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386405f7 1\input texinfo @c -*- texinfo -*-
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2@c %**start of header
3@setfilename qemu-doc.info
4@settitle QEMU CPU Emulator User Documentation
5@exampleindent 0
6@paragraphindent 0
7@c %**end of header
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0806e3f6 9@iftex
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10@titlepage
11@sp 7
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12@center @titlefont{QEMU CPU Emulator}
13@sp 1
14@center @titlefont{User Documentation}
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15@sp 3
16@end titlepage
0806e3f6 17@end iftex
386405f7 18
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19@ifnottex
20@node Top
21@top
22
23@menu
24* Introduction::
25* Installation::
26* QEMU PC System emulator::
27* QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
28* QEMU Linux User space emulator::
29* compilation:: Compilation from the sources
30* Index::
31@end menu
32@end ifnottex
33
34@contents
35
36@node Introduction
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37@chapter Introduction
38
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39@menu
40* intro_features:: Features
41@end menu
42
43@node intro_features
322d0c66 44@section Features
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46QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
47achieve good emulation speed.
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48
49QEMU has two operating modes:
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50
51@itemize @minus
52
53@item
1f673135 54Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
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55example a PC), including one or several processors and various
56peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
57without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
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0806e3f6 59@item
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60User mode emulation (Linux host only). In this mode, QEMU can launch
61Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
62launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
63to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
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64
65@end itemize
66
7c3fc84d 67QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
6f2f2b24 68performance.
322d0c66 69
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70For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
71@itemize
9d0a8e6f 72@item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
3f9f3aa1 73@item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
52c00a5f 74@item PREP (PowerPC processor)
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75@item G3 BW PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
76@item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
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77@item Sun4m (32-bit Sparc processor)
78@item Sun4u (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
3f9f3aa1 79@item Malta board (32-bit MIPS processor)
ed96ca35 80@item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM926E or 1026E processor)
00a9bf19 81@item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM926E)
52c00a5f 82@end itemize
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3f9f3aa1 84For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and Sparc32/64 CPUs are supported.
0806e3f6 85
debc7065 86@node Installation
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87@chapter Installation
88
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89If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
90
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91@menu
92* install_linux:: Linux
93* install_windows:: Windows
94* install_mac:: Macintosh
95@end menu
96
97@node install_linux
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98@section Linux
99
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100If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
101have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
5b9f457a 102
debc7065 103@node install_windows
1f673135 104@section Windows
8cd0ac2f 105
15a34c63 106Download the experimental binary installer at
debc7065 107@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
d691f669 108
debc7065 109@node install_mac
1f673135 110@section Mac OS X
d691f669 111
15a34c63 112Download the experimental binary installer at
debc7065 113@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
df0f11a0 114
debc7065 115@node QEMU PC System emulator
3f9f3aa1 116@chapter QEMU PC System emulator
1eb20527 117
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118@menu
119* pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
120* pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
121* sec_invocation:: Invocation
122* pcsys_keys:: Keys
123* pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
124* disk_images:: Disk Images
125* pcsys_network:: Network emulation
126* direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
127* pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
128* gdb_usage:: GDB usage
129* pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
130@end menu
131
132@node pcsys_introduction
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133@section Introduction
134
135@c man begin DESCRIPTION
136
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137The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
138following peripherals:
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139
140@itemize @minus
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141@item
142i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
0806e3f6 143@item
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144Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
145extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
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146@item
147PS/2 mouse and keyboard
148@item
15a34c63 1492 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
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150@item
151Floppy disk
0806e3f6 152@item
15a34c63 153NE2000 PCI network adapters
0806e3f6 154@item
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155Serial ports
156@item
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157Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
158@item
159ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
160@item
161Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
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162@item
163PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
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164@end itemize
165
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166SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
167
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168Note that adlib is only available when QEMU was configured with
169-enable-adlib
170
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171QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
172VGA BIOS.
173
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174QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
175
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176@c man end
177
debc7065 178@node pcsys_quickstart
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179@section Quick Start
180
285dc330 181Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
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182
183@example
285dc330 184qemu linux.img
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185@end example
186
187Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
188
6cc721cf 189@node sec_invocation
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190@section Invocation
191
192@example
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193@c man begin SYNOPSIS
194usage: qemu [options] [disk_image]
195@c man end
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196@end example
197
0806e3f6 198@c man begin OPTIONS
9d4520d0 199@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0.
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200
201General options:
202@table @option
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203@item -M machine
204Select the emulated machine (@code{-M ?} for list)
205
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206@item -fda file
207@item -fdb file
debc7065 208Use @var{file} as floppy disk 0/1 image (@pxref{disk_images}). You can
be3edd95 209use the host floppy by using @file{/dev/fd0} as filename.
2be3bc02 210
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211@item -hda file
212@item -hdb file
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213@item -hdc file
214@item -hdd file
debc7065 215Use @var{file} as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (@pxref{disk_images}).
1f47a922 216
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217@item -cdrom file
218Use @var{file} as CD-ROM image (you cannot use @option{-hdc} and and
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219@option{-cdrom} at the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by
220using @file{/dev/cdrom} as filename.
181f1558 221
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222@item -boot [a|c|d]
223Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d). Hard disk boot is
2be3bc02 224the default.
1f47a922 225
181f1558 226@item -snapshot
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227Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
228the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
debc7065 229the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
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230
231@item -m megs
15a34c63 232Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MB.
ec410fc9 233
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234@item -smp n
235Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
236CPUs are supported.
237
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238@item -nographic
239
240Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
241you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
242command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
243the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
244with a serial console.
245
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246@item -vnc d
247
248Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
249you can have QEMU listen on VNC display d and redirect the VGA display
250over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb tablet device
251when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice tablet}).
252
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253@item -k language
254
255Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
256French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
257keycodes (e.g. on Macs or with some X11 servers). You don't need to
258use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows hosts.
259
260The available layouts are:
261@example
262ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
263da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
264de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
265@end example
266
267The default is @code{en-us}.
268
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269@item -audio-help
270
271Will show the audio subsystem help: list of drivers, tunable
272parameters.
273
6a36d84e 274@item -soundhw card1,card2,... or -soundhw all
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275
276Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use ? to print all
277available sound hardware.
278
279@example
280qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib hda
281qemu -soundhw es1370 hda
6a36d84e 282qemu -soundhw all hda
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283qemu -soundhw ?
284@end example
a8c490cd 285
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286@item -localtime
287Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
288time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
289Windows.
290
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291@item -full-screen
292Start in full screen.
293
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294@item -pidfile file
295Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
296from a script.
297
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298@item -win2k-hack
299Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
300Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
301slows down the IDE transfers).
302
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303@end table
304
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305USB options:
306@table @option
307
308@item -usb
309Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
310
311@item -usbdevice devname
312Add the USB device @var{devname}. See the monitor command
313@code{usb_add} to have more information.
314@end table
315
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316Network options:
317
318@table @option
319
a41b2ff2 320@item -net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type]
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321Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n}
322= 0 is the default). The NIC is currently an NE2000 on the PC
323target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed. If no
324@option{-net} option is specified, a single NIC is created.
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325Qemu can emulate several different models of network card. Valid values for
326@var{type} are @code{ne2k_pci}, @code{ne2k_isa}, @code{rtl8139},
327@code{smc91c111} and @code{lance}. Not all devices are supported on all
328targets.
41d03949 329
115defd1 330@item -net user[,vlan=n][,hostname=name]
7e89463d 331Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
a03a6053 332priviledge to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client
115defd1 333hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
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334
335@item -net tap[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file]
336Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n} and
337use the network script @var{file} to configure it. The default
338network script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup}. If @var{name} is not
339provided, the OS automatically provides one. @option{fd=h} can be
340used to specify the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. Example:
1f673135 341
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342@example
343qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap
344@end example
345
346More complicated example (two NICs, each one connected to a TAP device)
347@example
348qemu linux.img -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \
349 -net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1
350@end example
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41d03949 353@item -net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]
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355Connect the VLAN @var{n} to a remote VLAN in another QEMU virtual
356machine using a TCP socket connection. If @option{listen} is
357specified, QEMU waits for incoming connections on @var{port}
358(@var{host} is optional). @option{connect} is used to connect to
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359another QEMU instance using the @option{listen} option. @option{fd=h}
360specifies an already opened TCP socket.
1f673135 361
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362Example:
363@example
364# launch a first QEMU instance
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365qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
366 -net socket,listen=:1234
367# connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0
368# of the first instance
369qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
370 -net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
41d03949 371@end example
52c00a5f 372
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373@item -net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]
374
375Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
376machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
377every QEMU with same multicast address @var{maddr} and @var{port}.
378NOTES:
379@enumerate
380@item
381Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same bus (assuming
382correct multicast setup for these hosts).
383@item
384mcast support is compatible with User Mode Linux (argument @option{eth@var{N}=mcast}), see
385@url{http://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
386@item Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
387@end enumerate
388
389Example:
390@example
391# launch one QEMU instance
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392qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
393 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
3d830459 394# launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
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395qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
396 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
3d830459 397# launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
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398qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
399 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
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400@end example
401
402Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
403@example
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404# launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected
405# is UML's default)
406qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
407 -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
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408# launch UML
409/path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
410@end example
411
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412@item -net none
413Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
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414override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
415is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
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417@item -tftp prefix
418When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
419server. All filenames beginning with @var{prefix} can be downloaded
420from the host to the guest using a TFTP client. The TFTP client on the
421guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command @code{bin} of
422the Unix TFTP client). The host IP address on the guest is as usual
42310.0.2.2.
424
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425@item -smb dir
426When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB
427server so that Windows OSes can access to the host files in @file{dir}
428transparently.
429
430In the guest Windows OS, the line:
431@example
43210.0.2.4 smbserver
433@end example
434must be added in the file @file{C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS} (for windows 9x/Me)
435or @file{C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS} (Windows NT/2000).
436
437Then @file{dir} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
438
439Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
440@file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested succesfully with smbd version
6cc721cf 4412.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3.
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443@item -redir [tcp|udp]:host-port:[guest-host]:guest-port
444
445When using the user mode network stack, redirect incoming TCP or UDP
446connections to the host port @var{host-port} to the guest
447@var{guest-host} on guest port @var{guest-port}. If @var{guest-host}
448is not specified, its value is 10.0.2.15 (default address given by the
449built-in DHCP server).
450
451For example, to redirect host X11 connection from screen 1 to guest
452screen 0, use the following:
453
454@example
455# on the host
456qemu -redir tcp:6001::6000 [...]
457# this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
458xterm -display :1
459@end example
460
461To redirect telnet connections from host port 5555 to telnet port on
462the guest, use the following:
463
464@example
465# on the host
466qemu -redir tcp:5555::23 [...]
467telnet localhost 5555
468@end example
469
470Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
471connect to the guest telnet server.
472
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473@end table
474
41d03949 475Linux boot specific: When using these options, you can use a given
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476Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
477for easier testing of various kernels.
478
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479@table @option
480
481@item -kernel bzImage
482Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image.
483
484@item -append cmdline
485Use @var{cmdline} as kernel command line
486
487@item -initrd file
488Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
489
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490@end table
491
15a34c63 492Debug/Expert options:
ec410fc9 493@table @option
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494
495@item -serial dev
496Redirect the virtual serial port to host device @var{dev}. Available
497devices are:
498@table @code
499@item vc
500Virtual console
501@item pty
502[Linux only] Pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)
503@item null
504void device
f8d179e3 505@item /dev/XXX
e57a8c0e 506[Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
f8d179e3 507parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
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508@item /dev/parportN
509[Linux only, parallel port only] Use host parallel port
510@var{N}. Currently only SPP parallel port features can be used.
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511@item file:filename
512Write output to filename. No character can be read.
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513@item stdio
514[Unix only] standard input/output
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515@item pipe:filename
516[Unix only] name pipe @var{filename}
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517@end table
518The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
519non graphical mode.
520
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521This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serials
522ports.
523
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524@item -parallel dev
525Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @var{dev} (same
526devices as the serial port). On Linux hosts, @file{/dev/parportN} can
527be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
528parallel port.
529
530This option can be used several times to simulate up to 3 parallel
531ports.
532
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533@item -monitor dev
534Redirect the monitor to host device @var{dev} (same devices as the
535serial port).
536The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
537non graphical mode.
538
ec410fc9 539@item -s
debc7065 540Wait gdb connection to port 1234 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
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541@item -p port
542Change gdb connection port.
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543@item -S
544Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
ec410fc9 545@item -d
9d4520d0 546Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
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547@item -hdachs c,h,s,[,t]
548Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
549@var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
550translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
551all thoses parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
552images.
7c3fc84d 553
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554@item -std-vga
555Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is
556Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA)
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557@item -loadvm file
558Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
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559@end table
560
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561@c man end
562
debc7065 563@node pcsys_keys
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564@section Keys
565
566@c man begin OPTIONS
567
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568During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
569@table @key
f9859310 570@item Ctrl-Alt-f
a1b74fe8 571Toggle full screen
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f9859310 573@item Ctrl-Alt-n
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574Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
575@table @emph
576@item 1
577Target system display
578@item 2
579Monitor
580@item 3
581Serial port
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582@end table
583
f9859310 584@item Ctrl-Alt
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585Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
586@end table
587
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588In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
589@key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
590
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591During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
592@key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
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594@table @key
a1b74fe8 595@item Ctrl-a h
ec410fc9 596Print this help
a1b74fe8 597@item Ctrl-a x
ec410fc9 598Exit emulatior
a1b74fe8 599@item Ctrl-a s
1f47a922 600Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
a1b74fe8 601@item Ctrl-a b
1f673135 602Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
a1b74fe8 603@item Ctrl-a c
1f673135 604Switch between console and monitor
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605@item Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
606Send Ctrl-a
ec410fc9 607@end table
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608@c man end
609
610@ignore
611
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612@c man begin SEEALSO
613The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
614user mode emulator invocation.
615@c man end
616
617@c man begin AUTHOR
618Fabrice Bellard
619@c man end
620
621@end ignore
622
debc7065 623@node pcsys_monitor
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624@section QEMU Monitor
625
626The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
627emulator. You can use it to:
628
629@itemize @minus
630
631@item
632Remove or insert removable medias images
633(such as CD-ROM or floppies)
634
635@item
636Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
637from a disk file.
638
639@item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
640
641@end itemize
642
643@subsection Commands
644
645The following commands are available:
646
647@table @option
648
649@item help or ? [cmd]
650Show the help for all commands or just for command @var{cmd}.
651
652@item commit
653Commit changes to the disk images (if -snapshot is used)
654
655@item info subcommand
656show various information about the system state
657
658@table @option
659@item info network
41d03949 660show the various VLANs and the associated devices
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661@item info block
662show the block devices
663@item info registers
664show the cpu registers
665@item info history
666show the command line history
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667@item info pci
668show emulated PCI device
669@item info usb
670show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
671@item info usbhost
672show all USB host devices
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673@end table
674
675@item q or quit
676Quit the emulator.
677
678@item eject [-f] device
679Eject a removable media (use -f to force it).
680
681@item change device filename
682Change a removable media.
683
684@item screendump filename
685Save screen into PPM image @var{filename}.
686
687@item log item1[,...]
688Activate logging of the specified items to @file{/tmp/qemu.log}.
689
690@item savevm filename
691Save the whole virtual machine state to @var{filename}.
692
693@item loadvm filename
694Restore the whole virtual machine state from @var{filename}.
695
696@item stop
697Stop emulation.
698
699@item c or cont
700Resume emulation.
701
702@item gdbserver [port]
703Start gdbserver session (default port=1234)
704
705@item x/fmt addr
706Virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
707
708@item xp /fmt addr
709Physical memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
710
711@var{fmt} is a format which tells the command how to format the
712data. Its syntax is: @option{/@{count@}@{format@}@{size@}}
713
714@table @var
715@item count
716is the number of items to be dumped.
717
718@item format
719can be x (hexa), d (signed decimal), u (unsigned decimal), o (octal),
720c (char) or i (asm instruction).
721
722@item size
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724@code{h} or @code{w} can be specified with the @code{i} format to
725respectively select 16 or 32 bit code instruction size.
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727@end table
728
729Examples:
730@itemize
731@item
732Dump 10 instructions at the current instruction pointer:
733@example
734(qemu) x/10i $eip
7350x90107063: ret
7360x90107064: sti
7370x90107065: lea 0x0(%esi,1),%esi
7380x90107069: lea 0x0(%edi,1),%edi
7390x90107070: ret
7400x90107071: jmp 0x90107080
7410x90107073: nop
7420x90107074: nop
7430x90107075: nop
7440x90107076: nop
745@end example
746
747@item
748Dump 80 16 bit values at the start of the video memory.
debc7065 749@smallexample
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750(qemu) xp/80hx 0xb8000
7510x000b8000: 0x0b50 0x0b6c 0x0b65 0x0b78 0x0b38 0x0b36 0x0b2f 0x0b42
7520x000b8010: 0x0b6f 0x0b63 0x0b68 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b56 0x0b47 0x0b41
7530x000b8020: 0x0b42 0x0b69 0x0b6f 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b63 0x0b75 0x0b72
7540x000b8030: 0x0b72 0x0b65 0x0b6e 0x0b74 0x0b2d 0x0b63 0x0b76 0x0b73
7550x000b8040: 0x0b20 0x0b30 0x0b35 0x0b20 0x0b4e 0x0b6f 0x0b76 0x0b20
7560x000b8050: 0x0b32 0x0b30 0x0b30 0x0b33 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
7570x000b8060: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
7580x000b8070: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
7590x000b8080: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
7600x000b8090: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
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762@end itemize
763
764@item p or print/fmt expr
765
766Print expression value. Only the @var{format} part of @var{fmt} is
767used.
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770
771Send @var{keys} to the emulator. Use @code{-} to press several keys
772simultaneously. Example:
773@example
774sendkey ctrl-alt-f1
775@end example
776
777This command is useful to send keys that your graphical user interface
778intercepts at low level, such as @code{ctrl-alt-f1} in X Window.
779
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780@item system_reset
781
782Reset the system.
783
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784@item usb_add devname
785
786Plug the USB device devname to the QEMU virtual USB hub. @var{devname}
787is either a virtual device name (for example @code{mouse}) or a host
788USB device identifier. Host USB device identifiers have the following
789syntax: @code{host:bus.addr} or @code{host:vendor_id:product_id}.
790
791@item usb_del devname
792
793Remove the USB device @var{devname} from the QEMU virtual USB
794hub. @var{devname} has the syntax @code{bus.addr}. Use the monitor
795command @code{info usb} to see the devices you can remove.
796
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0806e3f6 798
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799@subsection Integer expressions
800
801The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
802argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
803CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
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805@node disk_images
806@section Disk Images
807
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808Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
809growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
810written), compressed and encrypted disk images.
1f47a922 811
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812@menu
813* disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
814* disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
815* qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
816* disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
817@end menu
818
819@node disk_images_quickstart
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820@subsection Quick start for disk image creation
821
822You can create a disk image with the command:
1f47a922 823@example
acd935ef 824qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
1f47a922 825@end example
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826where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
827size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
828megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
829
debc7065 830See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
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debc7065 832@node disk_images_snapshot_mode
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833@subsection Snapshot mode
834
835If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
836considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
837a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
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838write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
839command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
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841@node qemu_img_invocation
842@subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
1f47a922 843
acd935ef 844@include qemu-img.texi
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debc7065 846@node disk_images_fat_images
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847@subsection Virtual FAT disk images
848
849QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
850directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
851
852@example
853qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
854@end example
855
856Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
857directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
858them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
859
860Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
861
862@example
863qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
864@end example
865
866A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
867@code{:rw:} option:
868
869@example
870qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
871@end example
872
873What you should @emph{never} do:
874@itemize
875@item use non-ASCII filenames ;
876@item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
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878@item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
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880
debc7065 881@node pcsys_network
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882@section Network emulation
883
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884QEMU can simulate several networks cards (NE2000 boards on the PC
885target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
886Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
887VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
888simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non priviledged user mode
889network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
890connection.
891
892@subsection VLANs
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894QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
895connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
896example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
897(TAP devices).
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900
901This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
902a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
903can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
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905As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
906archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
907configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
908contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
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911
912See @ref{direct_linux_boot} to have an example of network use with a
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913Linux distribution and @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of
914command lines using the TAP network interfaces.
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916@subsection Using the user mode network stack
917
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918By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
919@option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
920network stack (you don't need root priviledge to use the virtual
921network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
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923@example
924
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925 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
926 | (10.0.2.2)
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928 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
929 |
930 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
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931@end example
932
933The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
934incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
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935configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
936to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
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938In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
939the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
94010.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
941
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943would require root priviledges. It means you can only ping the local
944router (10.0.2.2).
945
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946When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
947server.
948
949When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
950redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
951redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
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954
955Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
956that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
957basic example.
958
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960@section Direct Linux Boot
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962This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
963having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
964kernel testing. The QEMU network configuration is also explained.
965
966@enumerate
967@item
968Download the archive @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz} containing a Linux
969kernel and a disk image.
970
971@item Optional: If you want network support (for example to launch X11 examples), you
972must copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and configure
973properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig} contained in
974@file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify that your host
975kernel supports the TUN/TAP network interfaces: the device
976@file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
977
978When network is enabled, there is a virtual network connection between
979the host kernel and the emulated kernel. The emulated kernel is seen
980from the host kernel at IP address 172.20.0.2 and the host kernel is
981seen from the emulated kernel at IP address 172.20.0.1.
982
983@item Launch @code{qemu.sh}. You should have the following output:
984
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987Connected to host network interface: tun0
debc7065 988Linux 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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989BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
990 BIOS-e801: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
991 BIOS-e801: 0000000000100000 - 0000000002000000 (usable)
99232MB LOWMEM available.
993On node 0 totalpages: 8192
994zone(0): 4096 pages.
995zone(1): 4096 pages.
996zone(2): 0 pages.
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998ide_setup: ide2=noprobe
999ide_setup: ide3=noprobe
1000ide_setup: ide4=noprobe
1001ide_setup: ide5=noprobe
1002Initializing CPU#0
1003Detected 2399.621 MHz processor.
1004Console: colour EGA 80x25
1005Calibrating delay loop... 4744.80 BogoMIPS
debc7065 1006Memory: 28872k/32768k available (1210k kernel code, 3508k reserved, 266k data, 64k init, @/0k highmem)
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1007Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
1008Inode cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
1009Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
1010Buffer-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
1011Page-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
1012CPU: Intel Pentium Pro stepping 03
1013Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
1014POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
1015Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
1016Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
1017Initializing RT netlink socket
1018apm: BIOS not found.
1019Starting kswapd
1020Journalled Block Device driver loaded
1021Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
1022pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
1023Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with no serial options enabled
1024ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
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1027NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 52 54 00 12 34 56
1028eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 9.
1029RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
1030Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
1031ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
1032hda: QEMU HARDDISK, ATA DISK drive
1033ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
1034hda: attached ide-disk driver.
1035hda: 20480 sectors (10 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=20/16/63
1036Partition check:
1037 hda:
1038Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
1039NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
1040IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
1041IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
1042TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096)
1043NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
1044EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
1045VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
1046Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed
1047
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1050QEMU Linux test distribution (based on Redhat 9)
1051
1052Type 'exit' to halt the system
1053
1054sh-2.05b#
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1057@item
1058Then you can play with the kernel inside the virtual serial console. You
1059can launch @code{ls} for example. Type @key{Ctrl-a h} to have an help
1060about the keys you can type inside the virtual serial console. In
1061particular, use @key{Ctrl-a x} to exit QEMU and use @key{Ctrl-a b} as
1062the Magic SysRq key.
1063
1064@item
1065If the network is enabled, launch the script @file{/etc/linuxrc} in the
1066emulator (don't forget the leading dot):
1067@example
1068. /etc/linuxrc
1069@end example
1070
1071Then enable X11 connections on your PC from the emulated Linux:
1072@example
1073xhost +172.20.0.2
1074@end example
1075
1076You can now launch @file{xterm} or @file{xlogo} and verify that you have
1077a real Virtual Linux system !
1078
1079@end enumerate
1080
1081NOTES:
1082@enumerate
1083@item
1084A 2.5.74 kernel is also included in the archive. Just
1085replace the bzImage in qemu.sh to try it.
1086
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1088In order to exit cleanly from qemu, you can do a @emph{shutdown} inside
1089qemu. qemu will automatically exit when the Linux shutdown is done.
1090
1091@item
1092You can boot slightly faster by disabling the probe of non present IDE
1093interfaces. To do so, add the following options on the kernel command
1094line:
1095@example
1096ide1=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe ide4=noprobe ide5=noprobe
1097@end example
1098
1099@item
1100The example disk image is a modified version of the one made by Kevin
1101Lawton for the plex86 Project (@url{www.plex86.org}).
1102
1103@end enumerate
1104
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1107
1108QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller and a 8 port USB hub connected
1109to it. You can virtually plug to the hub virtual USB devices or real
1110host USB devices (experimental, works only on Linux hosts).
1111
1112@subsection Using virtual USB devices
1113
1114A virtual USB mouse device is available for testing in QEMU.
1115
1116You can try it with the following monitor commands:
1117
1118@example
1119# add the mouse device
1120(qemu) usb_add mouse
1121
1122# show the virtual USB devices plugged on the QEMU Virtual USB hub
1123(qemu) info usb
1124 Device 0.3, speed 12 Mb/s
1125
1126# after some time you can try to remove the mouse
1127(qemu) usb_del 0.3
1128@end example
1129
1130The option @option{-usbdevice} is similar to the monitor command
1131@code{usb_add}.
1132
1133@subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
1134
1135WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
1136using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
1137Cameras) are not supported yet.
1138
1139@enumerate
1140@item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
1141is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
1142disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
1143to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
1144
1145@item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
1146@example
1147ls /proc/bus/usb
1148001 devices drivers
1149@end example
1150
1151@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:
1152@example
1153chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
1154@end example
1155
1156@item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
1157@example
1158info usbhost
1159 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
1160 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
1161@end example
1162You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
1163hubs, it won't work).
1164
1165@item Add the device in QEMU by using:
1166@example
1167usb_add host:1234:5678
1168@end example
1169
1170Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
1171plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
1172
1173@item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
1174
1175@end enumerate
1176
1177When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
1178device to make it work again (this is a bug).
1179
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1182
1183QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
0806e3f6 1184'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
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9d4520d0 1186In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
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1187gdb connection:
1188@example
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1189> qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1190 -append "root=/dev/hda"
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1191Connected to host network interface: tun0
1192Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1193@end example
1194
1195Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1196@example
1197> gdb vmlinux
1198@end example
1199
1200In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1201@example
6c9bf893 1202(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
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1203@end example
1204
1205Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1206@example
1207(gdb) c
1208@end example
1209
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1210Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1211
1212@enumerate
1213@item
1214Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1215@item
1216Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1217@item
1218Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
294e8637 1219@code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
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1220@end enumerate
1221
debc7065 1222@node pcsys_os_specific
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1223@section Target OS specific information
1224
1225@subsection Linux
1226
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1227To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1228the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1229color depth in the guest and the host OS.
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1231When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1232@code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1233kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1234cannot simulate exactly.
1235
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1236When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1237not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1238Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
1239Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporte this
1240patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1241
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1242@subsection Windows
1243
1244If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1245best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1246
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1247@subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1248
1249QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
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1250card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1251and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1252depth in the guest and the host OS.
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1254@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1255
1256Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
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1257instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1258idle. You can install the utility from
1259@url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1260problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
1a084f3d 1261
9d0a8e6f 1262@subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
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1264Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1265installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1266option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1267installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1268IDE transfers).
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1270@subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1271
1272Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1273can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1274use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1275
1276In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1277Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1278Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1279hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1280(again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
1281correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
1282
1283@subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1284
1285See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1286
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1287@subsubsection Windows XP security problems
1288
1289Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1290error when booting:
1291@example
1292A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1293license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1294@end example
1295The only known workaround is to boot in Safe mode
1296without networking support.
1297
1298Future QEMU releases are likely to correct this bug.
1299
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1300@subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1301
1302@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1303
1304DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1305it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1306from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1307problem.
1308
debc7065 1309@node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
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1310@chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1311
1312QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1313machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
1314differences are mentionned in the following sections.
1315
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1316@menu
1317* QEMU PowerPC System emulator::
1318* Sparc32 System emulator invocation::
1319* Sparc64 System emulator invocation::
1320* MIPS System emulator invocation::
1321* ARM System emulator invocation::
1322@end menu
1323
1324@node QEMU PowerPC System emulator
3f9f3aa1 1325@section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
1a084f3d 1326
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1327Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
1328or PowerMac PowerPC system.
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b671f9ed 1330QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
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1332@itemize @minus
1333@item
1334UniNorth PCI Bridge
1335@item
1336PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1337@item
13382 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1339@item
1340NE2000 PCI adapters
1341@item
1342Non Volatile RAM
1343@item
1344VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
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1345@end itemize
1346
b671f9ed 1347QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
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1348
1349@itemize @minus
1350@item
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1351PCI Bridge
1352@item
1353PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1354@item
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13552 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1356@item
1357Floppy disk
1358@item
15a34c63 1359NE2000 network adapters
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1360@item
1361Serial port
1362@item
1363PREP Non Volatile RAM
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1364@item
1365PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
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1366@end itemize
1367
15a34c63 1368QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
3f9f3aa1 1369@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
52c00a5f 1370
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1371@c man begin OPTIONS
1372
1373The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1374
1375@table @option
1376
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1377@item -g WxH[xDEPTH]
1378
1379Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
1380
1381@end table
1382
1383@c man end
1384
1385
52c00a5f 1386More information is available at
3f9f3aa1 1387@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
52c00a5f 1388
debc7065 1389@node Sparc32 System emulator invocation
3f9f3aa1 1390@section Sparc32 System emulator invocation
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1391
1392Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate a JavaStation
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b671f9ed 1395QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
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1396
1397@itemize @minus
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1399IOMMU
1400@item
1401TCX Frame buffer
1402@item
1403Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1404@item
1405Non Volatile RAM M48T08
1406@item
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1407Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1408and power/reset logic
1409@item
1410ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1411@item
1412Floppy drive
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1413@end itemize
1414
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1415The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture.
1416
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debc7065 1418@url{http://people.redhat.com/@/zaitcev/linux/}. The required
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1419QEMU-specific patches are included with the sources.
1420
1421A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
1422the QEMU web site. Please note that currently neither Linux 2.4
1423series, NetBSD, nor OpenBSD kernels work.
1424
1425@c man begin OPTIONS
1426
1427The following options are specific to the Sparc emulation:
1428
1429@table @option
1430
1431@item -g WxH
1432
1433Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768.
1434
1435@end table
1436
1437@c man end
1438
debc7065 1439@node Sparc64 System emulator invocation
3f9f3aa1 1440@section Sparc64 System emulator invocation
e80cfcfc 1441
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1442Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u machine.
1443The emulator is not usable for anything yet.
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1445QEMU emulates the following sun4u peripherals:
1446
1447@itemize @minus
1448@item
1449UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
1450@item
1451PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1452@item
1453Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1454@item
1455PC-compatible serial ports
1456@end itemize
1457
debc7065 1458@node MIPS System emulator invocation
3f9f3aa1 1459@section MIPS System emulator invocation
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1460
1461Use the executable @file{qemu-system-mips} to simulate a MIPS machine.
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1462The emulator is able to boot a Linux kernel and to run a Linux Debian
1463installation from NFS. The following devices are emulated:
1464
1465@itemize @minus
1466@item
1467MIPS R4K CPU
1468@item
1469PC style serial port
1470@item
1471NE2000 network card
1472@end itemize
1473
1474More information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1475
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1477@section ARM System emulator invocation
1478
1479Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1480machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1481devices:
1482
1483@itemize @minus
1484@item
ed96ca35 1485ARM926E or ARM1026E CPU
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1486@item
1487Two PL011 UARTs
1488@item
1489SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
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1490@item
1491PL110 LCD controller
1492@item
1493PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1494@end itemize
1495
1496The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1497
1498@itemize @minus
1499@item
1500ARM926E CPU
1501@item
1502PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1503@item
1504Four PL011 UARTs
1505@item
1506SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1507@item
1508PL110 LCD controller
1509@item
1510PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1511@item
1512PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1513PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
1514This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not useable, and others
1515(eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only useable when the guest drivers use the memory
1516mapped control registers.
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1517@end itemize
1518
1519A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1520information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
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debc7065 1522@node QEMU Linux User space emulator
3f9f3aa1 1523@chapter QEMU Linux User space emulator
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1525@menu
1526* Quick Start::
1527* Wine launch::
1528* Command line options::
1529@end menu
1530
1531@node Quick Start
1f673135 1532@section Quick Start
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1534In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
1535itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
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1f673135 1537@itemize
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1539@item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
1540libraries:
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1542@example
1543qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
1544@end example
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1546@code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
1547@file{/} prefix.
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1f673135 1549@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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1551@example
1552qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
1553@end example
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1555@item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
1556(@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
1557@code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
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1559@example
1560unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
1561@end example
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1f673135 1563Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
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1565@example
1566qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
1567@end example
1568You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
1569QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
1570launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
1571Linux kernel.
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1573@item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
1574@example
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1575qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
1576 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
1f673135 1577@end example
1eb20527 1578
1f673135 1579@end itemize
1eb20527 1580
debc7065 1581@node Wine launch
1f673135 1582@section Wine launch
1eb20527 1583
1f673135 1584@itemize
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1586@item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
1587distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
1588able to do:
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1590@example
1591qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
1592@end example
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1594@item Download the binary x86 Wine install
1595(@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
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1f673135 1597@item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
debc7065 1598@file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
1f673135 1599@code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
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1f673135 1601@item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
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1f673135 1603@example
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1604qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
1605 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
1f673135 1606@end example
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1f673135 1608@end itemize
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debc7065 1610@node Command line options
1f673135 1611@section Command line options
1eb20527 1612
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1613@example
1614usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
1615@end example
1eb20527 1616
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1617@table @option
1618@item -h
1619Print the help
1620@item -L path
1621Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
1622@item -s size
1623Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
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1625
1f673135 1626Debug options:
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1628@table @option
1629@item -d
1630Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
1631@item -p pagesize
1632Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
1633@end table
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1635@node compilation
1636@chapter Compilation from the sources
1637
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1638@menu
1639* Linux/Unix::
1640* Windows::
1641* Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
1642* Mac OS X::
1643@end menu
1644
1645@node Linux/Unix
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1646@section Linux/Unix
1647
1648@subsection Compilation
1649
1650First you must decompress the sources:
1651@example
1652cd /tmp
1653tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
1654cd qemu-x.y.z
1655@end example
1656
1657Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
1658@example
1659./configure
1660make
1661@end example
1662
1663Then type as root user:
1664@example
1665make install
1666@end example
1667to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
1668
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1669@subsection Tested tool versions
1670
1671In order to compile QEMU succesfully, it is very important that you
1672have the right tools. The most important one is gcc. I cannot guaranty
1673that QEMU works if you do not use a tested gcc version. Look at
1674'configure' and 'Makefile' if you want to make a different gcc
1675version work.
1676
1677@example
1678host gcc binutils glibc linux distribution
1679----------------------------------------------------------------------
1680x86 3.2 2.13.2 2.1.3 2.4.18
1681 2.96 2.11.93.0.2 2.2.5 2.4.18 Red Hat 7.3
1682 3.2.2 2.13.90.0.18 2.3.2 2.4.20 Red Hat 9
1683
1684PowerPC 3.3 [4] 2.13.90.0.18 2.3.1 2.4.20briq
1685 3.2
1686
1687Alpha 3.3 [1] 2.14.90.0.4 2.2.5 2.2.20 [2] Debian 3.0
1688
1689Sparc32 2.95.4 2.12.90.0.1 2.2.5 2.4.18 Debian 3.0
1690
1691ARM 2.95.4 2.12.90.0.1 2.2.5 2.4.9 [3] Debian 3.0
1692
1693[1] On Alpha, QEMU needs the gcc 'visibility' attribute only available
1694 for gcc version >= 3.3.
1695[2] Linux >= 2.4.20 is necessary for precise exception support
1696 (untested).
1697[3] 2.4.9-ac10-rmk2-np1-cerf2
1698
1699[4] gcc 2.95.x generates invalid code when using too many register
1700variables. You must use gcc 3.x on PowerPC.
1701@end example
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debc7065 1703@node Windows
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1704@section Windows
1705
1706@itemize
1707@item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
1708@url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
1709instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
1710
1711@item Download
1712the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
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1714@url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place, and
1715unpack the archive @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz} in the MinGW tool
1716directory. Edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
1717correct SDL directory when invoked.
1718
1719@item Extract the current version of QEMU.
1720
1721@item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
1722
1723@item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
1724@file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
1725@file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
1726
1727@item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
1728@file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
1729@file{Program Files/Qemu}.
1730
1731@end itemize
1732
debc7065 1733@node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
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1734@section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
1735
1736@itemize
1737@item
1738Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
1739@url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
1740
1741@item
1742Install the Win32 version of SDL (@url{http://www.libsdl.org}) by
1743unpacking @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz}. Set up the PATH environment
1744variable so that @file{i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config} can be launched by
1745the QEMU configuration script.
1746
1747@item
1748Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
1749@example
1750./configure --enable-mingw32
1751@end example
1752If necessary, you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix
1753choosen for the MinGW tools with --cross-prefix. You can also use
1754--prefix to set the Win32 install path.
1755
1756@item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
1757@file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in the
1758installation directory.
1759
1760@end itemize
1761
1762Note: Currently, Wine does not seem able to launch
1763QEMU for Win32.
1764
debc7065 1765@node Mac OS X
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1766@section Mac OS X
1767
1768The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
1769at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
1770information.
1771
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1772@node Index
1773@chapter Index
1774@printindex cp
1775
1776@bye