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Paolo Bonzini44cb2802017-06-06 16:59:37 +02009@settitle QEMU version @value{VERSION} User Documentation
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000010@exampleindent 0
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bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000013
Stefan Weila1a32b02010-02-05 23:51:59 +010014@ifinfo
15@direntry
16* QEMU: (qemu-doc). The QEMU Emulator User Documentation.
17@end direntry
18@end ifinfo
19
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +000020@iftex
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000021@titlepage
22@sp 7
Paolo Bonzini44cb2802017-06-06 16:59:37 +020023@center @titlefont{QEMU version @value{VERSION}}
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000024@sp 1
25@center @titlefont{User Documentation}
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000026@sp 3
27@end titlepage
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +000028@end iftex
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000029
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000030@ifnottex
31@node Top
32@top
33
34@menu
35* Introduction::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000036* QEMU PC System emulator::
37* QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
Thomas Huth3f2ce722017-05-22 22:53:29 +020038* QEMU Guest Agent::
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +000039* QEMU User space emulator::
Paolo Bonzini78e87792016-10-06 16:12:11 +020040* Implementation notes::
Daniel P. Berrangeeb22aec2017-07-25 12:36:38 +010041* Deprecated features::
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +010042* License::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000043* Index::
44@end menu
45@end ifnottex
46
47@contents
48
49@node Introduction
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000050@chapter Introduction
51
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000052@menu
53* intro_features:: Features
54@end menu
55
56@node intro_features
bellard322d0c62003-06-15 23:29:28 +000057@section Features
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000058
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +000059QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
60achieve good emulation speed.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000061
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +020062@cindex operating modes
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000063QEMU has two operating modes:
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +000064
Stefan Weild7e5edc2010-02-05 23:52:02 +010065@itemize
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +010066@cindex system emulation
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +020067@item Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +000068example a PC), including one or several processors and various
69peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
70without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000071
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +010072@cindex user mode emulation
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +020073@item User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +000074processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +000075launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
76to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000077
78@end itemize
79
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +020080QEMU has the following features:
bellard322d0c62003-06-15 23:29:28 +000081
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000082@itemize
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +020083@item QEMU can run without a host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
84performance. It uses dynamic translation to native code for reasonable speed,
85with support for self-modifying code and precise exceptions.
86
87@item It is portable to several operating systems (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X,
88Windows) and architectures.
89
90@item It performs accurate software emulation of the FPU.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000091@end itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000092
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +020093QEMU user mode emulation has the following features:
94@itemize
95@item Generic Linux system call converter, including most ioctls.
96
97@item clone() emulation using native CPU clone() to use Linux scheduler for threads.
98
99@item Accurate signal handling by remapping host signals to target signals.
100@end itemize
101
102QEMU full system emulation has the following features:
103@itemize
104@item
105QEMU uses a full software MMU for maximum portability.
106
107@item
Michael Tokarev326c4c32017-09-26 09:03:31 +0300108QEMU can optionally use an in-kernel accelerator, like kvm. The accelerators
Paolo Bonzini1f3e7e42016-10-06 14:59:26 +0200109execute most of the guest code natively, while
110continuing to emulate the rest of the machine.
111
112@item
113Various hardware devices can be emulated and in some cases, host
114devices (e.g. serial and parallel ports, USB, drives) can be used
115transparently by the guest Operating System. Host device passthrough
116can be used for talking to external physical peripherals (e.g. a
117webcam, modem or tape drive).
118
119@item
120Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support. Currently, an in-kernel
121accelerator is required to use more than one host CPU for emulation.
122
123@end itemize
124
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000125
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000126@node QEMU PC System emulator
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000127@chapter QEMU PC System emulator
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100128@cindex system emulation (PC)
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000129
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000130@menu
131* pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
132* pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
133* sec_invocation:: Invocation
Peter Maydella40db1b2016-02-16 17:28:58 +0000134* pcsys_keys:: Keys in the graphical frontends
135* mux_keys:: Keys in the character backend multiplexer
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000136* pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
137* disk_images:: Disk Images
138* pcsys_network:: Network emulation
Stefan Weil576fd0a2011-01-07 18:59:14 +0100139* pcsys_other_devs:: Other Devices
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000140* direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
141* pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000142* vnc_security:: VNC security
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000143* gdb_usage:: GDB usage
144* pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
145@end menu
146
147@node pcsys_introduction
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000148@section Introduction
149
150@c man begin DESCRIPTION
151
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000152The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
153following peripherals:
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000154
155@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000156@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000157i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000158@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000159Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
160extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000161@item
162PS/2 mouse and keyboard
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000163@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001642 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000165@item
166Floppy disk
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000167@item
Stefan Weil3a2eeac2009-06-06 18:05:58 +0200168PCI and ISA network adapters
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000169@item
bellard05d58182004-08-24 21:12:04 +0000170Serial ports
171@item
Corey Minyard23076bb2015-12-17 12:50:04 -0600172IPMI BMC, either and internal or external one
173@item
bellardc0fe3822005-11-05 18:55:28 +0000174Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
175@item
176ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
177@item
balroge5c9a132008-01-14 04:27:55 +0000178Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card
179@item
Gerd Hoffmann7d72e762010-11-01 16:57:48 +0100180Intel HD Audio Controller and HDA codec
181@item
Stefan Weil2d983442011-01-07 18:59:15 +0100182Adlib (OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000183@item
balrog26463db2008-01-17 21:47:25 +0000184Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card
185@item
malccc53d262008-06-13 10:48:22 +0000186CS4231A compatible sound card
187@item
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200188PCI UHCI, OHCI, EHCI or XHCI USB controller and a virtual USB-1.1 hub.
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000189@end itemize
190
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000191SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
192
Michael Tokareva8ad4152013-06-28 10:08:16 +0400193QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Seabios project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000194VGA BIOS.
195
bellardc0fe3822005-11-05 18:55:28 +0000196QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
197
Stefan Weil2d983442011-01-07 18:59:15 +0100198QEMU uses GUS emulation (GUSEMU32 @url{http://www.deinmeister.de/gusemu/})
balrog26463db2008-01-17 21:47:25 +0000199by Tibor "TS" Schütz.
balrog423d65f2008-01-14 22:09:11 +0000200
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer1a1a0e22011-10-25 10:22:18 +0200201Note that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
Stefan Weilb65ee4f2012-05-11 22:25:50 +0200202QEMU must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS.
malc720036a2009-09-10 20:05:59 +0400203
204@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200205qemu-system-i386 dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
malc720036a2009-09-10 20:05:59 +0400206@end example
207
208Alternatively:
209@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200210qemu-system-i386 dos.img -device gus,irq=5
malc720036a2009-09-10 20:05:59 +0400211@end example
212
213Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
214
malccc53d262008-06-13 10:48:22 +0000215CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
216
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000217@c man end
218
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000219@node pcsys_quickstart
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000220@section Quick Start
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100221@cindex quick start
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000222
bellard285dc332003-10-27 23:58:04 +0000223Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000224
225@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200226qemu-system-i386 linux.img
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000227@end example
228
229Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
230
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +0000231@node sec_invocation
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000232@section Invocation
233
234@example
235@c man begin SYNOPSIS
Sitsofe Wheeler84851402016-01-13 20:50:26 +0000236@command{qemu-system-i386} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}]
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000237@c man end
238@end example
239
240@c man begin OPTIONS
blueswir1d2c639d2009-01-24 18:19:25 +0000241@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
242targets do not need a disk image.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000243
blueswir15824d652009-03-28 06:44:27 +0000244@include qemu-options.texi
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000245
bellard3e11db92004-07-14 17:47:14 +0000246@c man end
247
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000248@node pcsys_keys
Peter Maydella40db1b2016-02-16 17:28:58 +0000249@section Keys in the graphical frontends
bellard3e11db92004-07-14 17:47:14 +0000250
251@c man begin OPTIONS
252
Brad Hardsde1db2a2011-04-29 21:46:12 +1000253During the graphical emulation, you can use special key combinations to change
254modes. The default key mappings are shown below, but if you use @code{-alt-grab}
255then the modifier is Ctrl-Alt-Shift (instead of Ctrl-Alt) and if you use
256@code{-ctrl-grab} then the modifier is the right Ctrl key (instead of Ctrl-Alt):
257
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000258@table @key
bellardf9859312004-10-03 14:33:10 +0000259@item Ctrl-Alt-f
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100260@kindex Ctrl-Alt-f
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000261Toggle full screen
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000262
Jan Kiszkad6a65ba2011-07-30 11:39:16 +0200263@item Ctrl-Alt-+
264@kindex Ctrl-Alt-+
265Enlarge the screen
266
267@item Ctrl-Alt--
268@kindex Ctrl-Alt--
269Shrink the screen
270
malcc4a735f2009-09-10 05:15:07 +0400271@item Ctrl-Alt-u
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100272@kindex Ctrl-Alt-u
malcc4a735f2009-09-10 05:15:07 +0400273Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
274
bellardf9859312004-10-03 14:33:10 +0000275@item Ctrl-Alt-n
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100276@kindex Ctrl-Alt-n
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000277Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
278@table @emph
279@item 1
280Target system display
281@item 2
282Monitor
283@item 3
284Serial port
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000285@end table
286
bellardf9859312004-10-03 14:33:10 +0000287@item Ctrl-Alt
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100288@kindex Ctrl-Alt
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000289Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
290@end table
291
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100292@kindex Ctrl-Up
293@kindex Ctrl-Down
294@kindex Ctrl-PageUp
295@kindex Ctrl-PageDown
bellard3e11db92004-07-14 17:47:14 +0000296In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
297@key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
298
Peter Maydella40db1b2016-02-16 17:28:58 +0000299@c man end
300
301@node mux_keys
302@section Keys in the character backend multiplexer
303
304@c man begin OPTIONS
305
306During emulation, if you are using a character backend multiplexer
307(which is the default if you are using @option{-nographic}) then
308several commands are available via an escape sequence. These
309key sequences all start with an escape character, which is @key{Ctrl-a}
310by default, but can be changed with @option{-echr}. The list below assumes
311you're using the default.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000312
313@table @key
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000314@item Ctrl-a h
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100315@kindex Ctrl-a h
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000316Print this help
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000317@item Ctrl-a x
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100318@kindex Ctrl-a x
ths366dfc52006-12-11 18:35:08 +0000319Exit emulator
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000320@item Ctrl-a s
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100321@kindex Ctrl-a s
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000322Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
ths20d8a3e2007-02-18 17:04:49 +0000323@item Ctrl-a t
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100324@kindex Ctrl-a t
blueswir1d2c639d2009-01-24 18:19:25 +0000325Toggle console timestamps
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000326@item Ctrl-a b
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100327@kindex Ctrl-a b
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000328Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000329@item Ctrl-a c
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100330@kindex Ctrl-a c
Peter Maydella40db1b2016-02-16 17:28:58 +0000331Rotate between the frontends connected to the multiplexer (usually
332this switches between the monitor and the console)
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000333@item Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
Peter Maydella40db1b2016-02-16 17:28:58 +0000334@kindex Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
335Send the escape character to the frontend
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000336@end table
337@c man end
338
339@ignore
340
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000341@c man begin SEEALSO
342The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
343user mode emulator invocation.
344@c man end
345
346@c man begin AUTHOR
347Fabrice Bellard
348@c man end
349
350@end ignore
351
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000352@node pcsys_monitor
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000353@section QEMU Monitor
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +0100354@cindex QEMU monitor
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000355
356The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
357emulator. You can use it to:
358
359@itemize @minus
360
361@item
thse5987522007-03-30 18:58:01 +0000362Remove or insert removable media images
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000363(such as CD-ROM or floppies).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000364
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000365@item
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000366Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
367from a disk file.
368
369@item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
370
371@end itemize
372
373@subsection Commands
374
375The following commands are available:
376
Blue Swirl23130862009-06-06 08:22:04 +0000377@include qemu-monitor.texi
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000378
Pavel Butsykin2cd8af22015-09-10 18:39:01 +0300379@include qemu-monitor-info.texi
380
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000381@subsection Integer expressions
382
383The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
384argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
385CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
386
387@node disk_images
388@section Disk Images
389
Paolo Bonziniee29bdb2017-06-06 16:59:55 +0200390QEMU supports many disk image formats, including growable disk images
391(their size increase as non empty sectors are written), compressed and
392encrypted disk images.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000393
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000394@menu
395* disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
396* disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +0000397* vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000398* qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
ths975b0922008-07-02 21:18:00 +0000399* qemu_nbd_invocation:: qemu-nbd Invocation
Kevin Wolfd3067b02012-11-21 14:21:47 +0100400* disk_images_formats:: Disk image file formats
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +0000401* host_drives:: Using host drives
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000402* disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
ths75818252008-07-03 13:41:03 +0000403* disk_images_nbd:: NBD access
MORITA Kazutaka42af9c32011-02-07 16:04:04 +0900404* disk_images_sheepdog:: Sheepdog disk images
Ronnie Sahlberg00984e32011-11-12 11:06:30 +1100405* disk_images_iscsi:: iSCSI LUNs
Bharata B Rao8809e282012-10-24 17:17:53 +0530406* disk_images_gluster:: GlusterFS disk images
Richard W.M. Jones0a12ec82013-04-09 15:30:53 +0100407* disk_images_ssh:: Secure Shell (ssh) disk images
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000408@end menu
409
410@node disk_images_quickstart
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +0000411@subsection Quick start for disk image creation
412
413You can create a disk image with the command:
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000414@example
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +0000415qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000416@end example
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +0000417where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
418size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
419megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
420
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000421See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000422
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000423@node disk_images_snapshot_mode
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000424@subsection Snapshot mode
425
426If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
427considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
428a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +0000429write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
430command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000431
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +0000432@node vm_snapshots
433@subsection VM snapshots
434
435VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
436CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
437disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
438removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
439format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
440
441Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
442replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
bellard19d36792006-08-07 21:34:34 +0000443snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +0000444
445Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
446a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
447with their associated information:
448
449@example
450(qemu) info snapshots
451Snapshot devices: hda
452Snapshot list (from hda):
453ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
4541 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
4552 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
4563 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
457@end example
458
459A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
460@code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
461The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
462and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
463every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
464to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
465associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
bellard19d36792006-08-07 21:34:34 +0000466disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
467disk images).
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +0000468
469When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
470(@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
471but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
472
473VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
474@itemize
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000475@item
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +0000476They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
477inserted after a snapshot is done.
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000478@item
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +0000479A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
480state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
481@end itemize
482
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +0000483@node qemu_img_invocation
484@subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000485
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +0000486@include qemu-img.texi
bellard05efe462004-06-16 20:34:33 +0000487
ths975b0922008-07-02 21:18:00 +0000488@node qemu_nbd_invocation
489@subsection @code{qemu-nbd} Invocation
490
491@include qemu-nbd.texi
492
Stefan Hajnoczi78aa8aa2017-09-08 09:39:41 +0100493@include docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
Richard W.M. Jones0a12ec82013-04-09 15:30:53 +0100494
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000495@node pcsys_network
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000496@section Network emulation
497
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000498QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000499target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
500Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
501VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000502simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000503network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
504connection.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000505
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000506@subsection VLANs
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000507
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000508QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
509connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
510example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
511(TAP devices).
512
513@subsection Using TAP network interfaces
514
515This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
516a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
517can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000518
bellard8f40c382006-09-20 20:28:05 +0000519@subsubsection Linux host
520
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000521As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
522archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
523configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
524contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000525that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000526device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
527
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +0000528See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
529TAP network interfaces.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000530
bellard8f40c382006-09-20 20:28:05 +0000531@subsubsection Windows host
532
533There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
534TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
535so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
536so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
537
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000538@subsection Using the user mode network stack
539
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000540By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
541@option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000542network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000543network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000544
545@example
546
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000547 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
548 | (10.0.2.2)
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000549 |
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +0000550 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000551 |
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +0000552 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000553@end example
554
555The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
556incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000557configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
558to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000559
560In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
561the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
56210.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
563
Gernot Hillier37cbfcc2014-07-10 16:01:25 +0200564Note that ICMP traffic in general does not work with user mode networking.
565@code{ping}, aka. ICMP echo, to the local router (10.0.2.2) shall work,
566however. If you're using QEMU on Linux >= 3.0, it can use unprivileged ICMP
567ping sockets to allow @code{ping} to the Internet. The host admin has to set
568the ping_group_range in order to grant access to those sockets. To allow ping
569for GID 100 (usually users group):
570
571@example
572echo 100 100 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range
573@end example
bellardb415a402004-05-23 21:04:06 +0000574
bellard9bf05442004-08-25 22:12:49 +0000575When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
576server.
577
Thomas Huthc8c6afa2016-01-13 09:21:02 +0100578When using the @option{'-netdev user,hostfwd=...'} option, TCP or UDP
579connections can be redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for
580example to redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
bellard443f1372004-06-04 11:13:20 +0000581
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000582@subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
583
584Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
585that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
586basic example.
587
Stefan Weil576fd0a2011-01-07 18:59:14 +0100588@node pcsys_other_devs
Cam Macdonell6cbf4c82010-07-27 10:54:13 -0600589@section Other Devices
590
591@subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
592
Markus Armbruster5400c022016-03-15 19:34:51 +0100593On Linux hosts, a shared memory device is available. The basic syntax
594is:
Cam Macdonell6cbf4c82010-07-27 10:54:13 -0600595
596@example
Markus Armbruster5400c022016-03-15 19:34:51 +0100597qemu-system-x86_64 -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=@var{hostmem}
598@end example
599
600where @var{hostmem} names a host memory backend. For a POSIX shared
601memory backend, use something like
602
603@example
604-object memory-backend-file,size=1M,share,mem-path=/dev/shm/ivshmem,id=@var{hostmem}
Cam Macdonell6cbf4c82010-07-27 10:54:13 -0600605@end example
606
607If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
608memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
609using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
610is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
611memory server is:
612
613@example
David Marchanda75eb032014-09-08 11:17:48 +0200614# First start the ivshmem server once and for all
Markus Armbruster50d34c42015-11-24 18:06:25 +0100615ivshmem-server -p @var{pidfile} -S @var{path} -m @var{shm-name} -l @var{shm-size} -n @var{vectors}
David Marchanda75eb032014-09-08 11:17:48 +0200616
617# Then start your qemu instances with matching arguments
Markus Armbruster5400c022016-03-15 19:34:51 +0100618qemu-system-x86_64 -device ivshmem-doorbell,vectors=@var{vectors},chardev=@var{id}
Markus Armbruster50d34c42015-11-24 18:06:25 +0100619 -chardev socket,path=@var{path},id=@var{id}
Cam Macdonell6cbf4c82010-07-27 10:54:13 -0600620@end example
621
622When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
623using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
Markus Armbruster1309cf42016-03-15 19:34:41 +0100624VM ID from a device register (see ivshmem-spec.txt).
Cam Macdonell6cbf4c82010-07-27 10:54:13 -0600625
Markus Armbruster62a830b2016-03-15 19:34:54 +0100626@subsubsection Migration with ivshmem
627
Markus Armbruster5400c022016-03-15 19:34:51 +0100628With device property @option{master=on}, the guest will copy the shared
629memory on migration to the destination host. With @option{master=off},
630the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached. In the
631latter case, the device should be detached and then reattached after
632migration using the PCI hotplug support.
Cam Macdonell6cbf4c82010-07-27 10:54:13 -0600633
Markus Armbruster62a830b2016-03-15 19:34:54 +0100634At most one of the devices sharing the same memory can be master. The
635master must complete migration before you plug back the other devices.
636
Marc-André Lureau7d4f4bd2015-10-07 16:31:47 +0200637@subsubsection ivshmem and hugepages
638
639Instead of specifying the <shm size> using POSIX shm, you may specify
640a memory backend that has hugepage support:
641
642@example
Markus Armbruster5400c022016-03-15 19:34:51 +0100643qemu-system-x86_64 -object memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1
644 -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=mb1
Marc-André Lureau7d4f4bd2015-10-07 16:31:47 +0200645@end example
646
647ivshmem-server also supports hugepages mount points with the
648@option{-m} memory path argument.
649
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +0000650@node direct_linux_boot
651@section Direct Linux Boot
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000652
653This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
654having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +0000655kernel testing.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000656
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +0000657The syntax is:
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000658@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200659qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000660@end example
661
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +0000662Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
663@option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
664@option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
665
666When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
667@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
668Linux kernel.
669
670If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
671the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
672@option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000673@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200674qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
675 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000676@end example
677
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +0000678Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
679monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
bellardd5a0b502003-06-27 12:02:03 +0000680
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000681@node pcsys_usb
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000682@section USB emulation
683
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200684QEMU can emulate a PCI UHCI, OHCI, EHCI or XHCI USB controller. You can
685plug virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (only works with certain
686host operating systems). QEMU will automatically create and connect virtual
687USB hubs as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000688
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +0000689@menu
690* usb_devices::
691* host_usb_devices::
692@end menu
693@node usb_devices
694@subsection Connecting USB devices
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000695
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200696USB devices can be connected with the @option{-device usb-...} command line
697option or the @code{device_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000698
balrogdb380c02008-01-17 22:22:45 +0000699@table @code
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200700@item usb-mouse
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +0000701Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200702@item usb-tablet
bellardc6d46c22006-09-03 17:10:41 +0000703Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
Stefan Weilb65ee4f2012-05-11 22:25:50 +0200704This means QEMU is able to report the mouse position without having
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +0000705to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200706@item usb-storage,drive=@var{drive_id}
707Mass storage device backed by @var{drive_id} (@pxref{disk_images})
708@item usb-uas
709USB attached SCSI device, see
710@url{http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/usb-storage.txt,usb-storage.txt}
711for details
712@item usb-bot
713Bulk-only transport storage device, see
714@url{http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/usb-storage.txt,usb-storage.txt}
715for details here, too
716@item usb-mtp,x-root=@var{dir}
717Media transfer protocol device, using @var{dir} as root of the file tree
718that is presented to the guest.
719@item usb-host,hostbus=@var{bus},hostaddr=@var{addr}
720Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus} and @var{addr}
721@item usb-host,vendorid=@var{vendor},productid=@var{product}
722Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor} and @var{product} ID
723@item usb-wacom-tablet
balrogf6d2a312007-06-10 19:21:04 +0000724Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
725above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
726coordinates it reports touch pressure.
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200727@item usb-kbd
balrog47b2d332007-06-22 08:16:00 +0000728Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200729@item usb-serial,chardev=@var{id}
balrogdb380c02008-01-17 22:22:45 +0000730Serial converter. This emulates an FTDI FT232BM chip connected to host character
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200731device @var{id}.
732@item usb-braille,chardev=@var{id}
aurel322e4d9fb2008-04-08 06:01:02 +0000733Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200734or fake device referenced by @var{id}.
735@item usb-net[,netdev=@var{id}]
736Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{id}
737specifies a netdev defined with @code{-netdev @dots{},id=@var{id}}.
balrog9ad97e62008-07-29 13:16:31 +0000738For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
balrog6c9f8862008-07-17 20:47:13 +0000739@example
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200740qemu-system-i386 [...] -netdev user,id=net0 -device usb-net,netdev=net0
balrog6c9f8862008-07-17 20:47:13 +0000741@end example
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200742@item usb-ccid
743Smartcard reader device
744@item usb-audio
745USB audio device
746@item usb-bt-dongle
747Bluetooth dongle for the transport layer of HCI. It is connected to HCI
748scatternet 0 by default (corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}).
749Note that the syntax for the @code{-device usb-bt-dongle} option is not as
750useful yet as it was with the legacy @code{-usbdevice} option. So to
751configure an USB bluetooth device, you might need to use
752"@code{-usbdevice bt}[:@var{hci-type}]" instead. This configures a
753bluetooth dongle whose type is specified in the same format as with
balrog2d564692008-11-09 02:24:54 +0000754the @option{-bt hci} option, @pxref{bt-hcis,,allowed HCI types}. If
755no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
756This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example
757usage:
758@example
Sitsofe Wheeler84851402016-01-13 20:50:26 +0000759@command{qemu-system-i386} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice} bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3
balrog2d564692008-11-09 02:24:54 +0000760@end example
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +0000761@end table
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000762
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +0000763@node host_usb_devices
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000764@subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
765
766WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
767using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
768Cameras) are not supported yet.
769
770@enumerate
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000771@item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000772is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
773disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
774to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
775
776@item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
777@example
778ls /proc/bus/usb
779001 devices drivers
780@end example
781
782@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:
783@example
784chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
785@end example
786
787@item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000788@example
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000789info usbhost
790 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
791 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
792@end example
793You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
794hubs, it won't work).
795
796@item Add the device in QEMU by using:
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000797@example
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200798device_add usb-host,vendorid=0x1234,productid=0x5678
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000799@end example
800
Thomas Hutha92ff8c2017-05-08 17:13:49 +0200801Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is plugged.
802You can use the option @option{-device usb-host,...} to do the same.
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000803
804@item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
805
806@end enumerate
807
808When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
809device to make it work again (this is a bug).
810
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000811@node vnc_security
812@section VNC security
813
814The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
815of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
816considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
817
818@menu
819* vnc_sec_none::
820* vnc_sec_password::
821* vnc_sec_certificate::
822* vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
823* vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +0000824* vnc_sec_sasl::
825* vnc_sec_certificate_sasl::
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000826* vnc_generate_cert::
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +0000827* vnc_setup_sasl::
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000828@end menu
829@node vnc_sec_none
830@subsection Without passwords
831
832The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
833For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
834socket only. For example
835
836@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200837qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000838@end example
839
840This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
841path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
842remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
843tunnel.
844
845@node vnc_sec_password
846@subsection With passwords
847
848The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
849the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
850to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
851a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
852authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
Paul Moore0f669982012-08-03 14:39:21 -0400853or UNIX domain sockets. Password authentication is not supported when operating
854in FIPS 140-2 compliance mode as it requires the use of the DES cipher. Password
855authentication is requested with the @code{password} option, and then once QEMU
856is running the password is set with the monitor. Until the monitor is used to
857set the password all clients will be rejected.
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000858
859@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200860qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000861(qemu) change vnc password
862Password: ********
863(qemu)
864@end example
865
866@node vnc_sec_certificate
867@subsection With x509 certificates
868
869The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
870TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
871The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
872own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
873support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
874client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
875
876@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200877qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000878@end example
879
880In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
881@code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
882users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
883NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
884only be readable by the user owning it.
885
886@node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
887@subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
888
889Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
890The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
891then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
892in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
893
894@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200895qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000896@end example
897
898
899@node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
900@subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
901
902Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
903to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
904
905@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200906qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000907(qemu) change vnc password
908Password: ********
909(qemu)
910@end example
911
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +0000912
913@node vnc_sec_sasl
914@subsection With SASL authentication
915
916The SASL authentication method is a VNC extension, that provides an
917easily extendable, pluggable authentication method. This allows for
918integration with a wide range of authentication mechanisms, such as
919PAM, GSSAPI/Kerberos, LDAP, SQL databases, one-time keys and more.
920The strength of the authentication depends on the exact mechanism
921configured. If the chosen mechanism also provides a SSF layer, then
922it will encrypt the datastream as well.
923
924Refer to the later docs on how to choose the exact SASL mechanism
925used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
926then QEMU can be launched with:
927
928@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200929qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +0000930@end example
931
932@node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
933@subsection With x509 certificates and SASL authentication
934
935If the desired SASL authentication mechanism does not supported
936SSF layers, then it is strongly advised to run it in combination
937with TLS and x509 certificates. This provides securely encrypted
938data stream, avoiding risk of compromising of the security
939credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
940with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
941
942@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +0200943qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +0000944@end example
945
946
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000947@node vnc_generate_cert
948@subsection Generating certificates for VNC
949
950The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
951be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
Stefan Weil40c5c6c2011-01-07 18:59:16 +0100952is necessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000953each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
954will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
955server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
956unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
957
958@menu
959* vnc_generate_ca::
960* vnc_generate_server::
961* vnc_generate_client::
962@end menu
963@node vnc_generate_ca
964@subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
965
966This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
967unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
968and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
969issued with it is lost.
970
971@example
972# certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
973@end example
974
975A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
976certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
977generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
978name of the organization.
979
980@example
981# cat > ca.info <<EOF
982cn = Name of your organization
983ca
984cert_signing_key
985EOF
986# certtool --generate-self-signed \
987 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
988 --template ca.info \
989 --outfile ca-cert.pem
990@end example
991
992The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
993TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
994
995@node vnc_generate_server
996@subsubsection Issuing server certificates
997
998Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
999the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1000The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1001be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1002will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1003secure CA private key:
1004
1005@example
1006# cat > server.info <<EOF
1007organization = Name of your organization
1008cn = server.foo.example.com
1009tls_www_server
1010encryption_key
1011signing_key
1012EOF
1013# certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1014# certtool --generate-certificate \
1015 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1016 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
Gonglei63c693f2014-11-03 20:48:30 +08001017 --load-privkey server-key.pem \
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +00001018 --template server.info \
1019 --outfile server-cert.pem
1020@end example
1021
1022The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1023to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1024sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1025
1026@node vnc_generate_client
1027@subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1028
1029If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1030certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1031a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1032the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1033the secure CA private key:
1034
1035@example
1036# cat > client.info <<EOF
1037country = GB
1038state = London
1039locality = London
Gonglei63c693f2014-11-03 20:48:30 +08001040organization = Name of your organization
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +00001041cn = client.foo.example.com
1042tls_www_client
1043encryption_key
1044signing_key
1045EOF
1046# certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1047# certtool --generate-certificate \
1048 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1049 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1050 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1051 --template client.info \
1052 --outfile client-cert.pem
1053@end example
1054
1055The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1056copied to the client for which they were generated.
1057
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +00001058
1059@node vnc_setup_sasl
1060
1061@subsection Configuring SASL mechanisms
1062
1063The following documentation assumes use of the Cyrus SASL implementation on a
1064Linux host, but the principals should apply to any other SASL impl. When SASL
1065is enabled, the mechanism configuration will be loaded from system default
1066SASL service config /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
1067unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
1068to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
1069
Daniel P. Berrangec6a9a9f2017-03-15 11:53:22 +00001070If the TLS option is enabled for VNC, then it will provide session encryption,
1071otherwise the SASL mechanism will have to provide encryption. In the latter
1072case the list of possible plugins that can be used is drastically reduced. In
1073fact only the GSSAPI SASL mechanism provides an acceptable level of security
1074by modern standards. Previous versions of QEMU referred to the DIGEST-MD5
1075mechanism, however, it has multiple serious flaws described in detail in
1076RFC 6331 and thus should never be used any more. The SCRAM-SHA-1 mechanism
1077provides a simple username/password auth facility similar to DIGEST-MD5, but
1078does not support session encryption, so can only be used in combination with
1079TLS.
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +00001080
Daniel P. Berrangec6a9a9f2017-03-15 11:53:22 +00001081When not using TLS the recommended configuration is
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +00001082
1083@example
1084mech_list: gssapi
1085keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
1086@end example
1087
Daniel P. Berrangec6a9a9f2017-03-15 11:53:22 +00001088This says to use the 'GSSAPI' mechanism with the Kerberos v5 protocol, with
1089the server principal stored in /etc/qemu/krb5.tab. For this to work the
1090administrator of your KDC must generate a Kerberos principal for the server,
1091with a name of 'qemu/somehost.example.com@@EXAMPLE.COM' replacing
1092'somehost.example.com' with the fully qualified host name of the machine
1093running QEMU, and 'EXAMPLE.COM' with the Kerberos Realm.
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +00001094
Daniel P. Berrangec6a9a9f2017-03-15 11:53:22 +00001095When using TLS, if username+password authentication is desired, then a
1096reasonable configuration is
1097
1098@example
1099mech_list: scram-sha-1
1100sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
1101@end example
1102
1103The saslpasswd2 program can be used to populate the passwd.db file with
1104accounts.
1105
1106Other SASL configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. Note that
1107all mechanisms except GSSAPI, should be combined with use of TLS to ensure a
1108secure data channel.
aliguori2f9606b2009-03-06 20:27:28 +00001109
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001110@node gdb_usage
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001111@section GDB usage
1112
1113QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001114'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001115
Stefan Weilb65ee4f2012-05-11 22:25:50 +02001116In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001117gdb connection:
1118@example
Stefan Weil3804da92012-05-11 22:21:50 +02001119qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1120 -append "root=/dev/hda"
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001121Connected to host network interface: tun0
1122Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1123@end example
1124
1125Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1126@example
1127> gdb vmlinux
1128@end example
1129
1130In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1131@example
bellard6c9bf892004-01-24 13:46:56 +00001132(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001133@end example
1134
1135Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1136@example
1137(gdb) c
1138@end example
1139
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001140Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1141
1142@enumerate
1143@item
1144Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1145@item
1146Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1147@item
1148Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
bellard294e8632006-05-06 14:23:06 +00001149@code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001150@end enumerate
1151
edgar_igl60897d32008-05-09 08:25:14 +00001152Advanced debugging options:
1153
Daniel P. Berrangeb6af0972015-08-26 12:17:13 +01001154The default single stepping behavior is step with the IRQs and timer service routines off. It is set this way because when gdb executes a single step it expects to advance beyond the current instruction. With the IRQs and timer service routines on, a single step might jump into the one of the interrupt or exception vectors instead of executing the current instruction. This means you may hit the same breakpoint a number of times before executing the instruction gdb wants to have executed. Because there are rare circumstances where you want to single step into an interrupt vector the behavior can be controlled from GDB. There are three commands you can query and set the single step behavior:
edgar_igl94d45e42008-05-10 19:37:44 +00001155@table @code
edgar_igl60897d32008-05-09 08:25:14 +00001156@item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1157
1158This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
1159@example
1160(gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
1161sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
1162received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
1163@end example
1164@item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1165
1166This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
1167@example
1168(gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
1169sending: "qqemu.sstep"
1170received: "0x7"
1171@end example
1172@item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
1173
1174This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
1175@example
1176(gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
1177sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
1178received: "OK"
1179@end example
edgar_igl94d45e42008-05-10 19:37:44 +00001180@end table
edgar_igl60897d32008-05-09 08:25:14 +00001181
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001182@node pcsys_os_specific
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001183@section Target OS specific information
1184
1185@subsection Linux
1186
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001187To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1188the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1189color depth in the guest and the host OS.
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001190
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001191When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1192@code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1193kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1194cannot simulate exactly.
1195
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00001196When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1197not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1198Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001199Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00001200patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1201
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001202@subsection Windows
1203
1204If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1205best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1206
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001207@subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1208
1209QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001210card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1211and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1212depth in the guest and the host OS.
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001213
bellard3cb08532006-06-21 21:19:50 +00001214If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1215resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
12161280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1217(option @option{-std-vga}).
1218
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001219@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1220
1221Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001222instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1223idle. You can install the utility from
Thomas Huth3ba34a72017-03-08 13:13:25 +01001224@url{http://web.archive.org/web/20060212132151/http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip}
1225to solve this problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001226
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00001227@subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001228
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00001229Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1230installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1231option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1232installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1233IDE transfers).
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001234
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +00001235@subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1236
1237Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1238can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1239use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1240
1241In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1242Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1243Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1244hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1245(again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001246correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +00001247
1248@subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1249
Thomas Huthc8c6afa2016-01-13 09:21:02 +01001250See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option
1251@option{'-netdev user,smb=...'}.
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +00001252
bellard2192c332006-08-21 20:28:18 +00001253@subsubsection Windows XP security problem
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001254
1255Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1256error when booting:
1257@example
1258A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1259license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1260@end example
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001261
bellard2192c332006-08-21 20:28:18 +00001262The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1263mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1264network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1265installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1266vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001267
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +00001268@subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1269
1270@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1271
1272DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
Thomas Huth3ba34a72017-03-08 13:13:25 +01001273it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility from
1274@url{http://web.archive.org/web/20051222085335/http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip}
1275to solve this problem.
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +00001276
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001277@node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001278@chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1279
1280QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1281machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001282differences are mentioned in the following sections.
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001283
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001284@menu
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001285* PowerPC System emulator::
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001286* Sparc32 System emulator::
1287* Sparc64 System emulator::
1288* MIPS System emulator::
1289* ARM System emulator::
1290* ColdFire System emulator::
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001291* Cris System emulator::
1292* Microblaze System emulator::
1293* SH4 System emulator::
Max Filippov3aeaea62011-10-10 14:48:23 +04001294* Xtensa System emulator::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001295@end menu
1296
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001297@node PowerPC System emulator
1298@section PowerPC System emulator
1299@cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001300
1301Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001302or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1303
bellardb671f9e2005-04-30 15:08:33 +00001304QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001305
1306@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001307@item
blueswir1006f3a42009-02-08 15:59:36 +00001308UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001309@item
1310PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001311@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +000013122 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001313@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001314NE2000 PCI adapters
1315@item
1316Non Volatile RAM
1317@item
1318VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1319@end itemize
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001320
bellardb671f9e2005-04-30 15:08:33 +00001321QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001322
1323@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001324@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001325PCI Bridge
1326@item
1327PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001328@item
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000013292 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1330@item
1331Floppy disk
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001332@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001333NE2000 network adapters
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001334@item
1335Serial port
1336@item
1337PREP Non Volatile RAM
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001338@item
1339PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001340@end itemize
1341
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001342QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001343@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001344
blueswir1992e5ac2008-12-24 20:23:51 +00001345Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS @url{http://www.openbios.org/}
blueswir1006f3a42009-02-08 15:59:36 +00001346for the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac machines. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL
1347v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100%
1348IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
blueswir1992e5ac2008-12-24 20:23:51 +00001349
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001350@c man begin OPTIONS
1351
1352The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
1353
1354@table @option
1355
Kevin Wolf4e257e52009-10-09 10:58:36 +02001356@item -g @var{W}x@var{H}[x@var{DEPTH}]
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001357
Mark Cave-Ayland340fb412014-03-17 21:46:26 +00001358Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x32.
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001359
Kevin Wolf4e257e52009-10-09 10:58:36 +02001360@item -prom-env @var{string}
blueswir195efd112008-12-24 20:26:14 +00001361
1362Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1363
1364@example
1365qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1366 -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \
1367 -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf'
1368@end example
1369
1370These variables are not used by Open Hack'Ware.
1371
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001372@end table
1373
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001374@c man end
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001375
1376
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001377More information is available at
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001378@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001379
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001380@node Sparc32 System emulator
1381@section Sparc32 System emulator
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001382@cindex system emulation (Sparc32)
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001383
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001384Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate the following
1385Sun4m architecture machines:
1386@itemize @minus
1387@item
1388SPARCstation 4
1389@item
1390SPARCstation 5
1391@item
1392SPARCstation 10
1393@item
1394SPARCstation 20
1395@item
1396SPARCserver 600MP
1397@item
1398SPARCstation LX
1399@item
1400SPARCstation Voyager
1401@item
1402SPARCclassic
1403@item
1404SPARCbook
1405@end itemize
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001406
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001407The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported,
1408but Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
1409
Blue Swirl6a4e1772013-04-14 18:10:28 +00001410QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001411
1412@itemize @minus
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001413@item
Blue Swirl6a4e1772013-04-14 18:10:28 +00001414IOMMU
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001415@item
Mark Cave-Ayland33632782014-03-17 21:46:25 +00001416TCX or cgthree Frame buffer
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001417@item
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001418Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
1419@item
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001420Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001421@item
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001422Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
1423and power/reset logic
1424@item
1425ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1426@item
blueswir16a3b9cc2007-11-11 17:56:38 +00001427Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00001428@item
1429CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001430@end itemize
1431
blueswir16a3b9cc2007-11-11 17:56:38 +00001432The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
1433memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
blueswir17d858922007-12-28 20:57:43 +00001434others 2047MB.
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00001435
bellard30a604f2006-06-14 18:35:18 +00001436Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
bellard0986ac32006-06-14 12:36:32 +00001437@url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
1438firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
14391275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001440
1441A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001442the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
Mark Cave-Ayland9bb9f212015-03-02 22:23:27 +00001443most kernel versions work. Please note that currently older Solaris kernels
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001444don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
1445Solaris.
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001446
1447@c man begin OPTIONS
1448
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00001449The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001450
1451@table @option
1452
Kevin Wolf4e257e52009-10-09 10:58:36 +02001453@item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001454
Mark Cave-Ayland33632782014-03-17 21:46:25 +00001455Set the initial graphics mode. For TCX, the default is 1024x768x8 with the
1456option of 1024x768x24. For cgthree, the default is 1024x768x8 with the option
1457of 1152x900x8 for people who wish to use OBP.
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001458
Kevin Wolf4e257e52009-10-09 10:58:36 +02001459@item -prom-env @var{string}
blueswir166508602007-05-01 14:16:52 +00001460
1461Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1462
1463@example
1464qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
1465 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
1466@end example
1467
Blue Swirl6a4e1772013-04-14 18:10:28 +00001468@item -M [SS-4|SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|LX|Voyager|SPARCClassic] [|SPARCbook]
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00001469
1470Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
1471
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001472@end table
1473
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001474@c man end
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001475
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001476@node Sparc64 System emulator
1477@section Sparc64 System emulator
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001478@cindex system emulation (Sparc64)
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00001479
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001480Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u
1481(UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic
Mark Cave-Ayland9bb9f212015-03-02 22:23:27 +00001482Niagara (T1) machine. The Sun4u emulator is mostly complete, being
1483able to run Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD in headless (-nographic) mode. The
Artyom Tarasenkoa2664ca2016-09-29 14:46:45 +02001484Sun4v emulator is still a work in progress.
1485
1486The Niagara T1 emulator makes use of firmware and OS binaries supplied in the S10image/ directory
1487of the OpenSPARC T1 project @url{http://download.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/opensparc/OpenSPARCT1_Arch.1.5.tar.bz2}
1488and is able to boot the disk.s10hw2 Solaris image.
1489@example
1490qemu-system-sparc64 -M niagara -L /path-to/S10image/ \
1491 -nographic -m 256 \
1492 -drive if=pflash,readonly=on,file=/S10image/disk.s10hw2
1493@end example
1494
bellardb7569212005-03-13 09:43:05 +00001495
blueswir1c7ba2182008-07-22 07:07:34 +00001496QEMU emulates the following peripherals:
bellard83469012005-07-23 14:27:54 +00001497
1498@itemize @minus
1499@item
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001500UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
bellard83469012005-07-23 14:27:54 +00001501@item
1502PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
1503@item
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001504PS/2 mouse and keyboard
1505@item
bellard83469012005-07-23 14:27:54 +00001506Non Volatile RAM M48T59
1507@item
1508PC-compatible serial ports
blueswir1c7ba2182008-07-22 07:07:34 +00001509@item
15102 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001511@item
1512Floppy disk
bellard83469012005-07-23 14:27:54 +00001513@end itemize
1514
blueswir1c7ba2182008-07-22 07:07:34 +00001515@c man begin OPTIONS
1516
1517The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation:
1518
1519@table @option
1520
Kevin Wolf4e257e52009-10-09 10:58:36 +02001521@item -prom-env @var{string}
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00001522
1523Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
1524
1525@example
1526qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
1527@end example
1528
Artyom Tarasenkoa2664ca2016-09-29 14:46:45 +02001529@item -M [sun4u|sun4v|niagara]
blueswir1c7ba2182008-07-22 07:07:34 +00001530
1531Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u.
1532
1533@end table
1534
1535@c man end
1536
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001537@node MIPS System emulator
1538@section MIPS System emulator
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001539@cindex system emulation (MIPS)
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00001540
thsd9aedc32007-12-17 03:47:55 +00001541Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
1542both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
1543@file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
aurel3288cb0a02008-04-08 05:57:37 +00001544Five different machine types are emulated:
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001545
1546@itemize @minus
1547@item
1548A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
1549@item
1550The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
1551@item
thsd9aedc32007-12-17 03:47:55 +00001552An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
ths6bf5b4e2007-10-17 13:08:32 +00001553@item
thsf0fc6f82007-10-17 13:39:42 +00001554MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
aurel3288cb0a02008-04-08 05:57:37 +00001555@item
1556A MIPS Magnum R4000 machine "magnum". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001557@end itemize
1558
1559The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
1560install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
1561emulated:
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00001562
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001563@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001564@item
ths6bf5b4e2007-10-17 13:08:32 +00001565A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001566@item
1567PC style serial port
1568@item
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001569PC style IDE disk
1570@item
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001571NE2000 network card
1572@end itemize
1573
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001574The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001575
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001576@itemize @minus
1577@item
ths0b64d002007-07-11 21:43:14 +00001578Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001579@item
1580PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
1581@item
1582The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
1583@item
Stefan Weil3a2eeac2009-06-06 18:05:58 +02001584PCI network cards (PCnet32 and others)
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001585@item
1586Malta FPGA serial device
1587@item
aurel321f605a72009-02-08 14:51:19 +00001588Cirrus (default) or any other PCI VGA graphics card
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001589@end itemize
1590
1591The ACER Pica emulation supports:
1592
1593@itemize @minus
1594@item
1595MIPS R4000 CPU
1596@item
1597PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
1598@item
1599PC Keyboard
1600@item
1601IDE controller
1602@end itemize
1603
Stefan Weilb5e49462011-11-13 22:24:26 +01001604The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
thsf0fc6f82007-10-17 13:39:42 +00001605to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
1606It supports:
ths6bf5b4e2007-10-17 13:08:32 +00001607
1608@itemize @minus
1609@item
1610A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
1611@item
1612PC style serial port
1613@item
1614MIPSnet network emulation
1615@end itemize
1616
aurel3288cb0a02008-04-08 05:57:37 +00001617The MIPS Magnum R4000 emulation supports:
1618
1619@itemize @minus
1620@item
1621MIPS R4000 CPU
1622@item
1623PC-style IRQ controller
1624@item
1625PC Keyboard
1626@item
1627SCSI controller
1628@item
1629G364 framebuffer
1630@end itemize
1631
1632
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001633@node ARM System emulator
1634@section ARM System emulator
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001635@cindex system emulation (ARM)
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001636
1637Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
1638machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
1639devices:
1640
1641@itemize @minus
1642@item
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00001643ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001644@item
1645Two PL011 UARTs
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001646@item
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001647SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00001648@item
1649PL110 LCD controller
1650@item
1651PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
pbrooka1bb27b2007-04-06 16:49:48 +00001652@item
1653PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00001654@end itemize
1655
1656The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
1657
1658@itemize @minus
1659@item
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00001660ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00001661@item
1662PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
1663@item
1664Four PL011 UARTs
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001665@item
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00001666SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
1667@item
1668PL110 LCD controller
1669@item
1670PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
1671@item
1672PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
1673PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001674This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
1675(eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00001676mapped control registers.
pbrooke6de1ba2006-06-16 21:48:48 +00001677@item
1678PCI OHCI USB controller.
1679@item
1680LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
pbrooka1bb27b2007-04-06 16:49:48 +00001681@item
1682PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001683@end itemize
1684
Paul Brook21a88942009-12-21 20:19:12 +00001685Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
1686including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
1687bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
1688of the box on these boards.
1689
1690Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1691enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
1692should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
1693disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
1694
Stefan Weil40c5c6c2011-01-07 18:59:16 +01001695The following devices are emulated:
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00001696
1697@itemize @minus
1698@item
Paul Brookf7c70322009-11-19 16:45:21 +00001699ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00001700@item
1701ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
1702@item
1703Four PL011 UARTs
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001704@item
Paul Brook0ef849d2009-11-16 17:06:43 +00001705SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00001706@item
1707PL110 LCD controller
1708@item
1709PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
1710@item
1711PCI host bridge
1712@item
1713PCI OHCI USB controller
1714@item
1715LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
pbrooka1bb27b2007-04-06 16:49:48 +00001716@item
1717PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00001718@end itemize
1719
balrogb00052e2007-04-30 02:22:06 +00001720The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
1721and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
1722
1723@itemize @minus
1724@item
1725Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
1726@item
1727NAND Flash memory
1728@item
1729IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
1730@item
1731On-chip OHCI USB controller
1732@item
1733On-chip LCD controller
1734@item
1735On-chip Real Time Clock
1736@item
1737TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
1738@item
1739Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
1740@item
1741GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
1742@item
balrog549444e2007-05-01 17:53:37 +00001743Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
balrogb00052e2007-04-30 02:22:06 +00001744@item
1745Three on-chip UARTs
1746@item
1747WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
1748@end itemize
1749
balrog02645922007-11-03 12:50:46 +00001750The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
1751following elements:
1752
1753@itemize @minus
1754@item
1755Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1756@item
1757ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
1758@item
1759On-chip LCD controller
1760@item
1761On-chip Real Time Clock
1762@item
1763TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
1764CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
1765@item
1766GPIO-connected matrix keypad
1767@item
1768Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1769@item
1770Three on-chip UARTs
1771@end itemize
1772
balrogc30bb262008-05-18 13:01:40 +00001773Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
1774emulation supports the following elements:
1775
1776@itemize @minus
1777@item
1778Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
1779@item
1780RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
1781@item
1782Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
1783display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
1784@item
1785TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
1786driven through SPI bus
1787@item
1788National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
1789through I@math{^2}C bus
1790@item
1791Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1792@item
1793Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
1794@item
Stefan Weil40c5c6c2011-01-07 18:59:16 +01001795A Bluetooth(R) transceiver and HCI connected to an UART
balrog2d564692008-11-09 02:24:54 +00001796@item
balrogc30bb262008-05-18 13:01:40 +00001797Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
1798TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
1799@item
1800TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
1801@item
1802TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
1803@item
1804Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
1805through CBUS
1806@end itemize
1807
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00001808The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
1809devices:
1810
1811@itemize @minus
1812@item
1813Cortex-M3 CPU core.
1814@item
181564k Flash and 8k SRAM.
1816@item
1817Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
1818@item
1819OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
1820@end itemize
1821
1822The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
1823devices:
1824
1825@itemize @minus
1826@item
1827Cortex-M3 CPU core.
1828@item
1829256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
1830@item
1831Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
1832@item
1833OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
1834@end itemize
1835
balrog57cd6e92008-05-07 12:23:32 +00001836The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
1837elements:
1838
1839@itemize @minus
1840@item
1841Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
1842@item
184332 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
1844@item
1845Up to 2 16550 UARTs
1846@item
1847MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
1848@item
1849MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
1850@item
Stefan Weile080e782010-02-05 23:52:00 +01001851128×64 display with brightness control
balrog57cd6e92008-05-07 12:23:32 +00001852@item
18532 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
1854@end itemize
1855
balrog997641a2008-12-15 02:05:00 +00001856The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
Stefan Weil40c5c6c2011-01-07 18:59:16 +01001857The emulation includes the following elements:
balrog997641a2008-12-15 02:05:00 +00001858
1859@itemize @minus
1860@item
1861Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
1862@item
1863ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
1864V1
18651 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
1866V2
18671 Flash of 32MB
1868@item
1869On-chip LCD controller
1870@item
1871On-chip Real Time Clock
1872@item
1873Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
1874@item
1875Three on-chip UARTs
1876@end itemize
1877
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001878A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
1879information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
1880
blueswir1d2c639d2009-01-24 18:19:25 +00001881@c man begin OPTIONS
1882
1883The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
1884
1885@table @option
1886
1887@item -semihosting
1888Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1889
1890On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
1891
1892Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1893so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1894
1895@end table
1896
Thomas Huthabc67eb2017-06-19 11:16:11 +02001897@c man end
1898
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001899@node ColdFire System emulator
1900@section ColdFire System emulator
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001901@cindex system emulation (ColdFire)
1902@cindex system emulation (M68K)
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +00001903
1904Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
1905The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
pbrook707e0112007-06-04 00:50:06 +00001906
1907The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
1908
1909@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001910@item
pbrook707e0112007-06-04 00:50:06 +00001911MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
1912@item
1913Three Two on-chip UARTs.
1914@item
1915Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
1916@end itemize
1917
1918The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +00001919
1920@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001921@item
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +00001922MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
1923@item
1924Two on-chip UARTs.
1925@end itemize
1926
blueswir1d2c639d2009-01-24 18:19:25 +00001927@c man begin OPTIONS
1928
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001929The following options are specific to the ColdFire emulation:
blueswir1d2c639d2009-01-24 18:19:25 +00001930
1931@table @option
1932
1933@item -semihosting
1934Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
1935
1936On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
1937
1938Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
1939so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
1940
1941@end table
1942
Thomas Huthabc67eb2017-06-19 11:16:11 +02001943@c man end
1944
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01001945@node Cris System emulator
1946@section Cris System emulator
1947@cindex system emulation (Cris)
1948
1949TODO
1950
1951@node Microblaze System emulator
1952@section Microblaze System emulator
1953@cindex system emulation (Microblaze)
1954
1955TODO
1956
1957@node SH4 System emulator
1958@section SH4 System emulator
1959@cindex system emulation (SH4)
1960
1961TODO
1962
Max Filippov3aeaea62011-10-10 14:48:23 +04001963@node Xtensa System emulator
1964@section Xtensa System emulator
1965@cindex system emulation (Xtensa)
1966
1967Two executables cover simulation of both Xtensa endian options,
1968@file{qemu-system-xtensa} and @file{qemu-system-xtensaeb}.
1969Two different machine types are emulated:
1970
1971@itemize @minus
1972@item
1973Xtensa emulator pseudo board "sim"
1974@item
1975Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 board
1976@end itemize
1977
Stefan Weilb5e49462011-11-13 22:24:26 +01001978The sim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similar
Max Filippov3aeaea62011-10-10 14:48:23 +04001979to one provided by the proprietary Tensilica ISS.
1980It supports:
1981
1982@itemize @minus
1983@item
1984A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
1985@item
1986Console and filesystem access via semihosting calls
1987@end itemize
1988
1989The Avnet LX60/LX110/LX200 emulation supports:
1990
1991@itemize @minus
1992@item
1993A range of Xtensa CPUs, default is the DC232B
1994@item
199516550 UART
1996@item
1997OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC
1998@end itemize
1999
2000@c man begin OPTIONS
2001
2002The following options are specific to the Xtensa emulation:
2003
2004@table @option
2005
2006@item -semihosting
2007Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
2008
2009Xtensa semihosting provides basic file IO calls, such as open/read/write/seek/select.
2010Tensilica baremetal libc for ISS and linux platform "sim" use this interface.
2011
2012Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
2013so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
2014
2015@end table
Thomas Huth3f2ce722017-05-22 22:53:29 +02002016
Thomas Huthabc67eb2017-06-19 11:16:11 +02002017@c man end
2018
Thomas Huth3f2ce722017-05-22 22:53:29 +02002019@node QEMU Guest Agent
2020@chapter QEMU Guest Agent invocation
2021
2022@include qemu-ga.texi
2023
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002024@node QEMU User space emulator
2025@chapter QEMU User space emulator
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002026
2027@menu
2028* Supported Operating Systems ::
Paolo Bonzini0722cc42016-10-06 15:22:05 +02002029* Features::
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002030* Linux User space emulator::
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002031* BSD User space emulator ::
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002032@end menu
2033
2034@node Supported Operating Systems
2035@section Supported Operating Systems
2036
2037The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2038
2039@itemize @minus
2040@item
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00002041Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002042@item
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002043BSD (referred as qemu-bsd-user)
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002044@end itemize
2045
Paolo Bonzini0722cc42016-10-06 15:22:05 +02002046@node Features
2047@section Features
2048
2049QEMU user space emulation has the following notable features:
2050
2051@table @strong
2052@item System call translation:
2053QEMU includes a generic system call translator. This means that
2054the parameters of the system calls can be converted to fix
2055endianness and 32/64-bit mismatches between hosts and targets.
2056IOCTLs can be converted too.
2057
2058@item POSIX signal handling:
2059QEMU can redirect to the running program all signals coming from
2060the host (such as @code{SIGALRM}), as well as synthesize signals from
2061virtual CPU exceptions (for example @code{SIGFPE} when the program
2062executes a division by zero).
2063
2064QEMU relies on the host kernel to emulate most signal system
2065calls, for example to emulate the signal mask. On Linux, QEMU
2066supports both normal and real-time signals.
2067
2068@item Threading:
2069On Linux, QEMU can emulate the @code{clone} syscall and create a real
2070host thread (with a separate virtual CPU) for each emulated thread.
2071Note that not all targets currently emulate atomic operations correctly.
2072x86 and ARM use a global lock in order to preserve their semantics.
2073@end table
2074
2075QEMU was conceived so that ultimately it can emulate itself. Although
2076it is not very useful, it is an important test to show the power of the
2077emulator.
2078
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002079@node Linux User space emulator
2080@section Linux User space emulator
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002081
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002082@menu
2083* Quick Start::
2084* Wine launch::
2085* Command line options::
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002086* Other binaries::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002087@end menu
2088
2089@node Quick Start
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002090@subsection Quick Start
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002091
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002092In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002093itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002094
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002095@itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002096
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002097@item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2098libraries:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002099
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002100@example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002101qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2102@end example
bellardfd429f22003-03-30 20:59:46 +00002103
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002104@code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2105@file{/} prefix.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00002106
Stefan Weilb65ee4f2012-05-11 22:25:50 +02002107@item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch QEMU with
2108QEMU (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00002109
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002110@example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002111qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2112@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002113
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002114@item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2115(@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2116@code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002117
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002118@example
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002119unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002120@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002121
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002122Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002123
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002124@example
2125qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2126@end example
Blue Swirl4c3b5a42011-01-20 20:54:21 +00002127You can look at @file{scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002128QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2129launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2130Linux kernel.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002131
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002132@item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2133@example
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002134qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2135 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002136@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002137
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002138@end itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002139
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002140@node Wine launch
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002141@subsection Wine launch
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002142
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002143@itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002144
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002145@item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2146distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2147able to do:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002148
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002149@example
2150qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2151@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002152
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002153@item Download the binary x86 Wine install
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002154(@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002155
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002156@item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002157@file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002158@code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002159
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002160@item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002161
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002162@example
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002163qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2164 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002165@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002166
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002167@end itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002168
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002169@node Command line options
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002170@subsection Command line options
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002171
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002172@example
Sitsofe Wheeler84851402016-01-13 20:50:26 +00002173@command{qemu-i386} [@option{-h]} [@option{-d]} [@option{-L} @var{path}] [@option{-s} @var{size}] [@option{-cpu} @var{model}] [@option{-g} @var{port}] [@option{-B} @var{offset}] [@option{-R} @var{size}] @var{program} [@var{arguments}...]
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002174@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002175
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002176@table @option
2177@item -h
2178Print the help
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +00002179@item -L path
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002180Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2181@item -s size
2182Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00002183@item -cpu model
Peter Maydellc8057f92012-08-02 13:45:54 +01002184Select CPU model (-cpu help for list and additional feature selection)
Stefan Weilf66724c2010-07-15 22:28:02 +02002185@item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2186Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2187@item -U @var{var}
2188Remove @var{var} from the environment.
Paul Brook379f6692009-07-17 12:48:08 +01002189@item -B offset
2190Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes. This is useful when
Stefan Weil1f5c3f82010-07-11 18:34:28 +02002191the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
2192This option is currently only supported on some hosts.
Paul Brook68a1c812010-05-29 02:27:35 +01002193@item -R size
2194Pre-allocate a guest virtual address space of the given size (in bytes).
Stefan Weil0d6753e2011-01-07 18:59:13 +01002195"G", "M", and "k" suffixes may be used when specifying the size.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002196@end table
2197
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002198Debug options:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002199
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002200@table @option
Peter Maydell989b6972013-02-26 17:52:40 +00002201@item -d item1,...
2202Activate logging of the specified items (use '-d help' for a list of log items)
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002203@item -p pagesize
2204Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00002205@item -g port
2206Wait gdb connection to port
aurel321b530a62009-04-05 20:08:59 +00002207@item -singlestep
2208Run the emulation in single step mode.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002209@end table
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002210
balrogb01bcae2007-12-16 13:05:59 +00002211Environment variables:
2212
2213@table @env
2214@item QEMU_STRACE
2215Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2216(NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2217space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2218incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2219format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2220flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
ths5cfdf932007-12-17 03:38:26 +00002221@end table
balrogb01bcae2007-12-16 13:05:59 +00002222
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002223@node Other binaries
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002224@subsection Other binaries
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002225
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002226@cindex user mode (Alpha)
2227@command{qemu-alpha} TODO.
2228
2229@cindex user mode (ARM)
2230@command{qemu-armeb} TODO.
2231
2232@cindex user mode (ARM)
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002233@command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2234binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2235configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2236
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002237@cindex user mode (ColdFire)
2238@cindex user mode (M68K)
pbrooke6e59062006-10-22 00:18:54 +00002239@command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2240(m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2241coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2242
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002243The binary format is detected automatically.
2244
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002245@cindex user mode (Cris)
2246@command{qemu-cris} TODO.
2247
2248@cindex user mode (i386)
2249@command{qemu-i386} TODO.
2250@command{qemu-x86_64} TODO.
2251
2252@cindex user mode (Microblaze)
2253@command{qemu-microblaze} TODO.
2254
2255@cindex user mode (MIPS)
2256@command{qemu-mips} TODO.
2257@command{qemu-mipsel} TODO.
2258
Marek Vasute6717112017-01-18 23:01:46 +01002259@cindex user mode (NiosII)
2260@command{qemu-nios2} TODO.
2261
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002262@cindex user mode (PowerPC)
2263@command{qemu-ppc64abi32} TODO.
2264@command{qemu-ppc64} TODO.
2265@command{qemu-ppc} TODO.
2266
2267@cindex user mode (SH4)
2268@command{qemu-sh4eb} TODO.
2269@command{qemu-sh4} TODO.
2270
2271@cindex user mode (SPARC)
blueswir134a3d232008-10-04 20:43:39 +00002272@command{qemu-sparc} can execute Sparc32 binaries (Sparc32 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2273
blueswir1a785e422007-10-20 08:09:05 +00002274@command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2275(Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2276
2277@command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2278SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2279
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002280@node BSD User space emulator
2281@section BSD User space emulator
2282
2283@menu
2284* BSD Status::
2285* BSD Quick Start::
2286* BSD Command line options::
2287@end menu
2288
2289@node BSD Status
2290@subsection BSD Status
2291
2292@itemize @minus
2293@item
2294target Sparc64 on Sparc64: Some trivial programs work.
2295@end itemize
2296
2297@node BSD Quick Start
2298@subsection Quick Start
2299
2300In order to launch a BSD process, QEMU needs the process executable
2301itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it.
2302
2303@itemize
2304
2305@item On Sparc64, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2306libraries:
2307
2308@example
2309qemu-sparc64 /bin/ls
2310@end example
2311
2312@end itemize
2313
2314@node BSD Command line options
2315@subsection Command line options
2316
2317@example
Sitsofe Wheeler84851402016-01-13 20:50:26 +00002318@command{qemu-sparc64} [@option{-h]} [@option{-d]} [@option{-L} @var{path}] [@option{-s} @var{size}] [@option{-bsd} @var{type}] @var{program} [@var{arguments}...]
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002319@end example
2320
2321@table @option
2322@item -h
2323Print the help
2324@item -L path
2325Set the library root path (default=/)
2326@item -s size
2327Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
Stefan Weilf66724c2010-07-15 22:28:02 +02002328@item -ignore-environment
2329Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
Stefan Weil40c5c6c2011-01-07 18:59:16 +01002330the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
Stefan Weilf66724c2010-07-15 22:28:02 +02002331@item -E @var{var}=@var{value}
2332Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
2333@item -U @var{var}
2334Remove @var{var} from the environment.
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002335@item -bsd type
2336Set the type of the emulated BSD Operating system. Valid values are
2337FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD (default).
2338@end table
2339
2340Debug options:
2341
2342@table @option
Peter Maydell989b6972013-02-26 17:52:40 +00002343@item -d item1,...
2344Activate logging of the specified items (use '-d help' for a list of log items)
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002345@item -p pagesize
2346Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
aurel321b530a62009-04-05 20:08:59 +00002347@item -singlestep
2348Run the emulation in single step mode.
blueswir184778502008-10-26 20:33:16 +00002349@end table
2350
Stefan Weil47eacb42010-02-05 23:52:01 +01002351
Paolo Bonzini78e87792016-10-06 16:12:11 +02002352@include qemu-tech.texi
2353
Daniel P. Berrangeeb22aec2017-07-25 12:36:38 +01002354@node Deprecated features
2355@appendix Deprecated features
2356
2357In general features are intended to be supported indefinitely once
2358introduced into QEMU. In the event that a feature needs to be removed,
2359it will be listed in this appendix. The feature will remain functional
2360for 2 releases prior to actual removal. Deprecated features may also
2361generate warnings on the console when QEMU starts up, or if activated
2362via a monitor command, however, this is not a mandatory requirement.
2363
2364Prior to the 2.10.0 release there was no official policy on how
2365long features would be deprecated prior to their removal, nor
2366any documented list of which features were deprecated. Thus
2367any features deprecated prior to 2.10.0 will be treated as if
2368they were first deprecated in the 2.10.0 release.
2369
2370What follows is a list of all features currently marked as
2371deprecated.
2372
2373@section System emulator command line arguments
2374
2375@subsection -drive boot=on|off (since 1.3.0)
2376
2377The ``boot=on|off'' option to the ``-drive'' argument is
2378ignored. Applications should use the ``bootindex=N'' parameter
2379to set an absolute ordering between devices instead.
2380
2381@subsection -tdf (since 1.3.0)
2382
2383The ``-tdf'' argument is ignored. The behaviour implemented
2384by this argument is now the default when using the KVM PIT,
2385but can be requested explicitly using
2386``-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=slew''.
2387
2388@subsection -no-kvm-pit-reinjection (since 1.3.0)
2389
2390The ``-no-kvm-pit-reinjection'' argument is now a
2391synonym for setting ``-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard''.
2392
2393@subsection -no-kvm-irqchip (since 1.3.0)
2394
2395The ``-no-kvm-irqchip'' argument is now a synonym for
2396setting ``-machine kernel_irqchip=off''.
2397
2398@subsection -no-kvm-pit (since 1.3.0)
2399
2400The ``-no-kvm-pit'' argument is ignored. It is no longer
2401possible to disable the KVM PIT directly.
2402
2403@subsection -no-kvm (since 1.3.0)
2404
2405The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2406``-machine accel=tcg''.
2407
2408@subsection -mon default=on (since 2.4.0)
2409
2410The ``default'' option to the ``-mon'' argument is
2411now ignored. When multiple monitors were enabled, it
2412indicated which monitor would receive log messages
2413from the various subsystems. This feature is no longer
2414required as messages are now only sent to the monitor
2415in response to explicitly monitor commands.
2416
2417@subsection -vnc tls (since 2.5.0)
2418
2419The ``-vnc tls'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2420``-object tls-creds-anon,id=tls0'' combined with
2421``-vnc tls-creds=tls0'
2422
2423@subsection -vnc x509 (since 2.5.0)
2424
2425The ``-vnc x509=/path/to/certs'' argument is now a
2426synonym for setting
2427``-object tls-creds-x509,dir=/path/to/certs,id=tls0,verify-peer=no''
2428combined with ``-vnc tls-creds=tls0'
2429
2430@subsection -vnc x509verify (since 2.5.0)
2431
2432The ``-vnc x509verify=/path/to/certs'' argument is now a
2433synonym for setting
2434``-object tls-creds-x509,dir=/path/to/certs,id=tls0,verify-peer=yes''
2435combined with ``-vnc tls-creds=tls0'
2436
2437@subsection -tftp (since 2.6.0)
2438
2439The ``-tftp /some/dir'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2440the ``-netdev user,tftp=/some/dir' argument. The new syntax
2441allows different settings to be provided per NIC.
2442
2443@subsection -bootp (since 2.6.0)
2444
2445The ``-bootp /some/file'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2446the ``-netdev user,bootp=/some/file' argument. The new syntax
2447allows different settings to be provided per NIC.
2448
2449@subsection -redir (since 2.6.0)
2450
2451The ``-redir ARGS'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2452the ``-netdev user,hostfwd=ARGS'' argument instead. The new
2453syntax allows different settings to be provided per NIC.
2454
2455@subsection -smb (since 2.6.0)
2456
2457The ``-smb /some/dir'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2458the ``-netdev user,smb=/some/dir'' argument instead. The new
2459syntax allows different settings to be provided per NIC.
2460
2461@subsection -net channel (since 2.6.0)
2462
2463The ``--net channel,ARGS'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2464the ``-netdev user,guestfwd=ARGS'' argument instead.
2465
2466@subsection -net vlan (since 2.9.0)
2467
Thomas Huth69001912017-08-10 13:44:26 +02002468The ``-net vlan=NN'' argument is partially replaced with the
Daniel P. Berrangeeb22aec2017-07-25 12:36:38 +01002469new ``-netdev'' argument. The remaining use cases will no
2470longer be directly supported in QEMU.
2471
2472@subsection -drive if=scsi (since 2.9.0)
2473
2474The ``-drive if=scsi'' argument is replaced by the the
2475``-device BUS-TYPE'' argument combined with ``-drive if=none''.
2476
2477@subsection -net dump (since 2.10.0)
2478
2479The ``--net dump'' argument is now replaced with the
2480``-object filter-dump'' argument which works in combination
2481with the modern ``-netdev`` backends instead.
2482
2483@subsection -hdachs (since 2.10.0)
2484
2485The ``-hdachs'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2486the ``cyls'', ``heads'', ``secs'', and ``trans'' properties
2487on the ``ide-hd'' device using the ``-device'' argument.
2488The new syntax allows different settings to be provided
2489per disk.
2490
2491@subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
2492
2493The ``-usbdevice DEV'' argument is now a synonym for setting
2494the ``-device usb-DEV'' argument instead. The deprecated syntax
2495would automatically enable USB support on the machine type.
2496If using the new syntax, USB support must be explicitly
2497enabled via the ``-machine usb=on'' argument.
2498
Eduardo Habkost3478eae2017-10-04 00:00:25 -03002499@subsection -nodefconfig (since 2.11.0)
2500
2501The ``-nodefconfig`` argument is a synonym for ``-no-user-config``.
2502
Daniel P. Berrangeeb22aec2017-07-25 12:36:38 +01002503@section qemu-img command line arguments
2504
2505@subsection convert -s (since 2.0.0)
2506
2507The ``convert -s snapshot_id_or_name'' argument is obsoleted
2508by the ``convert -l snapshot_param'' argument instead.
2509
2510@section System emulator human monitor commands
2511
Thomas Huthbd7adc82017-08-10 10:00:17 +02002512@subsection host_net_add (since 2.10.0)
2513
2514The ``host_net_add'' command is replaced by the ``netdev_add'' command.
2515
2516@subsection host_net_remove (since 2.10.0)
2517
2518The ``host_net_remove'' command is replaced by the ``netdev_del'' command.
2519
Daniel P. Berrangeeb22aec2017-07-25 12:36:38 +01002520@subsection usb_add (since 2.10.0)
2521
2522The ``usb_add'' command is replaced by the ``device_add'' command.
2523
2524@subsection usb_del (since 2.10.0)
2525
2526The ``usb_del'' command is replaced by the ``device_del'' command.
2527
2528@section System emulator devices
2529
2530@subsection ivshmem (since 2.6.0)
2531
2532The ``ivshmem'' device type is replaced by either the ``ivshmem-plain''
2533or ``ivshmem-doorbell`` device types.
2534
2535@subsection spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge (since 2.6.0)
2536
2537The ``spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge'' device type is replaced by
2538the ``spapr-pci-host-bridge'' device type.
2539
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002540@node License
2541@appendix License
2542
2543QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
2544
Thomas Huth2f8d8f02017-05-22 22:26:45 +02002545QEMU is released under the
2546@url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt,GNU General Public License},
2547version 2. Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file
2548@url{http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=LICENSE,LICENSE}.
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002549
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002550@node Index
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002551@appendix Index
2552@menu
2553* Concept Index::
2554* Function Index::
2555* Keystroke Index::
2556* Program Index::
2557* Data Type Index::
2558* Variable Index::
2559@end menu
2560
2561@node Concept Index
2562@section Concept Index
2563This is the main index. Should we combine all keywords in one index? TODO
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002564@printindex cp
2565
Stefan Weil7544a042010-02-05 23:52:03 +01002566@node Function Index
2567@section Function Index
2568This index could be used for command line options and monitor functions.
2569@printindex fn
2570
2571@node Keystroke Index
2572@section Keystroke Index
2573
2574This is a list of all keystrokes which have a special function
2575in system emulation.
2576
2577@printindex ky
2578
2579@node Program Index
2580@section Program Index
2581@printindex pg
2582
2583@node Data Type Index
2584@section Data Type Index
2585
2586This index could be used for qdev device names and options.
2587
2588@printindex tp
2589
2590@node Variable Index
2591@section Variable Index
2592@printindex vr
2593
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002594@bye