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@settitle QEMU CPU Emulator User Documentation
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@iftex
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@titlepage
@sp 7
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@center @titlefont{QEMU CPU Emulator}
@sp 1
@center @titlefont{User Documentation}
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@sp 3
@end titlepage
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@end iftex
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@ifnottex
@node Top
@top
@menu
* Introduction::
* Installation::
* QEMU PC System emulator::
* QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
* QEMU Linux User space emulator::
* compilation:: Compilation from the sources
* Index::
@end menu
@end ifnottex
@contents
@node Introduction
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@chapter Introduction
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@menu
* intro_features:: Features
@end menu
@node intro_features
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@section Features
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QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
achieve good emulation speed.
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QEMU has two operating modes:
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@itemize @minus
@item
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Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
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example a PC), including one or several processors and various
peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
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@item
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User mode emulation (Linux host only). In this mode, QEMU can launch
Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
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@end itemize
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QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
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performance.
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For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
@itemize
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@item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
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@item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
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@item PREP (PowerPC processor)
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@item G3 BW PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
@item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
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@item Sun4m (32-bit Sparc processor)
@item Sun4u (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
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@item Malta board (32-bit MIPS processor)
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@item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM926E or 1026E processor)
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@end itemize
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For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and Sparc32/64 CPUs are supported.
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@node Installation
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@chapter Installation
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If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
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@menu
* install_linux:: Linux
* install_windows:: Windows
* install_mac:: Macintosh
@end menu
@node install_linux
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@section Linux
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If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
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@node install_windows
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@section Windows
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Download the experimental binary installer at
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@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
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@node install_mac
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@section Mac OS X
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Download the experimental binary installer at
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@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
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@node QEMU PC System emulator
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@chapter QEMU PC System emulator
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@menu
* pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
* pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
* sec_invocation:: Invocation
* pcsys_keys:: Keys
* pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
* disk_images:: Disk Images
* pcsys_network:: Network emulation
* direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
* pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
* gdb_usage:: GDB usage
* pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
@end menu
@node pcsys_introduction
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@section Introduction
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
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The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
following peripherals:
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@itemize @minus
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@item
i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
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@item
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Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
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@item
PS/2 mouse and keyboard
@item
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2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
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@item
Floppy disk
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@item
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NE2000 PCI network adapters
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@item
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Serial ports
@item
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Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
@item
ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
@item
Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
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@item
PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
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@end itemize
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SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
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Note that adlib is only available when QEMU was configured with
-enable-adlib
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QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
VGA BIOS.
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QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
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@c man end
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@node pcsys_quickstart
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@section Quick Start
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Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
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@example
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qemu linux.img
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@end example
Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
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@node sec_invocation
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@section Invocation
@example
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@c man begin SYNOPSIS
usage: qemu [options] [disk_image]
@c man end
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@end example
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@c man begin OPTIONS
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@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0.
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General options:
@table @option
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@item -M machine
Select the emulated machine (@code{-M ?} for list)
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@item -fda file
@item -fdb file
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Use @var{file} as floppy disk 0/1 image (@pxref{disk_images}). You can
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use the host floppy by using @file{/dev/fd0} as filename.
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@item -hda file
@item -hdb file
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@item -hdc file
@item -hdd file
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Use @var{file} as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (@pxref{disk_images}).
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@item -cdrom file
Use @var{file} as CD-ROM image (you cannot use @option{-hdc} and and
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@option{-cdrom} at the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by
using @file{/dev/cdrom} as filename.
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@item -boot [a|c|d]
Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d). Hard disk boot is
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the default.
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@item -snapshot
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Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
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the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
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@item -m megs
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Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MB.
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@item -smp n
Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
CPUs are supported.
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@item -nographic
Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
with a serial console.
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@item -vnc d
Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
you can have QEMU listen on VNC display d and redirect the VGA display
over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb tablet device
when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice tablet}).
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@item -k language
Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
keycodes (e.g. on Macs or with some X11 servers). You don't need to
use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows hosts.
The available layouts are:
@example
ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
@end example
The default is @code{en-us}.
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@item -audio-help
Will show the audio subsystem help: list of drivers, tunable
parameters.
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@item -soundhw card1,card2,... or -soundhw all
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Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use ? to print all
available sound hardware.
@example
qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib hda
qemu -soundhw es1370 hda
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qemu -soundhw all hda
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qemu -soundhw ?
@end example
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@item -localtime
Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
Windows.
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@item -full-screen
Start in full screen.
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@item -pidfile file
Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
from a script.
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@item -win2k-hack
Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
slows down the IDE transfers).
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@end table
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USB options:
@table @option
@item -usb
Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
@item -usbdevice devname
Add the USB device @var{devname}. See the monitor command
@code{usb_add} to have more information.
@end table
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Network options:
@table @option
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@item -net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type]
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Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n}
= 0 is the default). The NIC is currently an NE2000 on the PC
target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed. If no
@option{-net} option is specified, a single NIC is created.
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Qemu can emulate several different models of network card. Valid values for
@var{type} are @code{ne2k_pci}, @code{ne2k_isa}, @code{rtl8139},
@code{smc91c111} and @code{lance}. Not all devices are supported on all
targets.
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@item -net user[,vlan=n][,hostname=name]
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Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
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priviledge to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client
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hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
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@item -net tap[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file]
Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n} and
use the network script @var{file} to configure it. The default
network script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup}. If @var{name} is not
provided, the OS automatically provides one. @option{fd=h} can be
used to specify the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. Example:
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@example
qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap
@end example
More complicated example (two NICs, each one connected to a TAP device)
@example
qemu linux.img -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \
-net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1
@end example
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@item -net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]
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Connect the VLAN @var{n} to a remote VLAN in another QEMU virtual
machine using a TCP socket connection. If @option{listen} is
specified, QEMU waits for incoming connections on @var{port}
(@var{host} is optional). @option{connect} is used to connect to
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another QEMU instance using the @option{listen} option. @option{fd=h}
specifies an already opened TCP socket.
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Example:
@example
# launch a first QEMU instance
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qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
-net socket,listen=:1234
# connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0
# of the first instance
qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
-net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
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@end example
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@item -net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]
Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
every QEMU with same multicast address @var{maddr} and @var{port}.
NOTES:
@enumerate
@item
Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same bus (assuming
correct multicast setup for these hosts).
@item
mcast support is compatible with User Mode Linux (argument @option{eth@var{N}=mcast}), see
@url{http://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
@item Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
@end enumerate
Example:
@example
# launch one QEMU instance
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qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
-net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
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# launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
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qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
-net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
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# launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
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qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
-net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
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@end example
Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
@example
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# launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected
# is UML's default)
qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
-net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
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# launch UML
/path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
@end example
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@item -net none
Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
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override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
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@item -tftp prefix
When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
server. All filenames beginning with @var{prefix} can be downloaded
from the host to the guest using a TFTP client. The TFTP client on the
guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command @code{bin} of
the Unix TFTP client). The host IP address on the guest is as usual
10.0.2.2.
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@item -smb dir
When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB
server so that Windows OSes can access to the host files in @file{dir}
transparently.
In the guest Windows OS, the line:
@example
10.0.2.4 smbserver
@end example
must be added in the file @file{C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS} (for windows 9x/Me)
or @file{C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS} (Windows NT/2000).
Then @file{dir} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
@file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested succesfully with smbd version
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2.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3.
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@item -redir [tcp|udp]:host-port:[guest-host]:guest-port
When using the user mode network stack, redirect incoming TCP or UDP
connections to the host port @var{host-port} to the guest
@var{guest-host} on guest port @var{guest-port}. If @var{guest-host}
is not specified, its value is 10.0.2.15 (default address given by the
built-in DHCP server).
For example, to redirect host X11 connection from screen 1 to guest
screen 0, use the following:
@example
# on the host
qemu -redir tcp:6001::6000 [...]
# this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
xterm -display :1
@end example
To redirect telnet connections from host port 5555 to telnet port on
the guest, use the following:
@example
# on the host
qemu -redir tcp:5555::23 [...]
telnet localhost 5555
@end example
Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
connect to the guest telnet server.
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@end table
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Linux boot specific: When using these options, you can use a given
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Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
for easier testing of various kernels.
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@table @option
@item -kernel bzImage
Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image.
@item -append cmdline
Use @var{cmdline} as kernel command line
@item -initrd file
Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
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@end table
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Debug/Expert options:
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@table @option
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@item -serial dev
Redirect the virtual serial port to host device @var{dev}. Available
devices are:
@table @code
@item vc
Virtual console
@item pty
[Linux only] Pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)
@item null
void device
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@item /dev/XXX
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[Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
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parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
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@item /dev/parportN
[Linux only, parallel port only] Use host parallel port
@var{N}. Currently only SPP parallel port features can be used.
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@item file:filename
Write output to filename. No character can be read.
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@item stdio
[Unix only] standard input/output
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@item pipe:filename
[Unix only] name pipe @var{filename}
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@end table
The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
non graphical mode.
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This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serials
ports.
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@item -parallel dev
Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @var{dev} (same
devices as the serial port). On Linux hosts, @file{/dev/parportN} can
be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
parallel port.
This option can be used several times to simulate up to 3 parallel
ports.
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@item -monitor dev
Redirect the monitor to host device @var{dev} (same devices as the
serial port).
The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
non graphical mode.
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@item -s
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Wait gdb connection to port 1234 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
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@item -p port
Change gdb connection port.
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@item -S
Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
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@item -d
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Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
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@item -hdachs c,h,s,[,t]
Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
@var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
all thoses parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
images.
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@item -std-vga
Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is
Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA)
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@item -loadvm file
Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
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@end table
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@c man end
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@node pcsys_keys
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@section Keys
@c man begin OPTIONS
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During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
@table @key
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@item Ctrl-Alt-f
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Toggle full screen
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@item Ctrl-Alt-n
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Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
@table @emph
@item 1
Target system display
@item 2
Monitor
@item 3
Serial port
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@end table
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@item Ctrl-Alt
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Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
@end table
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In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
@key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
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During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
@key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
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@table @key
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@item Ctrl-a h
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Print this help
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@item Ctrl-a x
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Exit emulatior
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@item Ctrl-a s
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Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
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@item Ctrl-a b
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Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
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@item Ctrl-a c
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Switch between console and monitor
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@item Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
Send Ctrl-a
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@end table
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@c man end
@ignore
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@c man begin SEEALSO
The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
user mode emulator invocation.
@c man end
@c man begin AUTHOR
Fabrice Bellard
@c man end
@end ignore
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@node pcsys_monitor
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@section QEMU Monitor
The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
emulator. You can use it to:
@itemize @minus
@item
Remove or insert removable medias images
(such as CD-ROM or floppies)
@item
Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
from a disk file.
@item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
@end itemize
@subsection Commands
The following commands are available:
@table @option
@item help or ? [cmd]
Show the help for all commands or just for command @var{cmd}.
@item commit
Commit changes to the disk images (if -snapshot is used)
@item info subcommand
show various information about the system state
@table @option
@item info network
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show the various VLANs and the associated devices
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@item info block
show the block devices
@item info registers
show the cpu registers
@item info history
show the command line history
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@item info pci
show emulated PCI device
@item info usb
show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
@item info usbhost
show all USB host devices
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@end table
@item q or quit
Quit the emulator.
@item eject [-f] device
Eject a removable media (use -f to force it).
@item change device filename
Change a removable media.
@item screendump filename
Save screen into PPM image @var{filename}.
@item log item1[,...]
Activate logging of the specified items to @file{/tmp/qemu.log}.
@item savevm filename
Save the whole virtual machine state to @var{filename}.
@item loadvm filename
Restore the whole virtual machine state from @var{filename}.
@item stop
Stop emulation.
@item c or cont
Resume emulation.
@item gdbserver [port]
Start gdbserver session (default port=1234)
@item x/fmt addr
Virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
@item xp /fmt addr
Physical memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
@var{fmt} is a format which tells the command how to format the
data. Its syntax is: @option{/@{count@}@{format@}@{size@}}
@table @var
@item count
is the number of items to be dumped.
@item format
can be x (hexa), d (signed decimal), u (unsigned decimal), o (octal),
c (char) or i (asm instruction).
@item size
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can be b (8 bits), h (16 bits), w (32 bits) or g (64 bits). On x86,
@code{h} or @code{w} can be specified with the @code{i} format to
respectively select 16 or 32 bit code instruction size.
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@end table
Examples:
@itemize
@item
Dump 10 instructions at the current instruction pointer:
@example
(qemu) x/10i $eip
0x90107063: ret
0x90107064: sti
0x90107065: lea 0x0(%esi,1),%esi
0x90107069: lea 0x0(%edi,1),%edi
0x90107070: ret
0x90107071: jmp 0x90107080
0x90107073: nop
0x90107074: nop
0x90107075: nop
0x90107076: nop
@end example
@item
Dump 80 16 bit values at the start of the video memory.
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@smallexample
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(qemu) xp/80hx 0xb8000
0x000b8000: 0x0b50 0x0b6c 0x0b65 0x0b78 0x0b38 0x0b36 0x0b2f 0x0b42
0x000b8010: 0x0b6f 0x0b63 0x0b68 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b56 0x0b47 0x0b41
0x000b8020: 0x0b42 0x0b69 0x0b6f 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b63 0x0b75 0x0b72
0x000b8030: 0x0b72 0x0b65 0x0b6e 0x0b74 0x0b2d 0x0b63 0x0b76 0x0b73
0x000b8040: 0x0b20 0x0b30 0x0b35 0x0b20 0x0b4e 0x0b6f 0x0b76 0x0b20
0x000b8050: 0x0b32 0x0b30 0x0b30 0x0b33 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
0x000b8060: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
0x000b8070: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
0x000b8080: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
0x000b8090: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
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@end smallexample
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@end itemize
@item p or print/fmt expr
Print expression value. Only the @var{format} part of @var{fmt} is
used.
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@item sendkey keys
Send @var{keys} to the emulator. Use @code{-} to press several keys
simultaneously. Example:
@example
sendkey ctrl-alt-f1
@end example
This command is useful to send keys that your graphical user interface
intercepts at low level, such as @code{ctrl-alt-f1} in X Window.
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@item system_reset
Reset the system.
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@item usb_add devname
Plug the USB device devname to the QEMU virtual USB hub. @var{devname}
is either a virtual device name (for example @code{mouse}) or a host
USB device identifier. Host USB device identifiers have the following
syntax: @code{host:bus.addr} or @code{host:vendor_id:product_id}.
@item usb_del devname
Remove the USB device @var{devname} from the QEMU virtual USB
hub. @var{devname} has the syntax @code{bus.addr}. Use the monitor
command @code{info usb} to see the devices you can remove.
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@end table
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@subsection Integer expressions
The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
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@node disk_images
@section Disk Images
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Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
written), compressed and encrypted disk images.
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@menu
* disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
* disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
* qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
* disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
@end menu
@node disk_images_quickstart
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@subsection Quick start for disk image creation
You can create a disk image with the command:
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@example
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qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
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@end example
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where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
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See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
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@node disk_images_snapshot_mode
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@subsection Snapshot mode
If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
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write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
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@node qemu_img_invocation
@subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
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@include qemu-img.texi
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@node disk_images_fat_images
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@subsection Virtual FAT disk images
QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
@example
qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
@end example
Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
@example
qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
@end example
A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
@code{:rw:} option:
@example
qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
@end example
What you should @emph{never} do:
@itemize
@item use non-ASCII filenames ;
@item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
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@item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
@item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
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@end itemize
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@node pcsys_network
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@section Network emulation
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QEMU can simulate several networks cards (NE2000 boards on the PC
target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non priviledged user mode
network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
connection.
@subsection VLANs
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QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
(TAP devices).
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@subsection Using TAP network interfaces
This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
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As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
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that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
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device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
See @ref{direct_linux_boot} to have an example of network use with a
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Linux distribution and @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of
command lines using the TAP network interfaces.
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@subsection Using the user mode network stack
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By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
@option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
network stack (you don't need root priviledge to use the virtual
network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
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@example
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QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
| (10.0.2.2)
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|
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----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
|
----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
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@end example
The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
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configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
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In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
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Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
would require root priviledges. It means you can only ping the local
router (10.0.2.2).
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When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
server.
When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
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@subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
basic example.
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@node direct_linux_boot
@section Direct Linux Boot
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This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
kernel testing. The QEMU network configuration is also explained.
@enumerate
@item
Download the archive @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz} containing a Linux
kernel and a disk image.
@item Optional: If you want network support (for example to launch X11 examples), you
must copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and configure
properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig} contained in
@file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify that your host
kernel supports the TUN/TAP network interfaces: the device
@file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
When network is enabled, there is a virtual network connection between
the host kernel and the emulated kernel. The emulated kernel is seen
from the host kernel at IP address 172.20.0.2 and the host kernel is
seen from the emulated kernel at IP address 172.20.0.1.
@item Launch @code{qemu.sh}. You should have the following output:
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@smallexample
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> ./qemu.sh
Connected to host network interface: tun0
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Linux version 2.4.21 (bellard@@voyager.localdomain) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 @/(Red Hat @/Linux 3.2.2-5)) #5 Tue Nov 11 18:18:53 CET 2003
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BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e801: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
BIOS-e801: 0000000000100000 - 0000000002000000 (usable)
32MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 8192
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 4096 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
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Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda sb=0x220,5,1,5 ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe ide4=noprobe @/ide5=noprobe console=ttyS0
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ide_setup: ide2=noprobe
ide_setup: ide3=noprobe
ide_setup: ide4=noprobe
ide_setup: ide5=noprobe
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 2399.621 MHz processor.
Console: colour EGA 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 4744.80 BogoMIPS
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Memory: 28872k/32768k available (1210k kernel code, 3508k reserved, 266k data, 64k init, @/0k highmem)
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Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
CPU: Intel Pentium Pro stepping 03
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
apm: BIOS not found.
Starting kswapd
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
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ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@@scyld.com)
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Last modified Nov 1, 2000 by Paul Gortmaker
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 52 54 00 12 34 56
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 9.
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
hda: QEMU HARDDISK, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: 20480 sectors (10 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=20/16/63
Partition check:
hda:
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed
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QEMU Linux test distribution (based on Redhat 9)
Type 'exit' to halt the system
sh-2.05b#
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@end smallexample
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@item
Then you can play with the kernel inside the virtual serial console. You
can launch @code{ls} for example. Type @key{Ctrl-a h} to have an help
about the keys you can type inside the virtual serial console. In
particular, use @key{Ctrl-a x} to exit QEMU and use @key{Ctrl-a b} as
the Magic SysRq key.
@item
If the network is enabled, launch the script @file{/etc/linuxrc} in the
emulator (don't forget the leading dot):
@example
. /etc/linuxrc
@end example
Then enable X11 connections on your PC from the emulated Linux:
@example
xhost +172.20.0.2
@end example
You can now launch @file{xterm} or @file{xlogo} and verify that you have
a real Virtual Linux system !
@end enumerate
NOTES:
@enumerate
@item
A 2.5.74 kernel is also included in the archive. Just
replace the bzImage in qemu.sh to try it.
@item
In order to exit cleanly from qemu, you can do a @emph{shutdown} inside
qemu. qemu will automatically exit when the Linux shutdown is done.
@item
You can boot slightly faster by disabling the probe of non present IDE
interfaces. To do so, add the following options on the kernel command
line:
@example
ide1=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe ide4=noprobe ide5=noprobe
@end example
@item
The example disk image is a modified version of the one made by Kevin
Lawton for the plex86 Project (@url{www.plex86.org}).
@end enumerate
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@node pcsys_usb
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@section USB emulation
QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller and a 8 port USB hub connected
to it. You can virtually plug to the hub virtual USB devices or real
host USB devices (experimental, works only on Linux hosts).
@subsection Using virtual USB devices
A virtual USB mouse device is available for testing in QEMU.
You can try it with the following monitor commands:
@example
# add the mouse device
(qemu) usb_add mouse
# show the virtual USB devices plugged on the QEMU Virtual USB hub
(qemu) info usb
Device 0.3, speed 12 Mb/s
# after some time you can try to remove the mouse
(qemu) usb_del 0.3
@end example
The option @option{-usbdevice} is similar to the monitor command
@code{usb_add}.
@subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
Cameras) are not supported yet.
@enumerate
@item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
@item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
@example
ls /proc/bus/usb
001 devices drivers
@end example
@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:
@example
chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
@end example
@item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
@example
info usbhost
Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
@end example
You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
hubs, it won't work).
@item Add the device in QEMU by using:
@example
usb_add host:1234:5678
@end example
Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
@item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
@end enumerate
When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
device to make it work again (this is a bug).
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@node gdb_usage
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@section GDB usage
QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
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'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
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In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
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gdb connection:
@example
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> qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
-append "root=/dev/hda"
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Connected to host network interface: tun0
Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
@end example
Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
@example
> gdb vmlinux
@end example
In gdb, connect to QEMU:
@example
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(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
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@end example
Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
@example
(gdb) c
@end example
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Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
@enumerate
@item
Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
@item
Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
@item
Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
@code{x/10i $cs*16+*eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
@end enumerate
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@node pcsys_os_specific
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@section Target OS specific information
@subsection Linux
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To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
color depth in the guest and the host OS.
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When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
@code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
cannot simulate exactly.
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When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporte this
patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
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@subsection Windows
If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
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@subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
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card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
depth in the guest and the host OS.
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@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
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instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
idle. You can install the utility from
@url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
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@subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
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Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
IDE transfers).
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@subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
(again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
@subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
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@subsubsection Windows XP security problems
Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
error when booting:
@example
A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
@end example
The only known workaround is to boot in Safe mode
without networking support.
Future QEMU releases are likely to correct this bug.
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@subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
problem.
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@node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
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@chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
differences are mentionned in the following sections.
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@menu
* QEMU PowerPC System emulator::
* Sparc32 System emulator invocation::
* Sparc64 System emulator invocation::
* MIPS System emulator invocation::
* ARM System emulator invocation::
@end menu
@node QEMU PowerPC System emulator
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@section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
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Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
or PowerMac PowerPC system.
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QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
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@itemize @minus
@item
UniNorth PCI Bridge
@item
PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
@item
2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
@item
NE2000 PCI adapters
@item
Non Volatile RAM
@item
VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
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@end itemize
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QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
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@itemize @minus
@item
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PCI Bridge
@item
PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
@item
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2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
@item
Floppy disk
@item
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NE2000 network adapters
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@item
Serial port
@item
PREP Non Volatile RAM
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@item
PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
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@end itemize
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QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
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@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
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@c man begin OPTIONS
The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
@table @option
@item -g WxH[xDEPTH]
Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
@end table
@c man end
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More information is available at
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@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
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@node Sparc32 System emulator invocation
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@section Sparc32 System emulator invocation
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Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate a JavaStation
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(sun4m architecture). The emulation is somewhat complete.
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QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
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@itemize @minus
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@item
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IOMMU
@item
TCX Frame buffer
@item
Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
@item
Non Volatile RAM M48T08
@item
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Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
and power/reset logic
@item
ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
@item
Floppy drive
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@end itemize
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The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture.
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QEMU uses the Proll, a PROM replacement available at
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@url{http://people.redhat.com/@/zaitcev/linux/}. The required
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QEMU-specific patches are included with the sources.
A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
the QEMU web site. Please note that currently neither Linux 2.4
series, NetBSD, nor OpenBSD kernels work.
@c man begin OPTIONS
The following options are specific to the Sparc emulation:
@table @option
@item -g WxH
Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768.
@end table
@c man end
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@node Sparc64 System emulator invocation
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@section Sparc64 System emulator invocation
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Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u machine.
The emulator is not usable for anything yet.
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QEMU emulates the following sun4u peripherals:
@itemize @minus
@item
UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
@item
PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
@item
Non Volatile RAM M48T59
@item
PC-compatible serial ports
@end itemize
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@node MIPS System emulator invocation
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@section MIPS System emulator invocation
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Use the executable @file{qemu-system-mips} to simulate a MIPS machine.
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The emulator is able to boot a Linux kernel and to run a Linux Debian
installation from NFS. The following devices are emulated:
@itemize @minus
@item
MIPS R4K CPU
@item
PC style serial port
@item
NE2000 network card
@end itemize
More information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
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@node ARM System emulator invocation
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@section ARM System emulator invocation
Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
devices:
@itemize @minus
@item
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ARM926E or ARM1026E CPU
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@item
Two PL011 UARTs
@item
SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
@end itemize
A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
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@node QEMU Linux User space emulator
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@chapter QEMU Linux User space emulator
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@menu
* Quick Start::
* Wine launch::
* Command line options::
@end menu
@node Quick Start
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@section Quick Start
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In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
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@itemize
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@item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
libraries:
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@example
qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
@end example
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@code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
@file{/} prefix.
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@item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
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@example
qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
@end example
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@item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
(@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
@code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
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@example
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
@end example
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Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
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@example
qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
@end example
You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
Linux kernel.
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@item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
@example
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qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
/usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
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@end example
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@end itemize
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@node Wine launch
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@section Wine launch
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@itemize
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@item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
able to do:
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@example
qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
@end example
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@item Download the binary x86 Wine install
(@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
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@item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
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@file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
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@code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
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@item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
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@example
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qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
/usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
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@end example
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@end itemize
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@node Command line options
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@section Command line options
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@example
usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
@end example
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@table @option
@item -h
Print the help
@item -L path
Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
@item -s size
Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
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@end table
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Debug options:
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@table @option
@item -d
Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
@item -p pagesize
Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
@end table
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@node compilation
@chapter Compilation from the sources
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@menu
* Linux/Unix::
* Windows::
* Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
* Mac OS X::
@end menu
@node Linux/Unix
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@section Linux/Unix
@subsection Compilation
First you must decompress the sources:
@example
cd /tmp
tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
cd qemu-x.y.z
@end example
Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
@example
./configure
make
@end example
Then type as root user:
@example
make install
@end example
to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
@subsection Tested tool versions
In order to compile QEMU succesfully, it is very important that you
have the right tools. The most important one is gcc. I cannot guaranty
that QEMU works if you do not use a tested gcc version. Look at
'configure' and 'Makefile' if you want to make a different gcc
version work.
@example
host gcc binutils glibc linux distribution
----------------------------------------------------------------------
x86 3.2 2.13.2 2.1.3 2.4.18
2.96 2.11.93.0.2 2.2.5 2.4.18 Red Hat 7.3
3.2.2 2.13.90.0.18 2.3.2 2.4.20 Red Hat 9
PowerPC 3.3 [4] 2.13.90.0.18 2.3.1 2.4.20briq
3.2
Alpha 3.3 [1] 2.14.90.0.4 2.2.5 2.2.20 [2] Debian 3.0
Sparc32 2.95.4 2.12.90.0.1 2.2.5 2.4.18 Debian 3.0
ARM 2.95.4 2.12.90.0.1 2.2.5 2.4.9 [3] Debian 3.0
[1] On Alpha, QEMU needs the gcc 'visibility' attribute only available
for gcc version >= 3.3.
[2] Linux >= 2.4.20 is necessary for precise exception support
(untested).
[3] 2.4.9-ac10-rmk2-np1-cerf2
[4] gcc 2.95.x generates invalid code when using too many register
variables. You must use gcc 3.x on PowerPC.
@end example
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@node Windows
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@section Windows
@itemize
@item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
@url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
@item Download
the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
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(@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
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@url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place, and
unpack the archive @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz} in the MinGW tool
directory. Edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
correct SDL directory when invoked.
@item Extract the current version of QEMU.
@item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
@item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
@file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
@file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
@item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
@file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
@file{Program Files/Qemu}.
@end itemize
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@node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
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@section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
@itemize
@item
Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
@url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
@item
Install the Win32 version of SDL (@url{http://www.libsdl.org}) by
unpacking @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz}. Set up the PATH environment
variable so that @file{i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config} can be launched by
the QEMU configuration script.
@item
Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
@example
./configure --enable-mingw32
@end example
If necessary, you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix
choosen for the MinGW tools with --cross-prefix. You can also use
--prefix to set the Win32 install path.
@item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
@file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in the
installation directory.
@end itemize
Note: Currently, Wine does not seem able to launch
QEMU for Win32.
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@node Mac OS X
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@section Mac OS X
The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
information.
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@node Index
@chapter Index
@printindex cp
@bye