Alpha)
2227 @command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2229 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2230 @command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2232 @cindex user mode (ARM)
2233 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2234 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2235 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2237 @cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2238 @cindex user mode (M68K)
2239 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2240 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2241 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2243 The binary format is detected automatically.
2245 @cindex user mode (Cris)
2246 @command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2248 @cindex user mode (i386)
2249 @command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2250 @command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2252 @cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2253 @command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2255 @cindex user mode (MIPS)
2256 @command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2257 @command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2259 @cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2260 @command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2261 @command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2262 @command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2264 @cindex user mode (SH4)
2265 @command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2266 @command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2268 @cindex user mode (SPARC)
2269 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2271 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2272 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2274 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2275 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2277 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2278 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2281 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2282 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2283 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2286 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2287 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2291 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2293 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2295 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2297 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2300 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2302 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2303 @subsection Quick Start
2305 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2306 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2307 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2308 CD or compile them by hand.
2312 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2319 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2325 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2329 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
2332 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2333 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2337 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2338 @subsection Command line options
2341 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2348 Set the library root path (default=/)
2350 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2357 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2359 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2361 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2364 @node BSD User space emulator
2365 @section BSD User space emulator
2370 * BSD Command line options::
2374 @subsection BSD Status
2378 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2381 @node BSD Quick Start
2382 @subsection Quick Start
2384 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2385 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2389 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2393 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2398 @node BSD Command line options
2399 @subsection Command line options
2402 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2409 Set the library root path (default=/)
2411 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2413 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2414 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2421 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2423 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2425 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2429 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2434 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2442 @subsection Compilation
2444 First you must decompress the sources:
2447 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2451 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2457 Then type as root user:
2461 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2467 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2468 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2469 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2472 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2473 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2474 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2475 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2476 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2478 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2479 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2480 MingGW's default header and linker search paths.
2482 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2484 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2486 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2487 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2488 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2490 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
2491 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2492 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2496 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2497 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2501 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2502 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2505 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2506 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2507 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place and
2508 edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2509 correct SDL directory when invoked. Set up the @code{PATH} environment
2510 variable so that @file{sdl-config} can be launched by
2511 the QEMU configuration script.
2513 @item Install the MinGW version of zlib and make sure
2514 @file{zlib.h} and @file{libz.dll.a} are in
2515 MingGW's default header and linker search paths.
2518 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2520 PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin:$PATH ./configure --cross-prefix='i686-pc-mingw32-'
2522 The example assumes @file{sdl-config} is installed under @file{/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin} and
2523 MinGW cross compilation tools have names like @file{i686-pc-mingw32-gcc} and @file{i686-pc-mingw32-strip}.
2524 We set the @code{PATH} environment variable to ensure the MingW version of @file{sdl-config} is used and
2525 use --cross-prefix to specify the name of the cross compiler.
2526 You can also use --prefix to set the Win32 install path which defaults to @file{c:/Program Files/Qemu}.
2528 Under Fedora Linux, you can run:
2530 yum -y install mingw32-gcc mingw32-SDL mingw32-zlib
2532 to get a suitable cross compilation environment.
2534 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2535 @code{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} and @file{zlib1.dll} into the
2536 installation directory.
2540 Wine can be used to launch the resulting qemu.exe compiled for Win32.
2545 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2546 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2550 @section Make targets
2556 Make everything which is typically needed.
2565 Remove most files which were built during make.
2567 @item make distclean
2568 Remove everything which was built during make.
2574 Create documentation in dvi, html, info or pdf format.
2579 @item make defconfig
2580 (Re-)create some build configuration files.
2581 User made changes will be overwritten.
2592 QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2594 QEMU is released under the GNU General Public License (TODO: add link).
2595 Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file LICENSE.
2597 TODO (refer to file LICENSE, include it, include the GPL?)
2611 @section Concept Index
2612 This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
2615 @node Function Index
2616 @section Function Index
2617 This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2620 @node Keystroke Index
2621 @section Keystroke Index
2623 This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2624 in system emulation.
2629 @section Program Index
2632 @node Data Type Index
2633 @section Data Type Index
2635 This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2639 @node Variable Index
2640 @section Variable Index