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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)
94 @item Syborg SVP base model (ARM Cortex-A8).
95 @item AXIS-Devboard88 (CRISv32 ETRAX-FS).
96 @item Petalogix Spartan 3aDSP1800 MMU ref design (MicroBlaze).
99 For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, 32-bit MIPS, Sparc32/64, ColdFire(m68k), CRISv32 and MicroBlaze CPUs are supported.
102 @chapter Installation
104 If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
107 * install_linux:: Linux
108 * install_windows:: Windows
109 * install_mac:: Macintosh
115 If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
116 have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
118 @node install_windows
121 Download the experimental binary installer at
122 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
127 Download the experimental binary installer at
128 @url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
130 @node QEMU PC System emulator
131 @chapter QEMU PC System emulator
134 * pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
135 * pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
136 * sec_invocation:: Invocation
138 * pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
139 * disk_images:: Disk Images
140 * pcsys_network:: Network emulation
141 * direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
142 * pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
143 * vnc_security:: VNC security
144 * gdb_usage:: GDB usage
145 * pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
148 @node pcsys_introduction
149 @section Introduction
151 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
153 The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
154 following peripherals:
158 i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
160 Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
161 extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
163 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
165 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
169 PCI and ISA network adapters
173 Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
175 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
177 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
179 Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
181 Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
183 CS4231A compatible sound card
185 PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
188 SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
190 Note that adlib, gus and cs4231a are only available when QEMU was
191 configured with --audio-card-list option containing the name(s) of
194 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
197 QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
199 QEMU uses GUS emulation(GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
200 by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
202 Not that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
203 qemu must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS
206 qemu dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
211 qemu dos.img -device gus,irq=5
214 Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
216 CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
220 @node pcsys_quickstart
223 Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
229 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
235 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
236 usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
241 @var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
242 targets do not need a disk image.
244 @include qemu-options.texi
253 During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
259 Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
262 Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
265 Target system display
273 Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
276 In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
277 @key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
279 During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
280 @key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
289 Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
291 Toggle console timestamps
293 Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
295 Switch between console and monitor
304 The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
305 user mode emulator invocation.
315 @section QEMU Monitor
317 The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
318 emulator. You can use it to:
323 Remove or insert removable media images
324 (such as CD-ROM or floppies).
327 Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
330 @item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
336 The following commands are available:
338 @include qemu-monitor.texi
340 @subsection Integer expressions
342 The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
343 argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
344 CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
349 Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
350 growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
351 written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
352 the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
356 * disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
357 * disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
358 * vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
359 * qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
360 * qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
361 * host_drives:: Using host drives
362 * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
363 * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
366 @node disk_images_quickstart
367 @subsection Quick start for disk image creation
369 You can create a disk image with the command:
371 qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
373 where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
374 size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
375 megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
377 See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
379 @node disk_images_snapshot_mode
380 @subsection Snapshot mode
382 If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
383 considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
384 a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
385 write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
386 command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
389 @subsection VM snapshots
391 VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
392 CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
393 disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
394 removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
395 format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
397 Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
398 replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
399 snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
401 Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
402 a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
403 with their associated information:
406 (qemu) info snapshots
407 Snapshot devices: hda
408 Snapshot list (from hda):
409 ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
410 1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
411 2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
412 3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
415 A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
416 @code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
417 The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
418 and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
419 every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
420 to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
421 associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
422 disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
425 When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
426 (@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
427 but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
429 VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
432 They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
433 inserted after a snapshot is done.
435 A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
436 state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
439 @node qemu_img_invocation
440 @subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
442 @include qemu-img.texi
444 @node qemu_nbd_invocation
445 @subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
447 @include qemu-nbd.texi
450 @subsection Using host drives
452 In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
453 devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
457 On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
458 disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
459 it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
460 @file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
464 You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
465 specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
466 the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
468 You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
469 removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
470 without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
471 OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
473 Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
474 (@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
475 see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
476 is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
477 you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
478 line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
481 @subsubsection Windows
485 The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
486 alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
487 supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
489 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
490 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
491 change or eject media.
493 Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
494 where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
496 WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
497 READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
498 host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
499 modifications are written in a temporary file).
503 @subsubsection Mac OS X
505 @file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
507 Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
508 is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
509 change or eject media.
511 @node disk_images_fat_images
512 @subsection Virtual FAT disk images
514 QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
515 directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
518 qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
521 Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
522 directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
523 them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
525 Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
528 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
531 A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
535 qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
538 What you should @emph{never} do:
540 @item use non-ASCII filenames ;
541 @item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
542 @item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
543 @item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
546 @node disk_images_nbd
547 @subsection NBD access
549 QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
553 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
556 If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
560 qemu linux.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
563 In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
566 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket my_disk.qcow2
569 The use of qemu-nbd allows to share a disk between several guests:
571 qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
574 and then you can use it with two guests:
576 qemu linux1.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
577 qemu linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
581 @section Network emulation
583 QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
584 target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
585 Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
586 VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
587 simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
588 network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
593 QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
594 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
595 example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
598 @subsection Using TAP network interfaces
600 This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
601 a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
602 can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
604 @subsubsection Linux host
606 As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
607 archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
608 configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
609 contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
610 that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
611 device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
613 See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
614 TAP network interfaces.
616 @subsubsection Windows host
618 There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
619 TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
620 so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
621 so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
623 @subsection Using the user mode network stack
625 By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
626 @option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
627 network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
628 network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
632 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
635 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
637 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
640 The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
641 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
642 configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
643 to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
645 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
646 the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
647 10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
649 Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
650 would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
653 When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
656 When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
657 redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
658 redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
660 @subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
662 Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
663 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
666 @node direct_linux_boot
667 @section Direct Linux Boot
669 This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
670 having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
675 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
678 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
679 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
680 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
682 When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
683 @file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
686 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
687 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
688 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
690 qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
691 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
694 Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
695 monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
698 @section USB emulation
700 QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
701 virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
702 on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
703 as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
710 @subsection Connecting USB devices
712 USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
713 or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
717 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
719 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
720 This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
721 to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
722 @item disk:@var{file}
723 Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
724 @item host:@var{bus.addr}
725 Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
727 @item host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}
728 Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
731 Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
732 above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
733 coordinates it reports touch pressure.
735 Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
736 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,product_id=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
737 Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
738 device @var{dev}. The available character devices are the same as for the
739 @code{-serial} option. The @code{vendorid} and @code{productid} options can be
740 used to override the default 0403:6001. For instance,
742 usb_add serial:productid=FA00:tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
744 will connect to tcp port 4444 of ip 192.168.0.2, and plug that to the virtual
745 serial converter, faking a Matrix Orbital LCD Display (USB ID 0403:FA00).
747 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
749 @item net:@var{options}
750 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options}
751 specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description).
752 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
754 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0
756 Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs.
757 @item bt[:@var{hci-type}]
758 Bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
759 the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
760 no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
761 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
764 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -usbdevice bt:hci,vlan=3 -bt device:keyboard,vlan=3
768 @node host_usb_devices
769 @subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
771 WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
772 using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
773 Cameras) are not supported yet.
776 @item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
777 is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
778 disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
779 to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
781 @item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
787 @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:
789 chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
792 @item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
795 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
796 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
798 You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
799 hubs, it won't work).
801 @item Add the device in QEMU by using:
803 usb_add host:1234:5678
806 Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
807 plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
809 @item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
813 When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
814 device to make it work again (this is a bug).
817 @section VNC security
819 The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
820 of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
821 considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
826 * vnc_sec_certificate::
827 * vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
828 * vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
830 * vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
831 * vnc_generate_cert::
835 @subsection Without passwords
837 The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
838 For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
839 socket only. For example
842 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
845 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
846 path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
847 remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
850 @node vnc_sec_password
851 @subsection With passwords
853 The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
854 the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
855 to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
856 a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
857 authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
858 or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is requested with the @code{password}
859 option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
860 the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
863 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
864 (qemu) change vnc password
869 @node vnc_sec_certificate
870 @subsection With x509 certificates
872 The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
873 TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
874 The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
875 own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
876 support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
877 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
880 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
883 In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
884 @code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
885 users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
886 NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
887 only be readable by the user owning it.
889 @node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
890 @subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
892 Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
893 The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
894 then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
895 in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
898 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
902 @node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
903 @subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
905 Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
906 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
909 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
910 (qemu) change vnc password
917 @subsection With SASL authentication
919 The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
920 easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
921 integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
922 PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
923 The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
924 configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
925 it will encrypt the datastream as well.
927 Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
928 used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
929 then QEMU can be launched with:
932 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
935 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
936 @subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
938 If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
939 SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
940 with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
941 data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
942 credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
943 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
946 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
950 @node vnc_generate_cert
951 @subsection Generating certificates for VNC
953 The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
954 be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
955 is neccessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
956 each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
957 will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
958 server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
959 unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
963 * vnc_generate_server::
964 * vnc_generate_client::
966 @node vnc_generate_ca
967 @subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
969 This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
970 unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
971 and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
972 issued with it is lost.
975 # certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
978 A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
979 certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
980 generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
981 name of the organization.
984 # cat > ca.info <<EOF
985 cn = Name of your organization
989 # certtool --generate-self-signed \
990 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
992 --outfile ca-cert.pem
995 The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
996 TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
998 @node vnc_generate_server
999 @subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1001 Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1002 the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1003 The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1004 be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1005 will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1006 secure CA private key:
1009 # cat > server.info <<EOF
1010 organization = Name of your organization
1011 cn = server.foo.example.com
1016 # certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1017 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1018 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1019 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1020 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1021 --template server.info \
1022 --outfile server-cert.pem
1025 The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1026 to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1027 sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1029 @node vnc_generate_client
1030 @subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1032 If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1033 certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1034 a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1035 the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1036 the secure CA private key:
1039 # cat > client.info <<EOF
1043 organiazation = Name of your organization
1044 cn = client.foo.example.com
1049 # certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1050 # certtool --generate-certificate \
1051 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1052 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1053 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1054 --template client.info \
1055 --outfile client-cert.pem
1058 The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1059 copied to the client for which they were generated.
1062 @node vnc_setup_sasl
1064 @subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1066 The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1067 Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1068 is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1069 SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1070 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1071 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1073 The default configuration might contain
1076 mech_list: digest-md5
1077 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1080 This says to use the 'Digest MD5' mechanism, which is similar to the HTTP
1081 Digest-MD5 mechanism. The list of valid usernames & passwords is maintained
1082 in the /etc/qemu/passwd.db file, and can be updated using the saslpasswd2
1083 command. While this mechanism is easy to configure and use, it is not
1084 considered secure by modern standards, so only suitable for developers /
1087 A more serious deployment might use Kerberos, which is done with the 'gssapi'
1092 keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1095 For this to work the administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos
1096 principal for the server, with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM'
1097 replacing 'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the
1098 machine running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Keberos Realm.
1100 Other configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. It should
1101 be noted that only Digest-MD5 and GSSAPI provides a SSF layer for data
1102 encryption. For all other mechanisms, VNC should always be configured to
1103 use TLS and x509 certificates to protect security credentials from snooping.
1108 QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
1109 'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
1111 In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
1114 > qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1115 -append "root=/dev/hda"
1116 Connected to host network interface: tun0
1117 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1120 Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1125 In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1127 (gdb) target remote localhost:1234
1130 Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1135 Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1139 Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1141 Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1143 Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
1144 @code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
1147 Advanced debugging options:
1149 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:
1151 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1153 This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1155 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1156 sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1157 received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1159 @item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1161 This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1163 (gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1164 sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1167 @item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1169 This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1171 (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1172 sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1177 @node pcsys_os_specific
1178 @section Target OS specific information
1182 To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1183 the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1184 color depth in the guest and the host OS.
1186 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1187 @code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1188 kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1189 cannot simulate exactly.
1191 When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1192 not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1193 Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1194 Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
1195 patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1199 If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1200 best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1202 @subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1204 QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
1205 card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1206 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1207 depth in the guest and the host OS.
1209 If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1210 resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
1211 1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1212 (option @option{-std-vga}).
1214 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1216 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
1217 instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1218 idle. You can install the utility from
1219 @url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1220 problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1222 @subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
1224 Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1225 installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1226 option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1227 installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1230 @subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1232 Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1233 can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1234 use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1236 In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1237 Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1238 Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1239 hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1240 (again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1241 correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1243 @subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1245 See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1247 @subsubsection Windows XP security problem
1249 Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1252 A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1253 license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1256 The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1257 mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1258 network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1259 installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1260 vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
1262 @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1264 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1266 DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1267 it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1268 from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1271 @node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1272 @chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1274 QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1275 machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1276 differences are mentioned in the following sections.
1279 * QEMU PowerPC System emulator::
1280 * Sparc32 System emulator::
1281 * Sparc64 System emulator::
1282 * MIPS System emulator::
1283 * ARM System emulator::
1284 * ColdFire System emulator::
1287 @node QEMU PowerPC System emulator
1288 @section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
1290 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1291 or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1293 QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
1297 UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
1299 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1301 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1307 VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1310 QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
1316 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1318 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1322 NE2000 network adapters
1326 PREP Non Volatile RAM
1328 PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
1331 QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
1332 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
1334 Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
1335 for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1336 v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1337 IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1339 @c man begin OPTIONS
1341 The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1345 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
1347 Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1349 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1351 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1354 qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1355 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1356 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1359 These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1366 More information is available at
1367 @url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
1369 @node Sparc32 System emulator
1370 @section Sparc32 System emulator
1372 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1373 Sun4m architecture machines:
1388 SPARCstation Voyager
1395 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1396 but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1398 It's also possible to simulate a SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture),
1399 SPARCserver 1000, or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture), but these
1400 emulators are not usable yet.
1402 QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4c/sun4d peripherals:
1410 Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1412 Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
1414 Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1415 and power/reset logic
1417 ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1419 Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
1421 CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
1424 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1425 memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
1428 Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
1429 @url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1430 firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
1431 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
1433 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1434 the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
1435 some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
1436 don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1439 @c man begin OPTIONS
1441 The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
1445 @item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
1447 Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
1448 the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
1450 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1452 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1455 qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1456 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1459 @item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic|SPARCbook|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
1461 Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1467 @node Sparc64 System emulator
1468 @section Sparc64 System emulator
1470 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1471 (UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
1472 Niagara (T1) machine. The emulator is not usable for anything yet, but
1473 it can launch some kernels.
1475 QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
1479 UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1481 PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1483 PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1485 Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1487 PC-compatible serial ports
1489 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1494 @c man begin OPTIONS
1496 The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1500 @item -prom-env @var{string}
1502 Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1505 qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1508 @item -M [sun4u|sun4v|Niagara]
1510 Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1516 @node MIPS System emulator
1517 @section MIPS System emulator
1519 Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1520 both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1521 @file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
1522 Five different machine types are emulated:
1526 A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1528 The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1530 An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1532 MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
1534 A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
1537 The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1538 install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1543 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1545 PC style serial port
1552 The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
1556 Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
1558 PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1560 The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1562 PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
1564 Malta FPGA serial device
1566 Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
1569 The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1575 PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1582 The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
1583 to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1588 A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1590 PC style serial port
1592 MIPSnet network emulation
1595 The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1601 PC-style IRQ controller
1611 @node ARM System emulator
1612 @section ARM System emulator
1614 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1615 machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1620 ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1624 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1626 PL110 LCD controller
1628 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1630 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1633 The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1637 ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
1639 PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1643 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1645 PL110 LCD controller
1647 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1649 PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1650 PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1651 This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1652 (eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
1653 mapped control registers.
1655 PCI OHCI USB controller.
1657 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
1659 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1662 The ARM RealView Emulation baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1666 ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCORE or Cortex-A8 CPU
1668 ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1672 SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1674 PL110 LCD controller
1676 PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1680 PCI OHCI USB controller
1682 LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
1684 PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
1687 The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1688 and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1692 Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1696 IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1698 On-chip OHCI USB controller
1700 On-chip LCD controller
1702 On-chip Real Time Clock
1704 TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1706 Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1708 GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1710 Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
1714 WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1717 The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1722 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1724 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1726 On-chip LCD controller
1728 On-chip Real Time Clock
1730 TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1731 CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1733 GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1735 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1740 Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1741 emulation supports the following elements:
1745 Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1747 RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1749 Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1750 display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1752 TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1753 driven through SPI bus
1755 National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1756 through I@math{^2}C bus
1758 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1760 Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1762 A Bluetooth(R) transciever and HCI connected to an UART
1764 Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
1765 TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
1767 TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
1769 TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
1771 Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
1775 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
1782 64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
1784 Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
1786 OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
1789 The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
1796 256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
1798 Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
1800 OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
1803 The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
1808 Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
1810 32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
1814 MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
1816 MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
1818 128×64 display with brightness control
1820 2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
1823 The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
1824 The emulaton includes the following elements:
1828 Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1830 ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
1832 1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
1836 On-chip LCD controller
1838 On-chip Real Time Clock
1840 Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1845 The "Syborg" Symbian Virtual Platform base model includes the following
1852 Interrupt controller
1867 A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1868 information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1870 @c man begin OPTIONS
1872 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1877 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1879 On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
1881 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1882 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1886 @node ColdFire System emulator
1887 @section ColdFire System emulator
1889 Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
1890 The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
1892 The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
1896 MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
1898 Three Two on-chip UARTs.
1900 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
1903 The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
1907 MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
1912 @c man begin OPTIONS
1914 The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1919 Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1921 On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
1923 Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1924 so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1928 @node QEMU User space emulator
1929 @chapter QEMU User space emulator
1932 * Supported Operating Systems ::
1933 * Linux User space emulator::
1934 * Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
1935 * BSD User space emulator ::
1938 @node Supported Operating Systems
1939 @section Supported Operating Systems
1941 The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
1945 Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
1947 Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
1949 BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
1952 @node Linux User space emulator
1953 @section Linux User space emulator
1958 * Command line options::
1963 @subsection Quick Start
1965 In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
1966 itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
1970 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
1974 qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
1977 @code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
1980 @item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
1981 qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
1984 qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
1987 @item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
1988 (@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
1989 @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
1992 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
1995 Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
1998 qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2000 You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2001 QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2002 launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2005 @item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2007 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2008 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2014 @subsection Wine launch
2018 @item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2019 distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2023 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2026 @item Download the binary x86 Wine install
2027 (@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
2029 @item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
2030 @file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
2031 @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
2033 @item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
2036 qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2037 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
2042 @node Command line options
2043 @subsection Command line options
2046 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B offset] program [arguments...]
2053 Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2055 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2057 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
2059 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
2060 the address region rewuired by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2061 Ths option is currently only supported on some hosts.
2068 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2070 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2072 Wait gdb connection to port
2074 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2077 Environment variables:
2081 Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2082 (NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2083 space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2084 incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2085 format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2086 flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
2089 @node Other binaries
2090 @subsection Other binaries
2092 @command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2093 binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2094 configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2096 @command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2097 (m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2098 coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2100 The binary format is detected automatically.
2102 @command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2104 @command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2105 (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2107 @command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2108 SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2110 @node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2111 @section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2114 * Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2115 * Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2116 * Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2119 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2120 @subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2124 target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2126 target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2128 target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2130 target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2133 [1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2135 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2136 @subsection Quick Start
2138 In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2139 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2140 libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2141 CD or compile them by hand.
2145 @item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2152 or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2158 @item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2162 qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
2165 @code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2166 @file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2170 @node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2171 @subsection Command line options
2174 usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2181 Set the library root path (default=/)
2183 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2190 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2192 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2194 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2197 @node BSD User space emulator
2198 @section BSD User space emulator
2203 * BSD Command line options::
2207 @subsection BSD Status
2211 target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2214 @node BSD Quick Start
2215 @subsection Quick Start
2217 In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2218 itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2222 @item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2226 qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2231 @node BSD Command line options
2232 @subsection Command line options
2235 usage: qemu-sparc64 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-bsd type] program [arguments...]
2242 Set the library root path (default=/)
2244 Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2246 Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2247 FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2254 Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2256 Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2258 Run the emulation in single step mode.
2262 @chapter Compilation from the sources
2267 * Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2274 @subsection Compilation
2276 First you must decompress the sources:
2279 tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2283 Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2289 Then type as root user:
2293 to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2299 @item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2300 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2301 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2304 the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
2305 (@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
2306 @url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place, and
2307 unpack the archive @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz} in the MinGW tool
2308 directory. Edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2309 correct SDL directory when invoked.
2311 @item Extract the current version of QEMU.
2313 @item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2315 @item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
2316 @file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2317 @file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2319 @item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
2320 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2321 @file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2325 @node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2326 @section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2330 Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2331 @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2334 Install the Win32 version of SDL (@url{http://www.libsdl.org}) by
2335 unpacking @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz}. Set up the PATH environment
2336 variable so that @file{i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config} can be launched by
2337 the QEMU configuration script.
2340 Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2342 ./configure --enable-mingw32
2344 If necessary, you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix
2345 chosen for the MinGW tools with --cross-prefix. You can also use
2346 --prefix to set the Win32 install path.
2348 @item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
2349 @file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in the
2350 installation directory.
2354 Note: Currently, Wine does not seem able to launch
2360 The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2361 at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary