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4 @settitle QEMU Emulator User Documentation
12 @center @titlefont{QEMU Emulator}
14 @center @titlefont{User Documentation}
26 * QEMU PC System emulator::
27 * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
28 * QEMU User space emulator::
29 * compilation:: Compilation from the sources
40 * intro_features:: Features
46 QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
47 achieve good emulation speed.
49 QEMU has two operating modes:
54 Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
55 example a PC), including one or several processors and various
56 peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
57 without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
60 User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
61 processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
62 launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
63 to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
67 QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
70 For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
72 @item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
73 @item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
74 @item PREP (PowerPC processor)
75 @item G3 Beige PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
76 @item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
77 @item Sun4m/Sun4c/Sun4d (32-bit Sparc processor)
78 @item Sun4u/Sun4v (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
79 @item Malta board (32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processors)
80 @item MIPS Magnum (64-bit MIPS processor)
81 @item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM)
82 @item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM)
83 @item ARM RealView Emulation baseboard (ARM)
84 @item Spitz, Akita, Borzoi, Terrier and Tosa PDAs (PXA270 processor)
85 @item Luminary Micro LM3S811EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
86 @item Luminary Micro LM3S6965EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
87 @item Freescale MCF5208EVB (ColdFire V2).
88 @item Arnewsh MCF5206 evaluation board (ColdFire V2).
89 @item Palm Tungsten|E PDA (OMAP310 processor)
90 @item N800 and N810 tablets (OMAP2420 processor)
91 @item MusicPal (MV88W8618 ARM processor)
92 @item Gumstix "Connex" and "Verdex" motherboards (PXA255/270).
93 @item Siemens SX1 smartphone (OMAP310 processor)
96 For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, 32-bit MIPS, Sparc32/64 and ColdFire(m68k) CPUs are supported.
101 If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
104 * install_linux:: Linux
105 * install_windows:: Windows
106 * install_mac:: Macintosh
112 If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
113 have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
115 @node install_windows
118 Download the experimental binary installer at
119 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
124 Download the experimental binary installer at
125 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
127 @node QEMU PC System emulator
128 @chapter QEMU PC System emulator
131 * pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
132 * pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
133 * sec_invocation:: Invocation
135 * pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
136 * disk_images:: Disk Images
137 * pcsys_network:: Network emulation
138 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
139 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
140 * vnc_security:: VNC security
141 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
142 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
145 @node pcsys_introduction
146 @section Introduction
148 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
150 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
151 following peripherals:
155 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
157 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
158 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
160 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
162 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
166 PCI/ISA PCI network adapters
170 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
172 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
174 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
176 Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
178 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
180 CS4231A compatible sound card
182 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
185 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
187 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
188 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
191 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
194 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
196 QEMU uses GUS emulation(GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
197 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
199 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
203 @node pcsys_quickstart
206 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
212 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
218 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
219 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
224 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
225 targets do not need a disk image.
230 Display help and exit
232 @item -M @var{machine}
233 Select the emulated @var{machine} (@code{-M ?} for list)
235 @item -cpu @var{model}
236 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
239 Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
240 CPUs are supported. On Sparc32 target, Linux limits the number of usable CPUs
243 @item -fda @var{file}
244 @item -fdb @var{file}
245 Use @var{file} as floppy disk 0/1 image (@pxref{disk_images}). You can
246 use the host floppy by using @file{/dev/fd0} as filename (@pxref{host_drives}).
248 @item -hda @var{file}
249 @item -hdb @var{file}
250 @item -hdc @var{file}
251 @item -hdd @var{file}
252 Use @var{file} as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (@pxref{disk_images}).
254 @item -cdrom @var{file}
255 Use @var{file} as CD-ROM image (you cannot use @option{-hdc} and
256 @option{-cdrom} at the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by
257 using @file{/dev/cdrom} as filename (@pxref{host_drives}).
259 @item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
261 Define a new drive. Valid options are:
264 @item file=@var{file}
265 This option defines which disk image (@pxref{disk_images}) to use with
266 this drive. If the filename contains comma, you must double it
267 (for instance, "file=my,,file" to use file "my,file").
268 @item if=@var{interface}
269 This option defines on which type on interface the drive is connected.
270 Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio.
271 @item bus=@var{bus},unit=@var{unit}
272 These options define where is connected the drive by defining the bus number and
274 @item index=@var{index}
275 This option defines where is connected the drive by using an index in the list
276 of available connectors of a given interface type.
277 @item media=@var{media}
278 This option defines the type of the media: disk or cdrom.
279 @item cyls=@var{c},heads=@var{h},secs=@var{s}[,trans=@var{t}]
280 These options have the same definition as they have in @option{-hdachs}.
281 @item snapshot=@var{snapshot}
282 @var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and allows to enable snapshot for given drive (see @option{-snapshot}).
283 @item cache=@var{cache}
284 @var{cache} is "none", "writeback", or "writethrough" and controls how the host cache is used to access block data.
285 @item format=@var{format}
286 Specify which disk @var{format} will be used rather than detecting
287 the format. Can be used to specifiy format=raw to avoid interpreting
288 an untrusted format header.
289 @item serial=@var{serial}
290 This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device.
293 By default, writethrough caching is used for all block device. This means that
294 the host page cache will be used to read and write data but write notification
295 will be sent to the guest only when the data has been reported as written by
296 the storage subsystem.
298 Writeback caching will report data writes as completed as soon as the data is
299 present in the host page cache. This is safe as long as you trust your host.
300 If your host crashes or loses power, then the guest may experience data
301 corruption. When using the @option{-snapshot} option, writeback caching is
304 The host page can be avoided entirely with @option{cache=none}. This will
305 attempt to do disk IO directly to the guests memory. QEMU may still perform
306 an internal copy of the data.
308 Some block drivers perform badly with @option{cache=writethrough}, most notably,
309 qcow2. If performance is more important than correctness,
310 @option{cache=writeback} should be used with qcow2. By default, if no explicit
311 caching is specified for a qcow2 disk image, @option{cache=writeback} will be
312 used. For all other disk types, @option{cache=writethrough} is the default.
314 Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
316 qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
319 Instead of @option{-hda}, @option{-hdb}, @option{-hdc}, @option{-hdd}, you can
322 qemu -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
323 qemu -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
324 qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
325 qemu -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
328 You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0:
330 qemu -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
333 If you don't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive:
335 qemu -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
338 You can connect a SCSI disk with unit ID 6 on the bus #0:
340 qemu -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6
343 Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
345 qemu -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
346 qemu -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
349 By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically
352 qemu -drive file=a -drive file=b"
360 Use 'file' as on-board Flash memory image.
363 Use 'file' as SecureDigital card image.
366 Use 'file' as a parallel flash image.
368 @item -boot [a|c|d|n]
369 Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or Etherboot (n). Hard disk boot
373 Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
374 the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
375 the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
378 Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB. Optionally,
379 a suffix of ``M'' or ``G'' can be used to signify a value in megabytes or
380 gigabytes respectively.
382 @item -k @var{language}
384 Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
385 French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
386 keycodes (e.g. on Macs, with some X11 servers or with a VNC
387 display). You don't normally need to use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows
390 The available layouts are:
392 ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
393 da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
394 de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
397 The default is @code{en-us}.
401 Will show the audio subsystem help: list of drivers, tunable
404 @item -soundhw @var{card1}[,@var{card2},...] or -soundhw all
406 Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use ? to print all
407 available sound hardware.
410 qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
411 qemu -soundhw es1370 disk.img
412 qemu -soundhw ac97 disk.img
413 qemu -soundhw all disk.img
417 Note that Linux's i810_audio OSS kernel (for AC97) module might
418 require manually specifying clocking.
421 modprobe i810_audio clocking=48000
430 Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
432 @item -usbdevice @var{devname}
433 Add the USB device @var{devname}. @xref{usb_devices}.
438 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
441 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen). This
442 means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having to grab the
443 mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
445 @item disk:[format=@var{format}]:file
446 Mass storage device based on file. The optional @var{format} argument
447 will be used rather than detecting the format. Can be used to specifiy
448 format=raw to avoid interpreting an untrusted format header.
451 Pass through the host device identified by bus.addr (Linux only).
453 @item host:vendor_id:product_id
454 Pass through the host device identified by vendor_id:product_id (Linux only).
456 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,productid=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
457 Serial converter to host character device @var{dev}, see @code{-serial} for the
461 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
465 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
469 @item -name @var{name}
470 Sets the @var{name} of the guest.
471 This name will be displayed in the SDL window caption.
472 The @var{name} will also be used for the VNC server.
474 @item -uuid @var{uuid}
484 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
485 you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
486 command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
487 the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
488 with a serial console.
492 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
493 QEMU can display the VGA output when in text mode using a
494 curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in graphical mode.
498 Do not use decorations for SDL windows and start them using the whole
499 available screen space. This makes the using QEMU in a dedicated desktop
500 workspace more convenient.
504 Use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt).
508 Disable SDL window close capability.
516 Rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD).
518 @item -vga @var{type}
519 Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are
522 Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
523 Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
524 performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
525 (This one is the default)
527 Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
528 supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
529 to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
532 VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
533 recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
540 Start in full screen.
542 @item -vnc @var{display}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
544 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
545 you can have QEMU listen on VNC display @var{display} and redirect the VGA
546 display over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb
547 tablet device when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice
548 tablet}). When using the VNC display, you must use the @option{-k}
549 parameter to set the keyboard layout if you are not using en-us. Valid
550 syntax for the @var{display} is
554 @item @var{host}:@var{d}
556 TCP connections will only be allowed from @var{host} on display @var{d}.
557 By convention the TCP port is 5900+@var{d}. Optionally, @var{host} can
558 be omitted in which case the server will accept connections from any host.
560 @item @code{unix}:@var{path}
562 Connections will be allowed over UNIX domain sockets where @var{path} is the
563 location of a unix socket to listen for connections on.
567 VNC is initialized but not started. The monitor @code{change} command
568 can be used to later start the VNC server.
572 Following the @var{display} value there may be one or more @var{option} flags
573 separated by commas. Valid options are
579 Connect to a listening VNC client via a ``reverse'' connection. The
580 client is specified by the @var{display}. For reverse network
581 connections (@var{host}:@var{d},@code{reverse}), the @var{d} argument
582 is a TCP port number, not a display number.
586 Require that password based authentication is used for client connections.
587 The password must be set separately using the @code{change} command in the
592 Require that client use TLS when communicating with the VNC server. This
593 uses anonymous TLS credentials so is susceptible to a man-in-the-middle
594 attack. It is recommended that this option be combined with either the
595 @var{x509} or @var{x509verify} options.
597 @item x509=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
599 Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
600 for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
601 to the client. It is recommended that a password be set on the VNC server
602 to provide authentication of the client when this is used. The path following
603 this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to be loaded from.
604 See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating certificates.
606 @item x509verify=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
608 Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
609 for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
610 to the client, and request that the client send its own x509 certificate.
611 The server will validate the client's certificate against the CA certificate,
612 and reject clients when validation fails. If the certificate authority is
613 trusted, this is a sufficient authentication mechanism. You may still wish
614 to set a password on the VNC server as a second authentication layer. The
615 path following this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to
616 be loaded from. See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating
627 @item -net nic[,vlan=@var{n}][,macaddr=@var{addr}][,model=@var{type}][,name=@var{name}]
628 Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n}
629 = 0 is the default). The NIC is an ne2k_pci by default on the PC
630 target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed to @var{addr}
631 and a @var{name} can be assigned for use in monitor commands. If no
632 @option{-net} option is specified, a single NIC is created.
633 Qemu can emulate several different models of network card.
634 Valid values for @var{type} are
635 @code{i82551}, @code{i82557b}, @code{i82559er},
636 @code{ne2k_pci}, @code{ne2k_isa}, @code{pcnet}, @code{rtl8139},
637 @code{e1000}, @code{smc91c111}, @code{lance} and @code{mcf_fec}.
638 Not all devices are supported on all targets. Use -net nic,model=?
639 for a list of available devices for your target.
641 @item -net user[,vlan=@var{n}][,hostname=@var{name}][,name=@var{name}]
642 Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
643 privilege to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client
644 hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
646 @item -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}]
647 Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n}, use
648 the network script @var{file} to configure it and the network script
649 @var{dfile} to deconfigure it. If @var{name} is not provided, the OS
650 automatically provides one. @option{fd}=@var{h} can be used to specify
651 the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. The default network
652 configure script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup} and the default network
653 deconfigure script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifdown}. Use @option{script=no}
654 or @option{downscript=no} to disable script execution. Example:
657 qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap
660 More complicated example (two NICs, each one connected to a TAP device)
662 qemu linux.img -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \
663 -net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1
667 @item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,listen=[@var{host}]:@var{port}][,connect=@var{host}:@var{port}]
669 Connect the VLAN @var{n} to a remote VLAN in another QEMU virtual
670 machine using a TCP socket connection. If @option{listen} is
671 specified, QEMU waits for incoming connections on @var{port}
672 (@var{host} is optional). @option{connect} is used to connect to
673 another QEMU instance using the @option{listen} option. @option{fd}=@var{h}
674 specifies an already opened TCP socket.
678 # launch a first QEMU instance
679 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
680 -net socket,listen=:1234
681 # connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0
682 # of the first instance
683 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
684 -net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
687 @item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,mcast=@var{maddr}:@var{port}]
689 Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
690 machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
691 every QEMU with same multicast address @var{maddr} and @var{port}.
695 Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same bus (assuming
696 correct multicast setup for these hosts).
698 mcast support is compatible with User Mode Linux (argument @option{eth@var{N}=mcast}), see
699 @url{http://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
701 Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
706 # launch one QEMU instance
707 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
708 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
709 # launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
710 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
711 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
712 # launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
713 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
714 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
717 Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
719 # launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected
721 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
722 -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
724 /path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
727 @item -net vde[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,sock=@var{socketpath}][,port=@var{n}][,group=@var{groupname}][,mode=@var{octalmode}]
728 Connect VLAN @var{n} to PORT @var{n} of a vde switch running on host and
729 listening for incoming connections on @var{socketpath}. Use GROUP @var{groupname}
730 and MODE @var{octalmode} to change default ownership and permissions for
731 communication port. This option is available only if QEMU has been compiled
732 with vde support enabled.
737 vde_switch -F -sock /tmp/myswitch
738 # launch QEMU instance
739 qemu linux.img -net nic -net vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
743 Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
744 override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
745 is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
747 @item -tftp @var{dir}
748 When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
749 server. The files in @var{dir} will be exposed as the root of a TFTP server.
750 The TFTP client on the guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command
751 @code{bin} of the Unix TFTP client). The host IP address on the guest is as
754 @item -bootp @var{file}
755 When using the user mode network stack, broadcast @var{file} as the BOOTP
756 filename. In conjunction with @option{-tftp}, this can be used to network boot
757 a guest from a local directory.
759 Example (using pxelinux):
761 qemu -hda linux.img -boot n -tftp /path/to/tftp/files -bootp /pxelinux.0
765 When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB
766 server so that Windows OSes can access to the host files in @file{@var{dir}}
769 In the guest Windows OS, the line:
773 must be added in the file @file{C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS} (for windows 9x/Me)
774 or @file{C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS} (Windows NT/2000).
776 Then @file{@var{dir}} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
778 Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
779 @file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested successfully with smbd version
780 2.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3.
782 @item -redir [tcp|udp]:@var{host-port}:[@var{guest-host}]:@var{guest-port}
784 When using the user mode network stack, redirect incoming TCP or UDP
785 connections to the host port @var{host-port} to the guest
786 @var{guest-host} on guest port @var{guest-port}. If @var{guest-host}
787 is not specified, its value is 10.0.2.15 (default address given by the
788 built-in DHCP server).
790 For example, to redirect host X11 connection from screen 1 to guest
791 screen 0, use the following:
795 qemu -redir tcp:6001::6000 [...]
796 # this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
800 To redirect telnet connections from host port 5555 to telnet port on
801 the guest, use the following:
805 qemu -redir tcp:5555::23 [...]
806 telnet localhost 5555
809 Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
810 connect to the guest telnet server.
814 Bluetooth(R) options:
818 Defines the function of the corresponding Bluetooth HCI. -bt options
819 are matched with the HCIs present in the chosen machine type. For
820 example when emulating a machine with only one HCI built into it, only
821 the first @code{-bt hci[...]} option is valid and defines the HCI's
822 logic. The Transport Layer is decided by the machine type. Currently
823 the machines @code{n800} and @code{n810} have one HCI and all other
827 The following three types are recognized:
831 (default) The corresponding Bluetooth HCI assumes no internal logic
832 and will not respond to any HCI commands or emit events.
834 @item -bt hci,host[:@var{id}]
835 (@code{bluez} only) The corresponding HCI passes commands / events
836 to / from the physical HCI identified by the name @var{id} (default:
837 @code{hci0}) on the computer running QEMU. Only available on @code{bluez}
838 capable systems like Linux.
840 @item -bt hci[,vlan=@var{n}]
841 Add a virtual, standard HCI that will participate in the Bluetooth
842 scatternet @var{n} (default @code{0}). Similarly to @option{-net}
843 VLANs, devices inside a bluetooth network @var{n} can only communicate
844 with other devices in the same network (scatternet).
847 @item -bt vhci[,vlan=@var{n}]
848 (Linux-host only) Create a HCI in scatternet @var{n} (default 0) attached
849 to the host bluetooth stack instead of to the emulated target. This
850 allows the host and target machines to participate in a common scatternet
851 and communicate. Requires the Linux @code{vhci} driver installed. Can
852 be used as following:
855 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5
858 @item -bt device:@var{dev}[,vlan=@var{n}]
859 Emulate a bluetooth device @var{dev} and place it in network @var{n}
860 (default @code{0}). QEMU can only emulate one type of bluetooth devices
865 Virtual wireless keyboard implementing the HIDP bluetooth profile.
875 Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
876 Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
877 slows down the IDE transfers).
880 Use it if you experience time drift problem in Windows with ACPI HAL.
881 This option will try to figure out how many timer interrupts were not
882 processed by the Windows guest and will re-inject them.
885 Disable boot signature checking for floppy disks in Bochs BIOS. It may
886 be needed to boot from old floppy disks.
889 Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support. Use
890 it if your guest OS complains about ACPI problems (PC target machine
894 Disable HPET support.
898 Linux boot specific: When using these options, you can use a given
899 Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
900 for easier testing of various kernels.
904 @item -kernel @var{bzImage}
905 Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image.
907 @item -append @var{cmdline}
908 Use @var{cmdline} as kernel command line
910 @item -initrd @var{file}
911 Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
915 Debug/Expert options:
918 @item -serial @var{dev}
919 Redirect the virtual serial port to host character device
920 @var{dev}. The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and
921 @code{stdio} in non graphical mode.
923 This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serial
926 Use @code{-serial none} to disable all serial ports.
928 Available character devices are:
931 Virtual console. Optionally, a width and height can be given in pixel with
935 It is also possible to specify width or height in characters:
940 [Linux only] Pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)
942 No device is allocated.
946 [Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
947 parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
948 @item /dev/parport@var{N}
949 [Linux only, parallel port only] Use host parallel port
950 @var{N}. Currently SPP and EPP parallel port features can be used.
951 @item file:@var{filename}
952 Write output to @var{filename}. No character can be read.
954 [Unix only] standard input/output
955 @item pipe:@var{filename}
956 name pipe @var{filename}
958 [Windows only] Use host serial port @var{n}
959 @item udp:[@var{remote_host}]:@var{remote_port}[@@[@var{src_ip}]:@var{src_port}]
960 This implements UDP Net Console.
961 When @var{remote_host} or @var{src_ip} are not specified
962 they default to @code{0.0.0.0}.
963 When not using a specified @var{src_port} a random port is automatically chosen.
965 Three button serial mouse. Configure the guest to use Microsoft protocol.
967 If you just want a simple readonly console you can use @code{netcat} or
968 @code{nc}, by starting qemu with: @code{-serial udp::4555} and nc as:
969 @code{nc -u -l -p 4555}. Any time qemu writes something to that port it
970 will appear in the netconsole session.
972 If you plan to send characters back via netconsole or you want to stop
973 and start qemu a lot of times, you should have qemu use the same
974 source port each time by using something like @code{-serial
975 udp::4555@@:4556} to qemu. Another approach is to use a patched
976 version of netcat which can listen to a TCP port and send and receive
977 characters via udp. If you have a patched version of netcat which
978 activates telnet remote echo and single char transfer, then you can
979 use the following options to step up a netcat redirector to allow
980 telnet on port 5555 to access the qemu port.
983 -serial udp::4555@@:4556
984 @item netcat options:
985 -u -P 4555 -L 0.0.0.0:4556 -t -p 5555 -I -T
986 @item telnet options:
991 @item tcp:[@var{host}]:@var{port}[,@var{server}][,nowait][,nodelay]
992 The TCP Net Console has two modes of operation. It can send the serial
993 I/O to a location or wait for a connection from a location. By default
994 the TCP Net Console is sent to @var{host} at the @var{port}. If you use
995 the @var{server} option QEMU will wait for a client socket application
996 to connect to the port before continuing, unless the @code{nowait}
997 option was specified. The @code{nodelay} option disables the Nagle buffering
998 algorithm. If @var{host} is omitted, 0.0.0.0 is assumed. Only
999 one TCP connection at a time is accepted. You can use @code{telnet} to
1000 connect to the corresponding character device.
1002 @item Example to send tcp console to 192.168.0.2 port 4444
1003 -serial tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
1004 @item Example to listen and wait on port 4444 for connection
1005 -serial tcp::4444,server
1006 @item Example to not wait and listen on ip 192.168.0.100 port 4444
1007 -serial tcp:192.168.0.100:4444,server,nowait
1010 @item telnet:@var{host}:@var{port}[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]
1011 The telnet protocol is used instead of raw tcp sockets. The options
1012 work the same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp}. The
1013 difference is that the port acts like a telnet server or client using
1014 telnet option negotiation. This will also allow you to send the
1015 MAGIC_SYSRQ sequence if you use a telnet that supports sending the break
1016 sequence. Typically in unix telnet you do it with Control-] and then
1017 type "send break" followed by pressing the enter key.
1019 @item unix:@var{path}[,server][,nowait]
1020 A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket. The option works the
1021 same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp} except the unix domain socket
1022 @var{path} is used for connections.
1024 @item mon:@var{dev_string}
1025 This is a special option to allow the monitor to be multiplexed onto
1026 another serial port. The monitor is accessed with key sequence of
1027 @key{Control-a} and then pressing @key{c}. See monitor access
1028 @ref{pcsys_keys} in the -nographic section for more keys.
1029 @var{dev_string} should be any one of the serial devices specified
1030 above. An example to multiplex the monitor onto a telnet server
1031 listening on port 4444 would be:
1033 @item -serial mon:telnet::4444,server,nowait
1037 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
1042 @item -parallel @var{dev}
1043 Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @var{dev} (same
1044 devices as the serial port). On Linux hosts, @file{/dev/parportN} can
1045 be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
1048 This option can be used several times to simulate up to 3 parallel
1051 Use @code{-parallel none} to disable all parallel ports.
1053 @item -monitor @var{dev}
1054 Redirect the monitor to host device @var{dev} (same devices as the
1056 The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
1059 @item -pidfile @var{file}
1060 Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
1064 Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
1067 Wait gdb connection to port 1234 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
1070 Change gdb connection port. @var{port} can be either a decimal number
1071 to specify a TCP port, or a host device (same devices as the serial port).
1074 Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
1075 @item -hdachs @var{c},@var{h},@var{s},[,@var{t}]
1076 Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
1077 @var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
1078 translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
1079 all those parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
1083 Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps.
1085 @item -bios @var{file}
1086 Set the filename for the BIOS.
1089 Enable KQEMU full virtualization (default is user mode only).
1092 Disable KQEMU kernel module usage. KQEMU options are only available if
1093 KQEMU support is enabled when compiling.
1096 Enable KVM full virtualization support. This option is only available
1097 if KVM support is enabled when compiling.
1100 Exit instead of rebooting.
1103 Don't exit QEMU on guest shutdown, but instead only stop the emulation.
1104 This allows for instance switching to monitor to commit changes to the
1107 @item -loadvm @var{file}
1108 Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
1111 Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. QEMU will not detach from
1112 standard IO until it is ready to receive connections on any of its devices.
1113 This option is a useful way for external programs to launch QEMU without having
1114 to cope with initialization race conditions.
1116 @item -option-rom @var{file}
1117 Load the contents of @var{file} as an option ROM.
1118 This option is useful to load things like EtherBoot.
1120 @item -clock @var{method}
1121 Force the use of the given methods for timer alarm. To see what timers
1122 are available use -clock ?.
1125 Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
1126 time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
1129 @item -startdate @var{date}
1130 Set the initial date of the real time clock. Valid formats for
1131 @var{date} are: @code{now} or @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or
1132 @code{2006-06-17}. The default value is @code{now}.
1134 @item -icount [N|auto]
1135 Enable virtual instruction counter. The virtual cpu will execute one
1136 instruction every 2^N ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
1137 then the virtual cpu speed will be automatically adjusted to keep virtual
1138 time within a few seconds of real time.
1140 Note that while this option can give deterministic behavior, it does not
1141 provide cycle accurate emulation. Modern CPUs contain superscalar out of
1142 order cores with complex cache hierarchies. The number of instructions
1143 executed often has little or no correlation with actual performance.
1145 @item -echr numeric_ascii_value
1146 Change the escape character used for switching to the monitor when using
1147 monitor and serial sharing. The default is @code{0x01} when using the
1148 @code{-nographic} option. @code{0x01} is equal to pressing
1149 @code{Control-a}. You can select a different character from the ascii
1150 control keys where 1 through 26 map to Control-a through Control-z. For
1151 instance you could use the either of the following to change the escape
1152 character to Control-t.
1165 @c man begin OPTIONS
1167 During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
1173 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
1176 Target system display
1184 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
1187 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
1188 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
1190 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
1191 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
1200 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
1202 Toggle console timestamps
1204 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
1206 Switch between console and monitor
1214 @c man begin SEEALSO
1215 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
1216 user mode emulator invocation.
1226 @section QEMU Monitor
1228 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
1229 emulator. You can use it to:
1234 Remove or insert removable media images
1235 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
1238 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
1241 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
1245 @subsection Commands
1247 The following commands are available:
1251 @item help or ? [@var{cmd}]
1252 Show the help for all commands or just for command @var{cmd}.
1255 Commit changes to the disk images (if -snapshot is used).
1257 @item info @var{subcommand}
1258 Show various information about the system state.
1262 show the version of QEMU
1264 show the various VLANs and the associated devices
1266 show the character devices
1268 show the block devices
1270 show block device statistics
1271 @item info registers
1272 show the cpu registers
1274 show infos for each CPU
1276 show the command line history
1278 show the interrupts statistics (if available)
1280 show i8259 (PIC) state
1282 show emulated PCI device info
1284 show virtual to physical memory mappings (i386 only)
1286 show the active virtual memory mappings (i386 only)
1288 show state of HPET (i386 only)
1290 show KQEMU information
1292 show KVM information
1294 show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
1296 show all USB host devices
1298 show profiling information
1300 show information about active capturing
1301 @item info snapshots
1302 show list of VM snapshots
1304 show the current VM status (running|paused)
1306 show guest PCMCIA status
1308 show which guest mouse is receiving events
1310 show the vnc server status
1312 show the current VM name
1314 show the current VM UUID
1318 show SLIRP statistics (if available)
1320 show migration status
1322 show balloon information
1328 @item eject [-f] @var{device}
1329 Eject a removable medium (use -f to force it).
1331 @item change @var{device} @var{setting}
1333 Change the configuration of a device.
1336 @item change @var{diskdevice} @var{filename} [@var{format}]
1337 Change the medium for a removable disk device to point to @var{filename}. eg
1340 (qemu) change ide1-cd0 /path/to/some.iso
1343 @var{format} is optional.
1345 @item change vnc @var{display},@var{options}
1346 Change the configuration of the VNC server. The valid syntax for @var{display}
1347 and @var{options} are described at @ref{sec_invocation}. eg
1350 (qemu) change vnc localhost:1
1353 @item change vnc password [@var{password}]
1355 Change the password associated with the VNC server. If the new password is not
1356 supplied, the monitor will prompt for it to be entered. VNC passwords are only
1357 significant up to 8 letters. eg
1360 (qemu) change vnc password
1366 @item screendump @var{filename}
1367 Save screen into PPM image @var{filename}.
1369 @item logfile @var{filename}
1370 Output logs to @var{filename}.
1372 @item log @var{item1}[,...]
1373 Activate logging of the specified items to @file{/tmp/qemu.log}.
1375 @item savevm [@var{tag}|@var{id}]
1376 Create a snapshot of the whole virtual machine. If @var{tag} is
1377 provided, it is used as human readable identifier. If there is already
1378 a snapshot with the same tag or ID, it is replaced. More info at
1381 @item loadvm @var{tag}|@var{id}
1382 Set the whole virtual machine to the snapshot identified by the tag
1383 @var{tag} or the unique snapshot ID @var{id}.
1385 @item delvm @var{tag}|@var{id}
1386 Delete the snapshot identified by @var{tag} or @var{id}.
1394 @item gdbserver [@var{port}]
1395 Start gdbserver session (default @var{port}=1234)
1397 @item x/fmt @var{addr}
1398 Virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
1400 @item xp /@var{fmt} @var{addr}
1401 Physical memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
1403 @var{fmt} is a format which tells the command how to format the
1404 data. Its syntax is: @option{/@{count@}@{format@}@{size@}}
1408 is the number of items to be dumped.
1411 can be x (hex), d (signed decimal), u (unsigned decimal), o (octal),
1412 c (char) or i (asm instruction).
1415 can be b (8 bits), h (16 bits), w (32 bits) or g (64 bits). On x86,
1416 @code{h} or @code{w} can be specified with the @code{i} format to
1417 respectively select 16 or 32 bit code instruction size.
1424 Dump 10 instructions at the current instruction pointer:
1429 0x90107065: lea 0x0(%esi,1),%esi
1430 0x90107069: lea 0x0(%edi,1),%edi
1432 0x90107071: jmp 0x90107080
1440 Dump 80 16 bit values at the start of the video memory.
1442 (qemu) xp/80hx 0xb8000
1443 0x000b8000: 0x0b50 0x0b6c 0x0b65 0x0b78 0x0b38 0x0b36 0x0b2f 0x0b42
1444 0x000b8010: 0x0b6f 0x0b63 0x0b68 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b56 0x0b47 0x0b41
1445 0x000b8020: 0x0b42 0x0b69 0x0b6f 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b63 0x0b75 0x0b72
1446 0x000b8030: 0x0b72 0x0b65 0x0b6e 0x0b74 0x0b2d 0x0b63 0x0b76 0x0b73
1447 0x000b8040: 0x0b20 0x0b30 0x0b35 0x0b20 0x0b4e 0x0b6f 0x0b76 0x0b20
1448 0x000b8050: 0x0b32 0x0b30 0x0b30 0x0b33 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
1449 0x000b8060: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
1450 0x000b8070: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
1451 0x000b8080: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
1452 0x000b8090: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
1456 @item p or print/@var{fmt} @var{expr}
1458 Print expression value. Only the @var{format} part of @var{fmt} is
1461 @item sendkey @var{keys}
1463 Send @var{keys} to the emulator. @var{keys} could be the name of the
1464 key or @code{#} followed by the raw value in either decimal or hexadecimal
1465 format. Use @code{-} to press several keys simultaneously. Example:
1470 This command is useful to send keys that your graphical user interface
1471 intercepts at low level, such as @code{ctrl-alt-f1} in X Window.
1477 @item system_powerdown
1479 Power down the system (if supported).
1481 @item sum @var{addr} @var{size}
1483 Compute the checksum of a memory region.
1485 @item usb_add @var{devname}
1487 Add the USB device @var{devname}. For details of available devices see
1490 @item usb_del @var{devname}
1492 Remove the USB device @var{devname} from the QEMU virtual USB
1493 hub. @var{devname} has the syntax @code{bus.addr}. Use the monitor
1494 command @code{info usb} to see the devices you can remove.
1496 @item mouse_move @var{dx} @var{dy} [@var{dz}]
1497 Move the active mouse to the specified coordinates @var{dx} @var{dy}
1498 with optional scroll axis @var{dz}.
1500 @item mouse_button @var{val}
1501 Change the active mouse button state @var{val} (1=L, 2=M, 4=R).
1503 @item mouse_set @var{index}
1504 Set which mouse device receives events at given @var{index}, index
1505 can be obtained with
1510 @item wavcapture @var{filename} [@var{frequency} [@var{bits} [@var{channels}]]]
1511 Capture audio into @var{filename}. Using sample rate @var{frequency}
1512 bits per sample @var{bits} and number of channels @var{channels}.
1516 @item Sample rate = 44100 Hz - CD quality
1518 @item Number of channels = 2 - Stereo
1521 @item stopcapture @var{index}
1522 Stop capture with a given @var{index}, index can be obtained with
1527 @item memsave @var{addr} @var{size} @var{file}
1528 save to disk virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr} of size @var{size}.
1530 @item pmemsave @var{addr} @var{size} @var{file}
1531 save to disk physical memory dump starting at @var{addr} of size @var{size}.
1533 @item boot_set @var{bootdevicelist}
1535 Define new values for the boot device list. Those values will override
1536 the values specified on the command line through the @code{-boot} option.
1538 The values that can be specified here depend on the machine type, but are
1539 the same that can be specified in the @code{-boot} command line option.
1542 Inject an NMI on the given CPU.
1544 @item migrate [-d] @var{uri}
1545 Migrate to @var{uri} (using -d to not wait for completion).
1547 @item migrate_cancel
1548 Cancel the current VM migration.
1550 @item migrate_set_speed @var{value}
1551 Set maximum speed to @var{value} (in bytes) for migrations.
1553 @item balloon @var{value}
1554 Request VM to change its memory allocation to @var{value} (in MB).
1556 @item set_link @var{name} [up|down]
1557 Set link @var{name} up or down.
1561 @subsection Integer expressions
1563 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
1564 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
1565 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
1568 @section Disk Images
1570 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
1571 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
1572 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
1573 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
1577 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
1578 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
1579 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
1580 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
1581 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
1582 * host_drives:: Using host drives
1583 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
1584 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
1587 @node disk_images_quickstart
1588 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
1590 You can create a disk image with the command:
1592 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
1594 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
1595 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
1596 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
1598 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
1600 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
1601 @subsection Snapshot mode
1603 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
1604 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
1605 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
1606 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
1607 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
1610 @subsection VM snapshots
1612 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
1613 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
1614 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
1615 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
1616 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
1618 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
1619 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
1620 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
1622 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
1623 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
1624 with their associated information:
1627 (qemu) info snapshots
1628 Snapshot devices: hda
1629 Snapshot list (from hda):
1630 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
1631 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
1632 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
1633 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
1636 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
1637 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
1638 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
1639 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
1640 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
1641 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
1642 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
1643 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
1646 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
1647 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
1648 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
1650 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
1653 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
1654 inserted after a snapshot is done.
1656 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
1657 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
1660 @node qemu_img_invocation
1661 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
1663 @include qemu-img.texi
1665 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
1666 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
1668 @include qemu-nbd.texi
1671 @subsection Using host drives
1673 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
1674 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
1676 @subsubsection Linux
1678 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
1679 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
1680 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
1681 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
1685 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
1686 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
1687 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
1689 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
1690 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
1691 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
1692 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
1694 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
1695 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
1696 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
1697 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
1698 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
1699 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
1702 @subsubsection Windows
1706 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
1707 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
1708 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
1710 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
1711 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
1712 change or eject media.
1714 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
1715 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
1717 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
1718 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
1719 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
1720 modifications are written in a temporary file).
1724 @subsubsection Mac OS X
1726 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
1728 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
1729 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
1730 change or eject media.
1732 @node disk_images_fat_images
1733 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
1735 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
1736 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
1739 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
1742 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
1743 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
1744 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
1746 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
1749 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
1752 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
1756 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
1759 What you should @emph{never} do:
1761 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
1762 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
1763 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
1764 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
1767 @node disk_images_nbd
1768 @subsection NBD access
1770 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
1774 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
1777 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
1781 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
1784 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
1787 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
1790 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
1792 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
1795 and then you can use it with two guests:
1797 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
1798 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
1802 @section Network emulation
1804 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
1805 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
1806 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
1807 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
1808 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
1809 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
1814 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
1815 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
1816 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
1819 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
1821 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
1822 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
1823 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
1825 @subsubsection Linux host
1827 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
1828 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
1829 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
1830 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
1831 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
1832 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
1834 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
1835 TAP network interfaces.
1837 @subsubsection Windows host
1839 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
1840 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
1841 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
1842 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
1844 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
1846 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
1847 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
1848 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
1849 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
1853 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
1856 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
1858 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
1861 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
1862 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
1863 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
1864 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
1866 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
1867 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
1868 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
1870 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
1871 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
1874 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
1877 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
1878 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
1879 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
1881 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
1883 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
1884 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
1887 @node direct_linux_boot
1888 @section Direct Linux Boot
1890 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
1891 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
1896 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
1899 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
1900 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
1901 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
1903 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
1904 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
1907 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
1908 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
1909 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
1911 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1912 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
1915 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
1916 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
1919 @section USB emulation
1921 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
1922 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
1923 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
1924 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
1928 * host_usb_devices::
1931 @subsection Connecting USB devices
1933 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
1934 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
1938 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
1940 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
1941 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
1942 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
1943 @item disk:@var{file}
1944 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
1945 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
1946 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
1948 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
1949 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
1952 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
1953 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
1954 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
1956 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
1957 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
1958 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
1959 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
1960 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
1961 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
1963 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
1965 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
1966 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
1968 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
1970 @item net:@var{options}
1971 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
1972 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
1973 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
1975 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
1977 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
1978 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
1979 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
1980 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
1981 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
1982 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
1985 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
1989 @node host_usb_devices
1990 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
1992 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
1993 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
1994 Cameras) are not supported yet.
1997 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
1998 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
1999 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
2000 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
2002 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
2008 @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:
2010 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
2013 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
2016 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
2017 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
2019 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
2020 hubs, it won't work).
2022 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
2024 usb_add host:1234:5678
2027 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
2028 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
2030 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
2034 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
2035 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
2038 @section VNC security
2040 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
2041 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
2042 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
2046 * vnc_sec_password::
2047 * vnc_sec_certificate::
2048 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
2049 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
2050 * vnc_generate_cert::
2053 @subsection Without passwords
2055 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
2056 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
2057 socket only. For example
2060 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
2063 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
2064 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
2065 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
2068 @node vnc_sec_password
2069 @subsection With passwords
2071 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
2072 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
2073 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
2074 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
2075 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
2076 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
2077 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
2078 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
2081 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
2082 (qemu) change vnc password
2087 @node vnc_sec_certificate
2088 @subsection With x509 certificates
2090 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
2091 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
2092 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
2093 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
2094 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
2095 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
2098 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
2101 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
2102 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
2103 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
2104 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
2105 only be readable by the user owning it.
2107 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
2108 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
2110 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
2111 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
2112 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
2113 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
2116 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
2120 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
2121 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
2123 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
2124 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
2127 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
2128 (qemu) change vnc password
2133 @node vnc_generate_cert
2134 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
2136 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
2137 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
2138 is neccessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
2139 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
2140 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
2141 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
2142 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
2146 * vnc_generate_server::
2147 * vnc_generate_client::
2149 @node vnc_generate_ca
2150 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
2152 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
2153 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
2154 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
2155 issued with it is lost.
2158 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
2161 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
2162 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
2163 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
2164 name of the organization.
2167 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
2168 cn = Name of your organization
2172 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
2173 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
2174 --template ca.info \
2175 --outfile ca-cert.pem
2178 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
2179 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
2181 @node vnc_generate_server
2182 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
2184 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
2185 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
2186 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
2187 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
2188 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
2189 secure CA private key:
2192 # cat > server.info <<EOF
2193 organization = Name of your organization
2194 cn = server.foo.example.com
2199 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
2200 # certtool --generate-certificate \
2201 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
2202 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
2203 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
2204 --template server.info \
2205 --outfile server-cert.pem
2208 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
2209 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
2210 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
2212 @node vnc_generate_client
2213 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
2215 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
2216 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
2217 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
2218 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
2219 the secure CA private key:
2222 # cat > client.info <<EOF
2226 organiazation = Name of your organization
2227 cn = client.foo.example.com
2232 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
2233 # certtool --generate-certificate \
2234 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
2235 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
2236 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
2237 --template client.info \
2238 --outfile client-cert.pem
2241 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
2242 copied to the client for which they were generated.
2247 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
2248 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
2250 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
2253 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
2254 -append "root=/dev/hda"
2255 Connected to host network interface: tun0
2256 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
2259 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
2264 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
2266 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
2269 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
2274 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
2278 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
2280 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
2282 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
2283 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
2286 Advanced debugging options:
2288 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:
2290 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
2292 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
2294 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
2295 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
2296 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
2298 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
2300 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
2302 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
2303 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
2306 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
2308 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
2310 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
2311 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
2316 @node pcsys_os_specific
2317 @section Target OS specific information
2321 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
2322 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
2323 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
2325 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
2326 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
2327 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
2328 cannot simulate exactly.
2330 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
2331 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
2332 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
2333 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
2334 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
2338 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
2339 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
2341 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
2343 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
2344 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
2345 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
2346 depth in the guest and the host OS.
2348 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
2349 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
2350 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
2351 (option @option{-std-vga}).
2353 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
2355 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
2356 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
2357 idle. You can install the utility from
2358 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
2359 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
2361 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
2363 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
2364 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
2365 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
2366 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
2369 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
2371 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
2372 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
2373 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
2375 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
2376 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
2377 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
2378 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
2379 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
2380 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
2382 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
2384 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
2386 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
2388 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
2391 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
2392 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
2395 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
2396 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
2397 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
2398 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
2399 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
2401 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
2403 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
2405 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
2406 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
2407 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
2410 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
2411 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
2413 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
2414 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
2415 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
2418 * QEMU PowerPC System emulator::
2419 * Sparc32 System emulator::
2420 * Sparc64 System emulator::
2421 * MIPS System emulator::
2422 * ARM System emulator::
2423 * ColdFire System emulator::
2426 @node QEMU PowerPC System emulator
2427 @section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
2429 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
2430 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
2432 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
2436 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
2438 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
2440 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
2446 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
2449 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
2455 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
2457 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
2461 NE2000 network adapters
2465 PREP Non Volatile RAM
2467 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
2470 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
2471 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
2473 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
2474 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
2475 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
2476 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
2478 @c man begin OPTIONS
2480 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
2484 @item -g WxH[xDEPTH]
2486 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
2488 @item -prom-env string
2490 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
2493 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
2494 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
2495 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
2498 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
2505 More information is available at
2506 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
2508 @node Sparc32 System emulator
2509 @section Sparc32 System emulator
2511 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
2512 Sun4m architecture machines:
2527 SPARCstation Voyager
2534 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
2535 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
2537 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
2538 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
2539 emulators are not usable yet.
2541 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
2549 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
2551 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
2553 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
2554 and power/reset logic
2556 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
2558 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
2560 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
2563 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
2564 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
2567 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
2568 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
2569 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
2570 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
2572 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
2573 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
2574 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
2575 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
2578 @c man begin OPTIONS
2580 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
2584 @item -g WxHx[xDEPTH]
2586 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
2587 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
2589 @item -prom-env string
2591 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
2594 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
2595 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
2598 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
2600 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
2606 @node Sparc64 System emulator
2607 @section Sparc64 System emulator
2609 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
2610 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
2611 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
2612 it can launch some kernels.
2614 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
2618 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
2620 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
2622 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
2624 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
2626 PC-compatible serial ports
2628 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
2633 @c man begin OPTIONS
2635 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
2639 @item -prom-env string
2641 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
2644 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
2647 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
2649 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
2655 @node MIPS System emulator
2656 @section MIPS System emulator
2658 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
2659 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
2660 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
2661 Five different machine types are emulated:
2665 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
2667 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
2669 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
2671 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
2673 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
2676 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
2677 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
2682 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
2684 PC style serial port
2691 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
2695 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
2697 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
2699 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
2701 PCnet32 PCI network card
2703 Malta FPGA serial device
2705 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
2708 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
2714 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
2721 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
2722 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
2727 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
2729 PC style serial port
2731 MIPSnet network emulation
2734 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
2740 PC-style IRQ controller
2750 @node ARM System emulator
2751 @section ARM System emulator
2753 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
2754 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
2759 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
2763 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
2765 PL110 LCD controller
2767 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
2769 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
2772 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
2776 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
2778 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
2782 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
2784 PL110 LCD controller
2786 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
2788 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
2789 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
2790 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
2791 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
2792 mapped control registers.
2794 PCI OHCI USB controller.
2796 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
2798 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
2801 The ARM RealView Emulation baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
2805 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCORE(x4) or Cortex-A8 CPU
2807 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
2811 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
2813 PL110 LCD controller
2815 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
2819 PCI OHCI USB controller
2821 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
2823 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
2826 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
2827 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
2831 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
2835 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
2837 On-chip OHCI USB controller
2839 On-chip LCD controller
2841 On-chip Real Time Clock
2843 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
2845 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
2847 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
2849 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
2853 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
2856 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
2861 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2863 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
2865 On-chip LCD controller
2867 On-chip Real Time Clock
2869 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
2870 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
2872 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
2874 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2879 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
2880 emulation supports the following elements:
2884 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
2886 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
2888 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
2889 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
2891 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
2892 driven through SPI bus
2894 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
2895 through I@math{^2}C bus
2897 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2899 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
2901 A Bluetooth(R) transciever and HCI connected to an UART
2903 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
2904 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
2906 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
2908 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
2910 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
2914 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
2921 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
2923 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
2925 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
2928 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
2935 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
2937 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
2939 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
2942 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
2947 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
2949 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
2953 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
2955 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
2957 128×64 display with brightness control
2959 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
2962 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
2963 The emulaton includes the following elements:
2967 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2969 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
2971 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
2975 On-chip LCD controller
2977 On-chip Real Time Clock
2979 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2984 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
2985 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
2987 @c man begin OPTIONS
2989 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
2994 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2996 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
2998 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2999 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
3003 @node ColdFire System emulator
3004 @section ColdFire System emulator
3006 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
3007 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
3009 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
3013 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
3015 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
3017 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
3020 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
3024 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
3029 @c man begin OPTIONS
3031 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
3036 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
3038 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
3040 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
3041 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
3045 @node QEMU User space emulator
3046 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
3049 * Supported Operating Systems ::
3050 * Linux User space emulator::
3051 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
3052 * BSD User space emulator ::
3055 @node Supported Operating Systems
3056 @section Supported Operating Systems
3058 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
3062 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
3064 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
3066 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
3069 @node Linux User space emulator
3070 @section Linux User space emulator
3075 * Command line options::
3080 @subsection Quick Start
3082 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
3083 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
3087 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
3091 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
3094 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
3097 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
3098 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
3101 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
3104 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
3105 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
3106 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
3109 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
3112 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
3115 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
3117 You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
3118 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
3119 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
3122 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
3124 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
3125 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
3131 @subsection Wine launch
3135 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
3136 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
3140 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
3143 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
3144 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
3146 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
3147 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
3148 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
3150 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
3153 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
3154 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
3159 @node Command line options
3160 @subsection Command line options
3163 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] program [arguments...]
3170 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
3172 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
3174 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
3181 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
3183 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
3185 Wait gdb connection to port
3188 Environment variables:
3192 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
3193 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
3194 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
3195 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
3196 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
3197 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
3200 @node Other binaries
3201 @subsection Other binaries
3203 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
3204 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
3205 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
3207 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
3208 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
3209 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
3211 The binary format is detected automatically.
3213 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
3215 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
3216 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
3218 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
3219 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
3221 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
3222 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
3225 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
3226 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
3227 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
3230 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
3231 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
3235 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
3237 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
3239 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
3241 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
3244 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
3246 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
3247 @subsection Quick Start
3249 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
3250 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
3251 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
3252 CD or compile them by hand.
3256 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
3263 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
3269 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
3273 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
3276 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
3277 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
3281 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
3282 @subsection Command line options
3285 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
3292 Set the library root path (default=/)
3294 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
3301 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
3303 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
3306 @node BSD User space emulator
3307 @section BSD User space emulator
3312 * BSD Command line options::
3316 @subsection BSD Status
3320 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
3323 @node BSD Quick Start
3324 @subsection Quick Start
3326 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
3327 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
3331 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
3335 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
3340 @node BSD Command line options
3341 @subsection Command line options
3344 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
3351 Set the library root path (default=/)
3353 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
3355 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
3356 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
3363 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
3365 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
3369 @chapter Compilation from the sources
3374 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
3381 @subsection Compilation
3383 First you must decompress the sources:
3386 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
3390 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
3396 Then type as root user:
3400 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
3402 @subsection GCC version
3404 In order to compile QEMU successfully, it is very important that you
3405 have the right tools. The most important one is gcc. On most hosts and
3406 in particular on x86 ones, @emph{gcc 4.x is not supported}. If your
3407 Linux distribution includes a gcc 4.x compiler, you can usually
3408 install an older version (it is invoked by @code{gcc32} or
3409 @code{gcc34}). The QEMU configure script automatically probes for
3410 these older versions so that usually you don't have to do anything.
3416 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
3417 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
3418 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
3421 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
3422 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
3423 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place, and
3424 unpack the archive @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz} in the MinGW tool
3425 directory. Edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
3426 correct SDL directory when invoked.
3428 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
3430 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
3432 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
3433 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
3434 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
3436 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
3437 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
3438 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
3442 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
3443 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
3447 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
3448 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
3451 Install the Win32 version of SDL (@url{http://www.libsdl.org}) by
3452 unpacking @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz}. Set up the PATH environment
3453 variable so that @file{i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config} can be launched by
3454 the QEMU configuration script.
3457 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
3459 ./configure --enable-mingw32
3461 If necessary, you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix
3462 chosen for the MinGW tools with --cross-prefix. You can also use
3463 --prefix to set the Win32 install path.
3465 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
3466 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in the
3467 installation directory.
3471 Note: Currently, Wine does not seem able to launch
3477 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
3478 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary