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bellard8f40c382006-09-20 20:28:05 +00004@settitle QEMU Emulator User Documentation
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bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00009@iftex
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000010@titlepage
11@sp 7
bellard8f40c382006-09-20 20:28:05 +000012@center @titlefont{QEMU Emulator}
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000013@sp 1
14@center @titlefont{User Documentation}
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000015@sp 3
16@end titlepage
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +000017@end iftex
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000018
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000019@ifnottex
20@node Top
21@top
22
23@menu
24* Introduction::
25* Installation::
26* QEMU PC System emulator::
27* QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +000028* QEMU User space emulator::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000029* compilation:: Compilation from the sources
30* Index::
31@end menu
32@end ifnottex
33
34@contents
35
36@node Introduction
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000037@chapter Introduction
38
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000039@menu
40* intro_features:: Features
41@end menu
42
43@node intro_features
bellard322d0c62003-06-15 23:29:28 +000044@section Features
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000045
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +000046QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator using dynamic translation to
47achieve good emulation speed.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000048
49QEMU has two operating modes:
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +000050
51@itemize @minus
52
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +000053@item
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +000054Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +000055example a PC), including one or several processors and various
56peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
57without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000058
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +000059@item
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +000060User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch
61processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can be used to
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +000062launch the Wine Windows API emulator (@url{http://www.winehq.org}) or
63to ease cross-compilation and cross-debugging.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +000064
65@end itemize
66
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +000067QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +000068performance.
bellard322d0c62003-06-15 23:29:28 +000069
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000070For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
71@itemize
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +000072@item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +000073@item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000074@item PREP (PowerPC processor)
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +000075@item G3 BW PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
76@item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
blueswir1ee76f822007-12-28 20:59:23 +000077@item Sun4m/Sun4c/Sun4d (32-bit Sparc processor)
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +000078@item Sun4u (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
thsd9aedc32007-12-17 03:47:55 +000079@item Malta board (32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processors)
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +000080@item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM)
81@item ARM Versatile baseboard (ARM)
82@item ARM RealView Emulation baseboard (ARM)
balrogb00052e2007-04-30 02:22:06 +000083@item Spitz, Akita, Borzoi and Terrier PDAs (PXA270 processor)
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +000084@item Luminary Micro LM3S811EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
85@item Luminary Micro LM3S6965EVB (ARM Cortex-M3)
pbrook707e0112007-06-04 00:50:06 +000086@item Freescale MCF5208EVB (ColdFire V2).
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +000087@item Arnewsh MCF5206 evaluation board (ColdFire V2).
balrog02645922007-11-03 12:50:46 +000088@item Palm Tungsten|E PDA (OMAP310 processor)
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000089@end itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +000090
thsd9aedc32007-12-17 03:47:55 +000091For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, 32-bit MIPS, Sparc32/64 and ColdFire(m68k) CPUs are supported.
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +000092
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000093@node Installation
bellard5b9f4572003-10-28 00:49:54 +000094@chapter Installation
95
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +000096If you want to compile QEMU yourself, see @ref{compilation}.
97
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +000098@menu
99* install_linux:: Linux
100* install_windows:: Windows
101* install_mac:: Macintosh
102@end menu
103
104@node install_linux
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000105@section Linux
106
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +0000107If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
108have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
bellard5b9f4572003-10-28 00:49:54 +0000109
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000110@node install_windows
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000111@section Windows
bellard8cd0ac22004-05-12 19:09:16 +0000112
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000113Download the experimental binary installer at
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000114@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
bellardd691f662003-03-24 21:58:34 +0000115
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000116@node install_mac
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000117@section Mac OS X
bellardd691f662003-03-24 21:58:34 +0000118
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000119Download the experimental binary installer at
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000120@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/@/download.html}.
bellarddf0f11a2003-05-28 00:27:57 +0000121
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000122@node QEMU PC System emulator
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000123@chapter QEMU PC System emulator
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000124
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000125@menu
126* pcsys_introduction:: Introduction
127* pcsys_quickstart:: Quick Start
128* sec_invocation:: Invocation
129* pcsys_keys:: Keys
130* pcsys_monitor:: QEMU Monitor
131* disk_images:: Disk Images
132* pcsys_network:: Network emulation
133* direct_linux_boot:: Direct Linux Boot
134* pcsys_usb:: USB emulation
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000135* vnc_security:: VNC security
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000136* gdb_usage:: GDB usage
137* pcsys_os_specific:: Target OS specific information
138@end menu
139
140@node pcsys_introduction
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000141@section Introduction
142
143@c man begin DESCRIPTION
144
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000145The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
146following peripherals:
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000147
148@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000149@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000150i440FX host PCI bridge and PIIX3 PCI to ISA bridge
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000151@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000152Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI VGA card or dummy VGA card with Bochs VESA
153extensions (hardware level, including all non standard modes).
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000154@item
155PS/2 mouse and keyboard
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000156@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001572 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000158@item
159Floppy disk
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000160@item
blueswir1c4a70602007-05-27 19:41:17 +0000161PCI/ISA PCI network adapters
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000162@item
bellard05d58182004-08-24 21:12:04 +0000163Serial ports
164@item
bellardc0fe3822005-11-05 18:55:28 +0000165Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
166@item
167ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
168@item
169Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000170@item
171PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000172@end itemize
173
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000174SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
175
bellardc0fe3822005-11-05 18:55:28 +0000176Note that adlib is only available when QEMU was configured with
177-enable-adlib
178
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000179QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
180VGA BIOS.
181
bellardc0fe3822005-11-05 18:55:28 +0000182QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
183
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000184@c man end
185
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000186@node pcsys_quickstart
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +0000187@section Quick Start
188
bellard285dc332003-10-27 23:58:04 +0000189Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000190
191@example
bellard285dc332003-10-27 23:58:04 +0000192qemu linux.img
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +0000193@end example
194
195Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
196
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +0000197@node sec_invocation
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000198@section Invocation
199
200@example
201@c man begin SYNOPSIS
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000202usage: qemu [options] [@var{disk_image}]
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000203@c man end
204@end example
205
206@c man begin OPTIONS
207@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0.
208
209General options:
210@table @option
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000211@item -M @var{machine}
212Select the emulated @var{machine} (@code{-M ?} for list)
bellard3dbbdc22005-11-06 18:20:37 +0000213
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000214@item -fda @var{file}
215@item -fdb @var{file}
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000216Use @var{file} as floppy disk 0/1 image (@pxref{disk_images}). You can
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +0000217use the host floppy by using @file{/dev/fd0} as filename (@pxref{host_drives}).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000218
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000219@item -hda @var{file}
220@item -hdb @var{file}
221@item -hdc @var{file}
222@item -hdd @var{file}
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000223Use @var{file} as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (@pxref{disk_images}).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000224
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000225@item -cdrom @var{file}
226Use @var{file} as CD-ROM image (you cannot use @option{-hdc} and
bellardbe3edd92004-06-03 12:48:45 +0000227@option{-cdrom} at the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +0000228using @file{/dev/cdrom} as filename (@pxref{host_drives}).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000229
balroge0e7ada2007-12-11 21:56:43 +0000230@item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
231
232Define a new drive. Valid options are:
233
234@table @code
235@item file=@var{file}
236This option defines which disk image (@pxref{disk_images}) to use with
237this drive.
238@item if=@var{interface}
239This option defines on which type on interface the drive is connected.
240Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash.
241@item bus=@var{bus},unit=@var{unit}
242These options define where is connected the drive by defining the bus number and
243the unit id.
244@item index=@var{index}
245This option defines where is connected the drive by using an index in the list
246of available connectors of a given interface type.
247@item media=@var{media}
248This option defines the type of the media: disk or cdrom.
249@item cyls=@var{c},heads=@var{h},secs=@var{s}[,trans=@var{t}]
250These options have the same definition as they have in @option{-hdachs}.
251@item snapshot=@var{snapshot}
252@var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and allows to enable snapshot for given drive (see @option{-snapshot}).
balrog33f00272007-12-24 14:33:24 +0000253@item cache=@var{cache}
254@var{cache} is "on" or "off" and allows to disable host cache to access data.
balroge0e7ada2007-12-11 21:56:43 +0000255@end table
256
257Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
258@example
259qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
260@end example
261
262Instead of @option{-hda}, @option{-hdb}, @option{-hdc}, @option{-hdd}, you can
263use:
264@example
265qemu -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
266qemu -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
267qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
268qemu -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
269@end example
270
271You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0:
272@example
273qemu -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
274@end example
275
276If you don't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive:
277@example
278qemu -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
279@end example
280
281You can connect a SCSI disk with unit ID 6 on the bus #0:
282@example
283qemu -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6
284@end example
285
286Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
287@example
288qemu -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
289qemu -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
290@end example
291
292By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically
293incremented:
294@example
295qemu -drive file=a -drive file=b"
296@end example
297is interpreted like:
298@example
299qemu -hda a -hdb b
300@end example
301
thseec85c22007-01-05 17:41:07 +0000302@item -boot [a|c|d|n]
303Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or Etherboot (n). Hard disk boot
304is the default.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000305
306@item -snapshot
307Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
308the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
ths42550fd2006-12-22 16:34:12 +0000309the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000310
bellard52ca8d62006-06-14 16:03:05 +0000311@item -no-fd-bootchk
312Disable boot signature checking for floppy disks in Bochs BIOS. It may
313be needed to boot from old floppy disks.
314
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000315@item -m @var{megs}
316Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000317
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000318@item -smp @var{n}
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000319Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
blueswir1a785e422007-10-20 08:09:05 +0000320CPUs are supported. On Sparc32 target, Linux limits the number of usable CPUs
321to 4.
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +0000322
bellard1d14ffa2005-10-30 18:58:22 +0000323@item -audio-help
324
325Will show the audio subsystem help: list of drivers, tunable
326parameters.
327
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000328@item -soundhw @var{card1}[,@var{card2},...] or -soundhw all
bellard1d14ffa2005-10-30 18:58:22 +0000329
330Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use ? to print all
331available sound hardware.
332
333@example
334qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib hda
335qemu -soundhw es1370 hda
bellard6a36d842005-12-18 20:34:32 +0000336qemu -soundhw all hda
bellard1d14ffa2005-10-30 18:58:22 +0000337qemu -soundhw ?
338@end example
bellarda8c490c2004-04-26 20:59:17 +0000339
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000340@item -localtime
341Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
342time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
343Windows.
344
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000345@item -startdate @var{date}
bellard7e0af5d02007-11-07 16:24:33 +0000346Set the initial date of the real time clock. Valid format for
347@var{date} are: @code{now} or @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or
348@code{2006-06-17}. The default value is @code{now}.
349
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000350@item -pidfile @var{file}
bellardf7cce892004-12-08 22:21:25 +0000351Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
352from a script.
353
ths71e3ceb2006-12-22 02:11:31 +0000354@item -daemonize
355Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. QEMU will not detach from
356standard IO until it is ready to receive connections on any of its devices.
357This option is a useful way for external programs to launch QEMU without having
358to cope with initialization race conditions.
359
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +0000360@item -win2k-hack
361Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
362Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
363slows down the IDE transfers).
364
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000365@item -option-rom @var{file}
366Load the contents of @var{file} as an option ROM.
367This option is useful to load things like EtherBoot.
ths9ae02552007-01-05 17:39:04 +0000368
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000369@item -name @var{name}
370Sets the @var{name} of the guest.
371This name will be display in the SDL window caption.
372The @var{name} will also be used for the VNC server.
thsc35734b2007-03-19 15:17:08 +0000373
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000374@end table
375
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000376Display options:
377@table @option
378
379@item -nographic
380
381Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
382you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
383command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
384the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
385with a serial console.
386
387@item -no-frame
388
389Do not use decorations for SDL windows and start them using the whole
390available screen space. This makes the using QEMU in a dedicated desktop
391workspace more convenient.
392
393@item -full-screen
394Start in full screen.
395
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000396@item -vnc @var{display}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000397
398Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
399you can have QEMU listen on VNC display @var{display} and redirect the VGA
400display over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb
401tablet device when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice
402tablet}). When using the VNC display, you must use the @option{-k}
403parameter to set the keyboard layout if you are not using en-us. Valid
404syntax for the @var{display} is
405
406@table @code
407
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000408@item @var{interface}:@var{d}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000409
410TCP connections will only be allowed from @var{interface} on display @var{d}.
411By convention the TCP port is 5900+@var{d}. Optionally, @var{interface} can
412be omitted in which case the server will bind to all interfaces.
413
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000414@item @var{unix}:@var{path}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000415
416Connections will be allowed over UNIX domain sockets where @var{path} is the
417location of a unix socket to listen for connections on.
418
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000419@item none
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000420
421VNC is initialized by not started. The monitor @code{change} command can be used
422to later start the VNC server.
423
424@end table
425
426Following the @var{display} value there may be one or more @var{option} flags
427separated by commas. Valid options are
428
429@table @code
430
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000431@item password
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000432
433Require that password based authentication is used for client connections.
434The password must be set separately using the @code{change} command in the
435@ref{pcsys_monitor}
436
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000437@item tls
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000438
439Require that client use TLS when communicating with the VNC server. This
440uses anonymous TLS credentials so is susceptible to a man-in-the-middle
441attack. It is recommended that this option be combined with either the
442@var{x509} or @var{x509verify} options.
443
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000444@item x509=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000445
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000446Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000447for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
448to the client. It is recommended that a password be set on the VNC server
449to provide authentication of the client when this is used. The path following
450this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to be loaded from.
451See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating certificates.
452
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000453@item x509verify=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000454
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000455Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000456for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
457to the client, and request that the client send its own x509 certificate.
458The server will validate the client's certificate against the CA certificate,
459and reject clients when validation fails. If the certificate authority is
460trusted, this is a sufficient authentication mechanism. You may still wish
461to set a password on the VNC server as a second authentication layer. The
462path following this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to
463be loaded from. See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating
464certificates.
465
466@end table
467
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000468@item -k @var{language}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +0000469
470Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
471French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
472keycodes (e.g. on Macs, with some X11 servers or with a VNC
473display). You don't normally need to use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows
474hosts.
475
476The available layouts are:
477@example
478ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
479da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
480de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
481@end example
482
483The default is @code{en-us}.
484
485@end table
486
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000487USB options:
488@table @option
489
490@item -usb
491Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
492
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000493@item -usbdevice @var{devname}
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +0000494Add the USB device @var{devname}. @xref{usb_devices}.
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000495@end table
496
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000497Network options:
498
499@table @option
500
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000501@item -net nic[,vlan=@var{n}][,macaddr=@var{addr}][,model=@var{type}]
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000502Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n}
blueswir1c4a70602007-05-27 19:41:17 +0000503= 0 is the default). The NIC is an ne2k_pci by default on the PC
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000504target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed. If no
505@option{-net} option is specified, a single NIC is created.
balrog549444e2007-05-01 17:53:37 +0000506Qemu can emulate several different models of network card.
507Valid values for @var{type} are
508@code{i82551}, @code{i82557b}, @code{i82559er},
509@code{ne2k_pci}, @code{ne2k_isa}, @code{pcnet}, @code{rtl8139},
pbrook7e049b82007-06-04 00:31:01 +0000510@code{smc91c111}, @code{lance} and @code{mcf_fec}.
blueswir1c4a70602007-05-27 19:41:17 +0000511Not all devices are supported on all targets. Use -net nic,model=?
512for a list of available devices for your target.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000513
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000514@item -net user[,vlan=@var{n}][,hostname=@var{name}]
bellard7e894632005-11-19 17:42:52 +0000515Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000516privilege to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client
pbrook115defd2006-04-16 11:06:58 +0000517hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
bellard3f1a88f2005-06-05 16:48:41 +0000518
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000519@item -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}]
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000520Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n} and
521use the network script @var{file} to configure it. The default
ths6a1cbf62007-02-02 00:37:56 +0000522network script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup}. Use @option{script=no} to
523disable script execution. If @var{name} is not
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000524provided, the OS automatically provides one. @option{fd}=@var{h} can be
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000525used to specify the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. Example:
bellard3f1a88f2005-06-05 16:48:41 +0000526
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000527@example
528qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap
529@end example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000530
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000531More complicated example (two NICs, each one connected to a TAP device)
532@example
533qemu linux.img -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \
534 -net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1
535@end example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000536
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +0000537
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000538@item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,fd=@var{h}][,listen=[@var{host}]:@var{port}][,connect=@var{host}:@var{port}]
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000539
540Connect the VLAN @var{n} to a remote VLAN in another QEMU virtual
541machine using a TCP socket connection. If @option{listen} is
542specified, QEMU waits for incoming connections on @var{port}
543(@var{host} is optional). @option{connect} is used to connect to
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000544another QEMU instance using the @option{listen} option. @option{fd}=@var{h}
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000545specifies an already opened TCP socket.
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000546
547Example:
548@example
549# launch a first QEMU instance
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000550qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
551 -net socket,listen=:1234
552# connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0
553# of the first instance
554qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
555 -net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000556@end example
557
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000558@item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,fd=@var{h}][,mcast=@var{maddr}:@var{port}]
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000559
560Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000561machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000562every QEMU with same multicast address @var{maddr} and @var{port}.
563NOTES:
564@enumerate
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000565@item
566Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same bus (assuming
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000567correct multicast setup for these hosts).
568@item
569mcast support is compatible with User Mode Linux (argument @option{eth@var{N}=mcast}), see
570@url{http://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000571@item
572Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000573@end enumerate
574
575Example:
576@example
577# launch one QEMU instance
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000578qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
579 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000580# launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000581qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
582 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000583# launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000584qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
585 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000586@end example
587
588Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
589@example
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000590# launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected
591# is UML's default)
592qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
593 -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
bellard3d830452005-12-18 16:36:49 +0000594# launch UML
595/path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
596@end example
597
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000598@item -net none
599Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
bellard039af322006-02-01 21:30:55 +0000600override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
601is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +0000602
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000603@item -tftp @var{dir}
bellard9bf05442004-08-25 22:12:49 +0000604When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
ths0db11372007-02-20 00:12:07 +0000605server. The files in @var{dir} will be exposed as the root of a TFTP server.
606The TFTP client on the guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command
607@code{bin} of the Unix TFTP client). The host IP address on the guest is as
608usual 10.0.2.2.
bellard9bf05442004-08-25 22:12:49 +0000609
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000610@item -bootp @var{file}
ths47d5d012007-02-20 00:05:08 +0000611When using the user mode network stack, broadcast @var{file} as the BOOTP
612filename. In conjunction with @option{-tftp}, this can be used to network boot
613a guest from a local directory.
614
615Example (using pxelinux):
616@example
617qemu -hda linux.img -boot n -tftp /path/to/tftp/files -bootp /pxelinux.0
618@end example
619
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000620@item -smb @var{dir}
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +0000621When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000622server so that Windows OSes can access to the host files in @file{@var{dir}}
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +0000623transparently.
624
625In the guest Windows OS, the line:
626@example
62710.0.2.4 smbserver
628@end example
629must be added in the file @file{C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS} (for windows 9x/Me)
630or @file{C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS} (Windows NT/2000).
631
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000632Then @file{@var{dir}} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +0000633
634Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
ths366dfc52006-12-11 18:35:08 +0000635@file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested successfully with smbd version
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +00006362.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3.
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +0000637
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000638@item -redir [tcp|udp]:@var{host-port}:[@var{guest-host}]:@var{guest-port}
bellard9bf05442004-08-25 22:12:49 +0000639
640When using the user mode network stack, redirect incoming TCP or UDP
641connections to the host port @var{host-port} to the guest
642@var{guest-host} on guest port @var{guest-port}. If @var{guest-host}
643is not specified, its value is 10.0.2.15 (default address given by the
644built-in DHCP server).
645
646For example, to redirect host X11 connection from screen 1 to guest
647screen 0, use the following:
648
649@example
650# on the host
651qemu -redir tcp:6001::6000 [...]
652# this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
653xterm -display :1
654@end example
655
656To redirect telnet connections from host port 5555 to telnet port on
657the guest, use the following:
658
659@example
660# on the host
661qemu -redir tcp:5555::23 [...]
662telnet localhost 5555
663@end example
664
665Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
666connect to the guest telnet server.
667
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000668@end table
669
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000670Linux boot specific: When using these options, you can use a given
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000671Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
672for easier testing of various kernels.
673
674@table @option
675
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000676@item -kernel @var{bzImage}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000677Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image.
678
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000679@item -append @var{cmdline}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000680Use @var{cmdline} as kernel command line
681
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000682@item -initrd @var{file}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000683Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
684
685@end table
686
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000687Debug/Expert options:
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000688@table @option
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000689
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000690@item -serial @var{dev}
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000691Redirect the virtual serial port to host character device
692@var{dev}. The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and
693@code{stdio} in non graphical mode.
694
695This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serials
696ports.
697
bellardc03b0f02006-09-03 14:10:53 +0000698Use @code{-serial none} to disable all serial ports.
699
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000700Available character devices are:
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000701@table @code
thsaf3a9032007-07-11 23:14:59 +0000702@item vc[:WxH]
703Virtual console. Optionally, a width and height can be given in pixel with
704@example
705vc:800x600
706@end example
707It is also possible to specify width or height in characters:
708@example
709vc:80Cx24C
710@end example
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000711@item pty
712[Linux only] Pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)
bellardc03b0f02006-09-03 14:10:53 +0000713@item none
714No device is allocated.
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000715@item null
716void device
bellardf8d179e2005-11-08 22:30:36 +0000717@item /dev/XXX
bellarde57a8c02005-11-10 23:58:52 +0000718[Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
bellardf8d179e2005-11-08 22:30:36 +0000719parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000720@item /dev/parport@var{N}
bellarde57a8c02005-11-10 23:58:52 +0000721[Linux only, parallel port only] Use host parallel port
ths5867c882007-02-17 23:44:43 +0000722@var{N}. Currently SPP and EPP parallel port features can be used.
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000723@item file:@var{filename}
724Write output to @var{filename}. No character can be read.
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000725@item stdio
726[Unix only] standard input/output
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000727@item pipe:@var{filename}
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000728name pipe @var{filename}
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000729@item COM@var{n}
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000730[Windows only] Use host serial port @var{n}
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000731@item udp:[@var{remote_host}]:@var{remote_port}[@@[@var{src_ip}]:@var{src_port}]
732This implements UDP Net Console.
733When @var{remote_host} or @var{src_ip} are not specified
734they default to @code{0.0.0.0}.
735When not using a specified @var{src_port} a random port is automatically chosen.
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000736
bellard951f1352006-06-27 21:02:43 +0000737If you just want a simple readonly console you can use @code{netcat} or
738@code{nc}, by starting qemu with: @code{-serial udp::4555} and nc as:
739@code{nc -u -l -p 4555}. Any time qemu writes something to that port it
740will appear in the netconsole session.
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000741
742If you plan to send characters back via netconsole or you want to stop
743and start qemu a lot of times, you should have qemu use the same
744source port each time by using something like @code{-serial
bellard951f1352006-06-27 21:02:43 +0000745udp::4555@@:4556} to qemu. Another approach is to use a patched
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000746version of netcat which can listen to a TCP port and send and receive
747characters via udp. If you have a patched version of netcat which
748activates telnet remote echo and single char transfer, then you can
749use the following options to step up a netcat redirector to allow
750telnet on port 5555 to access the qemu port.
751@table @code
bellard951f1352006-06-27 21:02:43 +0000752@item Qemu Options:
753-serial udp::4555@@:4556
754@item netcat options:
755-u -P 4555 -L 0.0.0.0:4556 -t -p 5555 -I -T
756@item telnet options:
757localhost 5555
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000758@end table
759
760
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000761@item tcp:[@var{host}]:@var{port}[,@var{server}][,nowait][,nodelay]
bellard951f1352006-06-27 21:02:43 +0000762The TCP Net Console has two modes of operation. It can send the serial
763I/O to a location or wait for a connection from a location. By default
764the TCP Net Console is sent to @var{host} at the @var{port}. If you use
bellardf5420862006-08-21 20:26:44 +0000765the @var{server} option QEMU will wait for a client socket application
766to connect to the port before continuing, unless the @code{nowait}
pbrookf7499982007-01-28 00:10:01 +0000767option was specified. The @code{nodelay} option disables the Nagle buffering
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000768algorithm. If @var{host} is omitted, 0.0.0.0 is assumed. Only
bellard951f1352006-06-27 21:02:43 +0000769one TCP connection at a time is accepted. You can use @code{telnet} to
770connect to the corresponding character device.
771@table @code
772@item Example to send tcp console to 192.168.0.2 port 4444
773-serial tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
774@item Example to listen and wait on port 4444 for connection
775-serial tcp::4444,server
776@item Example to not wait and listen on ip 192.168.0.100 port 4444
777-serial tcp:192.168.0.100:4444,server,nowait
778@end table
779
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000780@item telnet:@var{host}:@var{port}[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]
bellard951f1352006-06-27 21:02:43 +0000781The telnet protocol is used instead of raw tcp sockets. The options
782work the same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp}. The
783difference is that the port acts like a telnet server or client using
784telnet option negotiation. This will also allow you to send the
785MAGIC_SYSRQ sequence if you use a telnet that supports sending the break
786sequence. Typically in unix telnet you do it with Control-] and then
787type "send break" followed by pressing the enter key.
788
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000789@item unix:@var{path}[,server][,nowait]
thsffd843b2006-12-21 19:46:43 +0000790A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket. The option works the
791same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp} except the unix domain socket
792@var{path} is used for connections.
793
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000794@item mon:@var{dev_string}
ths20d8a3e2007-02-18 17:04:49 +0000795This is a special option to allow the monitor to be multiplexed onto
796another serial port. The monitor is accessed with key sequence of
797@key{Control-a} and then pressing @key{c}. See monitor access
798@ref{pcsys_keys} in the -nographic section for more keys.
799@var{dev_string} should be any one of the serial devices specified
800above. An example to multiplex the monitor onto a telnet server
801listening on port 4444 would be:
802@table @code
803@item -serial mon:telnet::4444,server,nowait
804@end table
805
bellard0bab00f2006-06-25 14:49:44 +0000806@end table
bellard05d58182004-08-24 21:12:04 +0000807
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000808@item -parallel @var{dev}
bellarde57a8c02005-11-10 23:58:52 +0000809Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @var{dev} (same
810devices as the serial port). On Linux hosts, @file{/dev/parportN} can
811be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
812parallel port.
813
814This option can be used several times to simulate up to 3 parallel
815ports.
816
bellardc03b0f02006-09-03 14:10:53 +0000817Use @code{-parallel none} to disable all parallel ports.
818
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000819@item -monitor @var{dev}
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000820Redirect the monitor to host device @var{dev} (same devices as the
821serial port).
822The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
823non graphical mode.
824
ths20d8a3e2007-02-18 17:04:49 +0000825@item -echr numeric_ascii_value
826Change the escape character used for switching to the monitor when using
827monitor and serial sharing. The default is @code{0x01} when using the
828@code{-nographic} option. @code{0x01} is equal to pressing
829@code{Control-a}. You can select a different character from the ascii
830control keys where 1 through 26 map to Control-a through Control-z. For
831instance you could use the either of the following to change the escape
832character to Control-t.
833@table @code
834@item -echr 0x14
835@item -echr 20
836@end table
837
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000838@item -s
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000839Wait gdb connection to port 1234 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000840@item -p @var{port}
pbrook4046d912007-01-28 01:53:16 +0000841Change gdb connection port. @var{port} can be either a decimal number
842to specify a TCP port, or a host device (same devices as the serial port).
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +0000843@item -S
844Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000845@item -d
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000846Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000847@item -hdachs @var{c},@var{h},@var{s},[,@var{t}]
bellard46d47672004-11-16 01:45:27 +0000848Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
849@var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
850translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +0000851all those parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
bellard46d47672004-11-16 01:45:27 +0000852images.
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +0000853
bellard87b47352006-08-17 17:22:54 +0000854@item -L path
855Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps.
856
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +0000857@item -std-vga
858Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is
bellard3cb08532006-06-21 21:19:50 +0000859Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0
860VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want to use high
861resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use this option.
862
bellard3c656342006-07-14 13:13:51 +0000863@item -no-acpi
864Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support. Use
865it if your guest OS complains about ACPI problems (PC target machine
866only).
867
bellardd1beab82006-10-02 19:44:22 +0000868@item -no-reboot
869Exit instead of rebooting.
870
bellardd63d3072004-10-03 13:29:03 +0000871@item -loadvm file
872Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
pbrook8e716212007-01-20 17:12:09 +0000873
874@item -semihosting
pbrooka87295e2007-05-26 15:09:38 +0000875Enable semihosting syscall emulation (ARM and M68K target machines only).
876
877On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
878On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
879
pbrook8e716212007-01-20 17:12:09 +0000880Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
881so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000882@end table
883
bellard3e11db92004-07-14 17:47:14 +0000884@c man end
885
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000886@node pcsys_keys
bellard3e11db92004-07-14 17:47:14 +0000887@section Keys
888
889@c man begin OPTIONS
890
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000891During the graphical emulation, you can use the following keys:
892@table @key
bellardf9859312004-10-03 14:33:10 +0000893@item Ctrl-Alt-f
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000894Toggle full screen
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000895
bellardf9859312004-10-03 14:33:10 +0000896@item Ctrl-Alt-n
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000897Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
898@table @emph
899@item 1
900Target system display
901@item 2
902Monitor
903@item 3
904Serial port
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000905@end table
906
bellardf9859312004-10-03 14:33:10 +0000907@item Ctrl-Alt
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000908Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
909@end table
910
bellard3e11db92004-07-14 17:47:14 +0000911In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
912@key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
913
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +0000914During emulation, if you are using the @option{-nographic} option, use
915@key{Ctrl-a h} to get terminal commands:
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000916
917@table @key
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000918@item Ctrl-a h
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000919Print this help
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000920@item Ctrl-a x
ths366dfc52006-12-11 18:35:08 +0000921Exit emulator
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000922@item Ctrl-a s
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000923Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
ths20d8a3e2007-02-18 17:04:49 +0000924@item Ctrl-a t
925toggle console timestamps
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000926@item Ctrl-a b
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000927Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000928@item Ctrl-a c
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000929Switch between console and monitor
bellarda1b74fe2004-05-08 13:26:35 +0000930@item Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
931Send Ctrl-a
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000932@end table
933@c man end
934
935@ignore
936
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000937@c man begin SEEALSO
938The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
939user mode emulator invocation.
940@c man end
941
942@c man begin AUTHOR
943Fabrice Bellard
944@c man end
945
946@end ignore
947
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +0000948@node pcsys_monitor
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000949@section QEMU Monitor
950
951The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
952emulator. You can use it to:
953
954@itemize @minus
955
956@item
thse5987522007-03-30 18:58:01 +0000957Remove or insert removable media images
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000958(such as CD-ROM or floppies).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000959
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +0000960@item
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000961Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
962from a disk file.
963
964@item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
965
966@end itemize
967
968@subsection Commands
969
970The following commands are available:
971
972@table @option
973
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000974@item help or ? [@var{cmd}]
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000975Show the help for all commands or just for command @var{cmd}.
976
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +0000977@item commit
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000978Commit changes to the disk images (if -snapshot is used).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000979
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +0000980@item info @var{subcommand}
981Show various information about the system state.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000982
983@table @option
984@item info network
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +0000985show the various VLANs and the associated devices
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +0000986@item info block
987show the block devices
988@item info registers
989show the cpu registers
990@item info history
991show the command line history
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +0000992@item info pci
993show emulated PCI device
994@item info usb
995show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
996@item info usbhost
997show all USB host devices
bellarda3c25992006-07-18 21:09:59 +0000998@item info capture
999show information about active capturing
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001000@item info snapshots
1001show list of VM snapshots
ths455204e2007-01-05 16:42:13 +00001002@item info mice
1003show which guest mouse is receiving events
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001004@end table
1005
1006@item q or quit
1007Quit the emulator.
1008
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001009@item eject [-f] @var{device}
thse5987522007-03-30 18:58:01 +00001010Eject a removable medium (use -f to force it).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001011
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001012@item change @var{device} @var{setting}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +00001013
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001014Change the configuration of a device.
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +00001015
1016@table @option
1017@item change @var{diskdevice} @var{filename}
1018Change the medium for a removable disk device to point to @var{filename}. eg
1019
1020@example
1021(qemu) change cdrom /path/to/some.iso
1022@end example
1023
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001024@item change vnc @var{display},@var{options}
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +00001025Change the configuration of the VNC server. The valid syntax for @var{display}
1026and @var{options} are described at @ref{sec_invocation}. eg
1027
1028@example
1029(qemu) change vnc localhost:1
1030@end example
1031
1032@item change vnc password
1033
1034Change the password associated with the VNC server. The monitor will prompt for
1035the new password to be entered. VNC passwords are only significant upto 8 letters.
1036eg.
1037
1038@example
1039(qemu) change vnc password
1040Password: ********
1041@end example
1042
1043@end table
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001044
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001045@item screendump @var{filename}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001046Save screen into PPM image @var{filename}.
1047
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001048@item mouse_move @var{dx} @var{dy} [@var{dz}]
ths455204e2007-01-05 16:42:13 +00001049Move the active mouse to the specified coordinates @var{dx} @var{dy}
1050with optional scroll axis @var{dz}.
1051
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001052@item mouse_button @var{val}
ths455204e2007-01-05 16:42:13 +00001053Change the active mouse button state @var{val} (1=L, 2=M, 4=R).
1054
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001055@item mouse_set @var{index}
ths455204e2007-01-05 16:42:13 +00001056Set which mouse device receives events at given @var{index}, index
1057can be obtained with
1058@example
1059info mice
1060@end example
1061
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001062@item wavcapture @var{filename} [@var{frequency} [@var{bits} [@var{channels}]]]
bellarda3c25992006-07-18 21:09:59 +00001063Capture audio into @var{filename}. Using sample rate @var{frequency}
1064bits per sample @var{bits} and number of channels @var{channels}.
1065
1066Defaults:
1067@itemize @minus
1068@item Sample rate = 44100 Hz - CD quality
1069@item Bits = 16
1070@item Number of channels = 2 - Stereo
1071@end itemize
1072
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001073@item stopcapture @var{index}
bellarda3c25992006-07-18 21:09:59 +00001074Stop capture with a given @var{index}, index can be obtained with
1075@example
1076info capture
1077@end example
1078
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001079@item log @var{item1}[,...]
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001080Activate logging of the specified items to @file{/tmp/qemu.log}.
1081
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001082@item savevm [@var{tag}|@var{id}]
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001083Create a snapshot of the whole virtual machine. If @var{tag} is
1084provided, it is used as human readable identifier. If there is already
1085a snapshot with the same tag or ID, it is replaced. More info at
1086@ref{vm_snapshots}.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001087
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001088@item loadvm @var{tag}|@var{id}
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001089Set the whole virtual machine to the snapshot identified by the tag
1090@var{tag} or the unique snapshot ID @var{id}.
1091
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001092@item delvm @var{tag}|@var{id}
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001093Delete the snapshot identified by @var{tag} or @var{id}.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001094
1095@item stop
1096Stop emulation.
1097
1098@item c or cont
1099Resume emulation.
1100
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001101@item gdbserver [@var{port}]
1102Start gdbserver session (default @var{port}=1234)
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001103
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001104@item x/fmt @var{addr}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001105Virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
1106
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001107@item xp /@var{fmt} @var{addr}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001108Physical memory dump starting at @var{addr}.
1109
1110@var{fmt} is a format which tells the command how to format the
1111data. Its syntax is: @option{/@{count@}@{format@}@{size@}}
1112
1113@table @var
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001114@item count
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001115is the number of items to be dumped.
1116
1117@item format
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001118can be x (hex), d (signed decimal), u (unsigned decimal), o (octal),
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001119c (char) or i (asm instruction).
1120
1121@item size
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001122can be b (8 bits), h (16 bits), w (32 bits) or g (64 bits). On x86,
1123@code{h} or @code{w} can be specified with the @code{i} format to
1124respectively select 16 or 32 bit code instruction size.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001125
1126@end table
1127
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001128Examples:
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001129@itemize
1130@item
1131Dump 10 instructions at the current instruction pointer:
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001132@example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001133(qemu) x/10i $eip
11340x90107063: ret
11350x90107064: sti
11360x90107065: lea 0x0(%esi,1),%esi
11370x90107069: lea 0x0(%edi,1),%edi
11380x90107070: ret
11390x90107071: jmp 0x90107080
11400x90107073: nop
11410x90107074: nop
11420x90107075: nop
11430x90107076: nop
1144@end example
1145
1146@item
1147Dump 80 16 bit values at the start of the video memory.
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001148@smallexample
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001149(qemu) xp/80hx 0xb8000
11500x000b8000: 0x0b50 0x0b6c 0x0b65 0x0b78 0x0b38 0x0b36 0x0b2f 0x0b42
11510x000b8010: 0x0b6f 0x0b63 0x0b68 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b56 0x0b47 0x0b41
11520x000b8020: 0x0b42 0x0b69 0x0b6f 0x0b73 0x0b20 0x0b63 0x0b75 0x0b72
11530x000b8030: 0x0b72 0x0b65 0x0b6e 0x0b74 0x0b2d 0x0b63 0x0b76 0x0b73
11540x000b8040: 0x0b20 0x0b30 0x0b35 0x0b20 0x0b4e 0x0b6f 0x0b76 0x0b20
11550x000b8050: 0x0b32 0x0b30 0x0b30 0x0b33 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
11560x000b8060: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
11570x000b8070: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
11580x000b8080: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
11590x000b8090: 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720 0x0720
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001160@end smallexample
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001161@end itemize
1162
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001163@item p or print/@var{fmt} @var{expr}
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001164
1165Print expression value. Only the @var{format} part of @var{fmt} is
1166used.
1167
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001168@item sendkey @var{keys}
bellarda3a91a32004-06-04 11:06:21 +00001169
1170Send @var{keys} to the emulator. Use @code{-} to press several keys
1171simultaneously. Example:
1172@example
1173sendkey ctrl-alt-f1
1174@end example
1175
1176This command is useful to send keys that your graphical user interface
1177intercepts at low level, such as @code{ctrl-alt-f1} in X Window.
1178
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001179@item system_reset
1180
1181Reset the system.
1182
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001183@item usb_add @var{devname}
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001184
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001185Add the USB device @var{devname}. For details of available devices see
1186@ref{usb_devices}
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001187
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001188@item usb_del @var{devname}
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001189
1190Remove the USB device @var{devname} from the QEMU virtual USB
1191hub. @var{devname} has the syntax @code{bus.addr}. Use the monitor
1192command @code{info usb} to see the devices you can remove.
1193
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001194@end table
1195
1196@subsection Integer expressions
1197
1198The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
1199argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
1200CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
1201
1202@node disk_images
1203@section Disk Images
1204
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001205Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
1206growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001207written), compressed and encrypted disk images. Version 0.8.3 added
1208the new qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM
1209snapshots.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001210
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001211@menu
1212* disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
1213* disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001214* vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001215* qemu_img_invocation:: qemu-img Invocation
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001216* host_drives:: Using host drives
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001217* disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images
1218@end menu
1219
1220@node disk_images_quickstart
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001221@subsection Quick start for disk image creation
1222
1223You can create a disk image with the command:
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001224@example
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001225qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001226@end example
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001227where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
1228size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
1229megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
1230
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001231See @ref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001232
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001233@node disk_images_snapshot_mode
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001234@subsection Snapshot mode
1235
1236If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
1237considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
1238a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001239write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
1240command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001241
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001242@node vm_snapshots
1243@subsection VM snapshots
1244
1245VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
1246CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
1247disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
1248removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
1249format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
1250
1251Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
1252replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
bellard19d36792006-08-07 21:34:34 +00001253snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001254
1255Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
1256a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
1257with their associated information:
1258
1259@example
1260(qemu) info snapshots
1261Snapshot devices: hda
1262Snapshot list (from hda):
1263ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
12641 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
12652 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
12663 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
1267@end example
1268
1269A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
1270@code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
1271The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
1272and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
1273every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
1274to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
1275associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
bellard19d36792006-08-07 21:34:34 +00001276disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
1277disk images).
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001278
1279When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
1280(@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
1281but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
1282
1283VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
1284@itemize
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001285@item
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001286They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
1287inserted after a snapshot is done.
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001288@item
bellard13a2e802006-08-06 14:50:31 +00001289A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
1290state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
1291@end itemize
1292
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001293@node qemu_img_invocation
1294@subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00001295
bellardacd935e2004-11-15 22:57:26 +00001296@include qemu-img.texi
bellard05efe462004-06-16 20:34:33 +00001297
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001298@node host_drives
1299@subsection Using host drives
1300
1301In addition to disk image files, QEMU can directly access host
1302devices. We describe here the usage for QEMU version >= 0.8.3.
1303
1304@subsubsection Linux
1305
1306On Linux, you can directly use the host device filename instead of a
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001307disk image filename provided you have enough privileges to access
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001308it. For example, use @file{/dev/cdrom} to access to the CDROM or
1309@file{/dev/fd0} for the floppy.
1310
bellardf5420862006-08-21 20:26:44 +00001311@table @code
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001312@item CD
1313You can specify a CDROM device even if no CDROM is loaded. QEMU has
1314specific code to detect CDROM insertion or removal. CDROM ejection by
1315the guest OS is supported. Currently only data CDs are supported.
1316@item Floppy
1317You can specify a floppy device even if no floppy is loaded. Floppy
1318removal is currently not detected accurately (if you change floppy
1319without doing floppy access while the floppy is not loaded, the guest
1320OS will think that the same floppy is loaded).
1321@item Hard disks
1322Hard disks can be used. Normally you must specify the whole disk
1323(@file{/dev/hdb} instead of @file{/dev/hdb1}) so that the guest OS can
1324see it as a partitioned disk. WARNING: unless you know what you do, it
1325is better to only make READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise
1326you may corrupt your host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command
1327line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
1328@end table
1329
1330@subsubsection Windows
1331
bellard01781962007-01-07 22:43:30 +00001332@table @code
1333@item CD
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001334The preferred syntax is the drive letter (e.g. @file{d:}). The
bellard01781962007-01-07 22:43:30 +00001335alternate syntax @file{\\.\d:} is supported. @file{/dev/cdrom} is
1336supported as an alias to the first CDROM drive.
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001337
thse5987522007-03-30 18:58:01 +00001338Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001339is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
1340change or eject media.
bellard01781962007-01-07 22:43:30 +00001341@item Hard disks
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001342Hard disks can be used with the syntax: @file{\\.\PhysicalDrive@var{N}}
bellard01781962007-01-07 22:43:30 +00001343where @var{N} is the drive number (0 is the first hard disk).
1344
1345WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make
1346READ-ONLY accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your
1347host data (use the @option{-snapshot} command line so that the
1348modifications are written in a temporary file).
1349@end table
1350
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001351
1352@subsubsection Mac OS X
1353
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001354@file{/dev/cdrom} is an alias to the first CDROM.
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001355
thse5987522007-03-30 18:58:01 +00001356Currently there is no specific code to handle removable media, so it
bellard19cb3732006-08-19 11:45:59 +00001357is better to use the @code{change} or @code{eject} monitor commands to
1358change or eject media.
1359
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001360@node disk_images_fat_images
bellard2c6cadd2005-12-18 18:31:45 +00001361@subsection Virtual FAT disk images
1362
1363QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
1364directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
1365
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001366@example
bellard2c6cadd2005-12-18 18:31:45 +00001367qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
1368@end example
1369
1370Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
1371directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
1372them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
1373
1374Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
1375
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001376@example
bellard2c6cadd2005-12-18 18:31:45 +00001377qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
1378@end example
1379
1380A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
1381@code{:rw:} option:
1382
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001383@example
bellard2c6cadd2005-12-18 18:31:45 +00001384qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
1385@end example
1386
1387What you should @emph{never} do:
1388@itemize
1389@item use non-ASCII filenames ;
1390@item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
bellard85b2c682005-12-19 22:12:34 +00001391@item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
1392@item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
bellard2c6cadd2005-12-18 18:31:45 +00001393@end itemize
1394
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001395@node pcsys_network
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001396@section Network emulation
1397
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001398QEMU can simulate several network cards (PCI or ISA cards on the PC
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001399target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
1400Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
1401VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001402simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non privileged user mode
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001403network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
1404connection.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001405
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001406@subsection VLANs
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001407
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001408QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
1409connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
1410example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
1411(TAP devices).
1412
1413@subsection Using TAP network interfaces
1414
1415This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
1416a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
1417can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001418
bellard8f40c382006-09-20 20:28:05 +00001419@subsubsection Linux host
1420
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001421As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
1422archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
1423configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
1424contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001425that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001426device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
1427
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001428See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
1429TAP network interfaces.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001430
bellard8f40c382006-09-20 20:28:05 +00001431@subsubsection Windows host
1432
1433There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
1434TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
1435so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
1436so download OpenVPN from : @url{http://openvpn.net/}.
1437
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001438@subsection Using the user mode network stack
1439
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001440By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
1441@option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001442network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001443network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001444
1445@example
1446
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001447 QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
1448 | (10.0.2.2)
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001449 |
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +00001450 ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +00001451 |
bellard2518bd02004-09-30 22:35:13 +00001452 ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001453@end example
1454
1455The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
1456incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001457configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
1458to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001459
1460In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
1461the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
146210.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
1463
bellardb415a402004-05-23 21:04:06 +00001464Note that @code{ping} is not supported reliably to the internet as it
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001465would require root privileges. It means you can only ping the local
bellardb415a402004-05-23 21:04:06 +00001466router (10.0.2.2).
1467
bellard9bf05442004-08-25 22:12:49 +00001468When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
1469server.
1470
1471When using the @option{-redir} option, TCP or UDP connections can be
1472redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
1473redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
bellard443f1372004-06-04 11:13:20 +00001474
bellard41d03942005-11-15 23:02:53 +00001475@subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
1476
1477Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
1478that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
1479basic example.
1480
bellard9d4fb822004-04-26 20:55:38 +00001481@node direct_linux_boot
1482@section Direct Linux Boot
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001483
1484This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
1485having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001486kernel testing.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00001487
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001488The syntax is:
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00001489@example
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001490qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00001491@end example
1492
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001493Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
1494@option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
1495@option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
1496
1497When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
1498@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
1499Linux kernel.
1500
1501If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
1502the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
1503@option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00001504@example
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001505qemu -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1506 -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00001507@end example
1508
bellardee0f4752006-08-19 16:56:18 +00001509Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
1510monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
bellardd5a0b502003-06-27 12:02:03 +00001511
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001512@node pcsys_usb
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001513@section USB emulation
1514
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001515QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller. You can virtually plug
1516virtual USB devices or real host USB devices (experimental, works only
1517on Linux hosts). Qemu will automatically create and connect virtual USB hubs
bellardf5420862006-08-21 20:26:44 +00001518as necessary to connect multiple USB devices.
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001519
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001520@menu
1521* usb_devices::
1522* host_usb_devices::
1523@end menu
1524@node usb_devices
1525@subsection Connecting USB devices
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001526
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001527USB devices can be connected with the @option{-usbdevice} commandline option
1528or the @code{usb_add} monitor command. Available devices are:
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001529
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001530@table @var
1531@item @code{mouse}
1532Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
1533@item @code{tablet}
bellardc6d46c22006-09-03 17:10:41 +00001534Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen).
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001535This means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having
1536to grab the mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001537@item @code{disk:@var{file}}
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001538Mass storage device based on @var{file} (@pxref{disk_images})
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001539@item @code{host:@var{bus.addr}}
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001540Pass through the host device identified by @var{bus.addr}
1541(Linux only)
ths89dfe892007-11-21 22:38:37 +00001542@item @code{host:@var{vendor_id:product_id}}
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001543Pass through the host device identified by @var{vendor_id:product_id}
1544(Linux only)
balrogf6d2a312007-06-10 19:21:04 +00001545@item @code{wacom-tablet}
1546Virtual Wacom PenPartner tablet. This device is similar to the @code{tablet}
1547above but it can be used with the tslib library because in addition to touch
1548coordinates it reports touch pressure.
balrog47b2d332007-06-22 08:16:00 +00001549@item @code{keyboard}
1550Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001551@end table
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001552
pbrook0aff66b2006-05-26 00:49:52 +00001553@node host_usb_devices
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001554@subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
1555
1556WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
1557using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
1558Cameras) are not supported yet.
1559
1560@enumerate
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001561@item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001562is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
1563disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
1564to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
1565
1566@item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
1567@example
1568ls /proc/bus/usb
1569001 devices drivers
1570@end example
1571
1572@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:
1573@example
1574chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
1575@end example
1576
1577@item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001578@example
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001579info usbhost
1580 Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
1581 Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
1582@end example
1583You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
1584hubs, it won't work).
1585
1586@item Add the device in QEMU by using:
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001587@example
bellardb389dbf2005-11-06 16:49:55 +00001588usb_add host:1234:5678
1589@end example
1590
1591Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
1592plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
1593
1594@item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
1595
1596@end enumerate
1597
1598When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
1599device to make it work again (this is a bug).
1600
thsf858dca2007-08-25 01:40:37 +00001601@node vnc_security
1602@section VNC security
1603
1604The VNC server capability provides access to the graphical console
1605of the guest VM across the network. This has a number of security
1606considerations depending on the deployment scenarios.
1607
1608@menu
1609* vnc_sec_none::
1610* vnc_sec_password::
1611* vnc_sec_certificate::
1612* vnc_sec_certificate_verify::
1613* vnc_sec_certificate_pw::
1614* vnc_generate_cert::
1615@end menu
1616@node vnc_sec_none
1617@subsection Without passwords
1618
1619The simplest VNC server setup does not include any form of authentication.
1620For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
1621socket only. For example
1622
1623@example
1624qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
1625@end example
1626
1627This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
1628path can access the VNC server. To securely access the VNC server from a
1629remote machine, a combination of netcat+ssh can be used to provide a secure
1630tunnel.
1631
1632@node vnc_sec_password
1633@subsection With passwords
1634
1635The VNC protocol has limited support for password based authentication. Since
1636the protocol limits passwords to 8 characters it should not be considered
1637to provide high security. The password can be fairly easily brute-forced by
1638a client making repeat connections. For this reason, a VNC server using password
1639authentication should be restricted to only listen on the loopback interface
1640or UNIX domain sockets. Password ayuthentication is requested with the @code{password}
1641option, and then once QEMU is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
1642the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected.
1643
1644@example
1645qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
1646(qemu) change vnc password
1647Password: ********
1648(qemu)
1649@end example
1650
1651@node vnc_sec_certificate
1652@subsection With x509 certificates
1653
1654The QEMU VNC server also implements the VeNCrypt extension allowing use of
1655TLS for encryption of the session, and x509 certificates for authentication.
1656The use of x509 certificates is strongly recommended, because TLS on its
1657own is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Basic x509 certificate
1658support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
1659client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
1660
1661@example
1662qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1663@end example
1664
1665In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
1666@code{ca-cert.pem}, @code{server-cert.pem} and @code{server-key.pem}. Unprivileged
1667users will want to use a private directory, for example @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1668NB the @code{server-key.pem} file should be protected with file mode 0600 to
1669only be readable by the user owning it.
1670
1671@node vnc_sec_certificate_verify
1672@subsection With x509 certificates and client verification
1673
1674Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
1675The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
1676then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
1677in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
1678
1679@example
1680qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1681@end example
1682
1683
1684@node vnc_sec_certificate_pw
1685@subsection With x509 certificates, client verification and passwords
1686
1687Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
1688to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
1689
1690@example
1691qemu [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
1692(qemu) change vnc password
1693Password: ********
1694(qemu)
1695@end example
1696
1697@node vnc_generate_cert
1698@subsection Generating certificates for VNC
1699
1700The GNU TLS packages provides a command called @code{certtool} which can
1701be used to generate certificates and keys in PEM format. At a minimum it
1702is neccessary to setup a certificate authority, and issue certificates to
1703each server. If using certificates for authentication, then each client
1704will also need to be issued a certificate. The recommendation is for the
1705server to keep its certificates in either @code{/etc/pki/qemu} or for
1706unprivileged users in @code{$HOME/.pki/qemu}.
1707
1708@menu
1709* vnc_generate_ca::
1710* vnc_generate_server::
1711* vnc_generate_client::
1712@end menu
1713@node vnc_generate_ca
1714@subsubsection Setup the Certificate Authority
1715
1716This step only needs to be performed once per organization / organizational
1717unit. First the CA needs a private key. This key must be kept VERY secret
1718and secure. If this key is compromised the entire trust chain of the certificates
1719issued with it is lost.
1720
1721@example
1722# certtool --generate-privkey > ca-key.pem
1723@end example
1724
1725A CA needs to have a public certificate. For simplicity it can be a self-signed
1726certificate, or one issue by a commercial certificate issuing authority. To
1727generate a self-signed certificate requires one core piece of information, the
1728name of the organization.
1729
1730@example
1731# cat > ca.info <<EOF
1732cn = Name of your organization
1733ca
1734cert_signing_key
1735EOF
1736# certtool --generate-self-signed \
1737 --load-privkey ca-key.pem
1738 --template ca.info \
1739 --outfile ca-cert.pem
1740@end example
1741
1742The @code{ca-cert.pem} file should be copied to all servers and clients wishing to utilize
1743TLS support in the VNC server. The @code{ca-key.pem} must not be disclosed/copied at all.
1744
1745@node vnc_generate_server
1746@subsubsection Issuing server certificates
1747
1748Each server (or host) needs to be issued with a key and certificate. When connecting
1749the certificate is sent to the client which validates it against the CA certificate.
1750The core piece of information for a server certificate is the hostname. This should
1751be the fully qualified hostname that the client will connect with, since the client
1752will typically also verify the hostname in the certificate. On the host holding the
1753secure CA private key:
1754
1755@example
1756# cat > server.info <<EOF
1757organization = Name of your organization
1758cn = server.foo.example.com
1759tls_www_server
1760encryption_key
1761signing_key
1762EOF
1763# certtool --generate-privkey > server-key.pem
1764# certtool --generate-certificate \
1765 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1766 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1767 --load-privkey server server-key.pem \
1768 --template server.info \
1769 --outfile server-cert.pem
1770@end example
1771
1772The @code{server-key.pem} and @code{server-cert.pem} files should now be securely copied
1773to the server for which they were generated. The @code{server-key.pem} is security
1774sensitive and should be kept protected with file mode 0600 to prevent disclosure.
1775
1776@node vnc_generate_client
1777@subsubsection Issuing client certificates
1778
1779If the QEMU VNC server is to use the @code{x509verify} option to validate client
1780certificates as its authentication mechanism, each client also needs to be issued
1781a certificate. The client certificate contains enough metadata to uniquely identify
1782the client, typically organization, state, city, building, etc. On the host holding
1783the secure CA private key:
1784
1785@example
1786# cat > client.info <<EOF
1787country = GB
1788state = London
1789locality = London
1790organiazation = Name of your organization
1791cn = client.foo.example.com
1792tls_www_client
1793encryption_key
1794signing_key
1795EOF
1796# certtool --generate-privkey > client-key.pem
1797# certtool --generate-certificate \
1798 --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \
1799 --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem \
1800 --load-privkey client-key.pem \
1801 --template client.info \
1802 --outfile client-cert.pem
1803@end example
1804
1805The @code{client-key.pem} and @code{client-cert.pem} files should now be securely
1806copied to the client for which they were generated.
1807
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001808@node gdb_usage
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001809@section GDB usage
1810
1811QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001812'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001813
bellard9d4520d2003-10-28 01:38:57 +00001814In order to use gdb, launch qemu with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001815gdb connection:
1816@example
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001817> qemu -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
1818 -append "root=/dev/hda"
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001819Connected to host network interface: tun0
1820Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
1821@end example
1822
1823Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
1824@example
1825> gdb vmlinux
1826@end example
1827
1828In gdb, connect to QEMU:
1829@example
bellard6c9bf892004-01-24 13:46:56 +00001830(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
bellardda415d52003-06-27 18:50:50 +00001831@end example
1832
1833Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
1834@example
1835(gdb) c
1836@end example
1837
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001838Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
1839
1840@enumerate
1841@item
1842Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
1843@item
1844Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
1845@item
1846Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
bellard294e8632006-05-06 14:23:06 +00001847@code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
bellard0806e3f2003-10-01 00:15:32 +00001848@end enumerate
1849
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001850@node pcsys_os_specific
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001851@section Target OS specific information
1852
1853@subsection Linux
1854
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001855To have access to SVGA graphic modes under X11, use the @code{vesa} or
1856the @code{cirrus} X11 driver. For optimal performances, use 16 bit
1857color depth in the guest and the host OS.
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001858
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001859When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, you should add the option
1860@code{clock=pit} on the kernel command line because the 2.6 Linux
1861kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
1862cannot simulate exactly.
1863
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00001864When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
1865not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
1866Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001867Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporate this
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00001868patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
1869
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001870@subsection Windows
1871
1872If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
1873best speed. Windows 2000 is also a good choice.
1874
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001875@subsubsection SVGA graphic modes support
1876
1877QEMU emulates a Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001878card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize
1879and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
1880depth in the guest and the host OS.
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001881
bellard3cb08532006-06-21 21:19:50 +00001882If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
1883resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
18841280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
1885(option @option{-std-vga}).
1886
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001887@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1888
1889Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001890instruction. The result is that it takes host CPU cycles even when
1891idle. You can install the utility from
1892@url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
1893problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
bellard1a084f32004-05-13 22:34:49 +00001894
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00001895@subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001896
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00001897Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
1898installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
1899option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
1900installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
1901IDE transfers).
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001902
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +00001903@subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
1904
1905Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
1906can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
1907use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
1908
1909In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
1910Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
1911Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
1912hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
1913(again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001914correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
bellard6cc721c2005-07-28 22:27:28 +00001915
1916@subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
1917
1918See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
1919
bellard2192c332006-08-21 20:28:18 +00001920@subsubsection Windows XP security problem
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001921
1922Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security
1923error when booting:
1924@example
1925A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the
1926license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6.
1927@end example
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001928
bellard2192c332006-08-21 20:28:18 +00001929The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe
1930mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no
1931network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full
1932installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the
1933vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP").
bellarde3371e62004-07-10 16:26:02 +00001934
bellarda0a821a2004-07-14 17:38:57 +00001935@subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS
1936
1937@subsubsection CPU usage reduction
1938
1939DOS does not correctly use the CPU HLT instruction. The result is that
1940it takes host CPU cycles even when idle. You can install the utility
1941from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
1942problem.
1943
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001944@node QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001945@chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
1946
1947QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
1948machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00001949differences are mentioned in the following sections.
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001950
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001951@menu
1952* QEMU PowerPC System emulator::
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00001953* Sparc32 System emulator::
1954* Sparc64 System emulator::
1955* MIPS System emulator::
1956* ARM System emulator::
1957* ColdFire System emulator::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00001958@end menu
1959
1960@node QEMU PowerPC System emulator
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00001961@section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001962
1963Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001964or PowerMac PowerPC system.
1965
bellardb671f9e2005-04-30 15:08:33 +00001966QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001967
1968@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001969@item
1970UniNorth PCI Bridge
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001971@item
1972PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001973@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +000019742 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001975@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001976NE2000 PCI adapters
1977@item
1978Non Volatile RAM
1979@item
1980VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
1981@end itemize
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001982
bellardb671f9e2005-04-30 15:08:33 +00001983QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001984
1985@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001986@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001987PCI Bridge
1988@item
1989PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001990@item
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +000019912 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
1992@item
1993Floppy disk
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00001994@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00001995NE2000 network adapters
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00001996@item
1997Serial port
1998@item
1999PREP Non Volatile RAM
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002000@item
2001PC compatible keyboard and mouse.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00002002@end itemize
2003
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002004QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002005@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00002006
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002007@c man begin OPTIONS
2008
2009The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation:
2010
2011@table @option
2012
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +00002013@item -g WxH[xDEPTH]
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002014
2015Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
2016
2017@end table
2018
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002019@c man end
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002020
2021
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00002022More information is available at
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002023@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
bellard52c00a52004-04-25 21:27:03 +00002024
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002025@node Sparc32 System emulator
2026@section Sparc32 System emulator
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002027
blueswir16a3b9cc2007-11-11 17:56:38 +00002028Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate a SPARCstation
blueswir1ee76f822007-12-28 20:59:23 +000020295, SPARCstation 10, SPARCstation 20, SPARCserver 600MP (sun4m
2030architecture), SPARCstation 2 (sun4c architecture), SPARCserver 1000,
2031or SPARCcenter 2000 (sun4d architecture). The emulation is somewhat
2032complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported, but Linux limits the number
2033of usable CPUs to 4.
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002034
blueswir17d858922007-12-28 20:57:43 +00002035QEMU emulates the following sun4m/sun4d peripherals:
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002036
2037@itemize @minus
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002038@item
blueswir17d858922007-12-28 20:57:43 +00002039IOMMU or IO-UNITs
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002040@item
2041TCX Frame buffer
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002042@item
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002043Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
2044@item
2045Non Volatile RAM M48T08
2046@item
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002047Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
2048and power/reset logic
2049@item
2050ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
2051@item
blueswir16a3b9cc2007-11-11 17:56:38 +00002052Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP)
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00002053@item
2054CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet)
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002055@end itemize
2056
blueswir16a3b9cc2007-11-11 17:56:38 +00002057The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum
2058memory size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for
blueswir17d858922007-12-28 20:57:43 +00002059others 2047MB.
bellarde80cfcf2004-12-19 23:18:01 +00002060
bellard30a604f2006-06-14 18:35:18 +00002061Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
bellard0986ac32006-06-14 12:36:32 +00002062@url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
2063firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
20641275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002065
2066A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
bellard0986ac32006-06-14 12:36:32 +00002067the QEMU web site. Please note that currently NetBSD, OpenBSD or
2068Solaris kernels don't work.
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002069
2070@c man begin OPTIONS
2071
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00002072The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002073
2074@table @option
2075
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00002076@item -g WxHx[xDEPTH]
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002077
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00002078Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
2079the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002080
blueswir166508602007-05-01 14:16:52 +00002081@item -prom-env string
2082
2083Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example:
2084
2085@example
2086qemu-system-sparc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \
2087 -prom-env 'boot-device=sd(0,2,0):d' -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'
2088@end example
2089
blueswir1ee76f822007-12-28 20:59:23 +00002090@item -M [SS-5|SS-10|SS-20|SS-600MP|SS-2|SS-1000|SS-2000]
blueswir1a2502b52007-06-10 17:01:00 +00002091
2092Set the emulated machine type. Default is SS-5.
2093
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002094@end table
2095
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002096@c man end
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002097
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002098@node Sparc64 System emulator
2099@section Sparc64 System emulator
bellard34751872005-07-02 14:31:34 +00002100
2101Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u machine.
2102The emulator is not usable for anything yet.
bellardb7569212005-03-13 09:43:05 +00002103
bellard83469012005-07-23 14:27:54 +00002104QEMU emulates the following sun4u peripherals:
2105
2106@itemize @minus
2107@item
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002108UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
bellard83469012005-07-23 14:27:54 +00002109@item
2110PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
2111@item
2112Non Volatile RAM M48T59
2113@item
2114PC-compatible serial ports
2115@end itemize
2116
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002117@node MIPS System emulator
2118@section MIPS System emulator
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00002119
thsd9aedc32007-12-17 03:47:55 +00002120Four executables cover simulation of 32 and 64-bit MIPS systems in
2121both endian options, @file{qemu-system-mips}, @file{qemu-system-mipsel}
2122@file{qemu-system-mips64} and @file{qemu-system-mips64el}.
2123Four different machine types are emulated:
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002124
2125@itemize @minus
2126@item
2127A generic ISA PC-like machine "mips"
2128@item
2129The MIPS Malta prototype board "malta"
2130@item
thsd9aedc32007-12-17 03:47:55 +00002131An ACER Pica "pica61". This machine needs the 64-bit emulator.
ths6bf5b4e2007-10-17 13:08:32 +00002132@item
thsf0fc6f82007-10-17 13:39:42 +00002133MIPS emulator pseudo board "mipssim"
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002134@end itemize
2135
2136The generic emulation is supported by Debian 'Etch' and is able to
2137install Debian into a virtual disk image. The following devices are
2138emulated:
bellard9d0a8e62005-07-03 17:34:05 +00002139
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002140@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002141@item
ths6bf5b4e2007-10-17 13:08:32 +00002142A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002143@item
2144PC style serial port
2145@item
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002146PC style IDE disk
2147@item
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002148NE2000 network card
2149@end itemize
2150
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002151The Malta emulation supports the following devices:
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002152
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002153@itemize @minus
2154@item
ths0b64d002007-07-11 21:43:14 +00002155Core board with MIPS 24Kf CPU and Galileo system controller
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002156@item
2157PIIX4 PCI/USB/SMbus controller
2158@item
2159The Multi-I/O chip's serial device
2160@item
2161PCnet32 PCI network card
2162@item
2163Malta FPGA serial device
2164@item
2165Cirrus VGA graphics card
2166@end itemize
2167
2168The ACER Pica emulation supports:
2169
2170@itemize @minus
2171@item
2172MIPS R4000 CPU
2173@item
2174PC-style IRQ and DMA controllers
2175@item
2176PC Keyboard
2177@item
2178IDE controller
2179@end itemize
2180
thsf0fc6f82007-10-17 13:39:42 +00002181The mipssim pseudo board emulation provides an environment similiar
2182to what the proprietary MIPS emulator uses for running Linux.
2183It supports:
ths6bf5b4e2007-10-17 13:08:32 +00002184
2185@itemize @minus
2186@item
2187A range of MIPS CPUs, default is the 24Kf
2188@item
2189PC style serial port
2190@item
2191MIPSnet network emulation
2192@end itemize
2193
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002194@node ARM System emulator
2195@section ARM System emulator
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002196
2197Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
2198machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
2199devices:
2200
2201@itemize @minus
2202@item
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00002203ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002204@item
2205Two PL011 UARTs
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002206@item
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002207SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00002208@item
2209PL110 LCD controller
2210@item
2211PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
pbrooka1bb27b2007-04-06 16:49:48 +00002212@item
2213PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00002214@end itemize
2215
2216The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
2217
2218@itemize @minus
2219@item
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00002220ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00002221@item
2222PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
2223@item
2224Four PL011 UARTs
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002225@item
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00002226SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
2227@item
2228PL110 LCD controller
2229@item
2230PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
2231@item
2232PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
2233PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00002234This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
2235(eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
pbrook00a9bf12006-05-13 16:55:46 +00002236mapped control registers.
pbrooke6de1ba2006-06-16 21:48:48 +00002237@item
2238PCI OHCI USB controller.
2239@item
2240LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
pbrooka1bb27b2007-04-06 16:49:48 +00002241@item
2242PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002243@end itemize
2244
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00002245The ARM RealView Emulation baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
2246
2247@itemize @minus
2248@item
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00002249ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCORE(x4) or Cortex-A8 CPU
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00002250@item
2251ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
2252@item
2253Four PL011 UARTs
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002254@item
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00002255SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
2256@item
2257PL110 LCD controller
2258@item
2259PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
2260@item
2261PCI host bridge
2262@item
2263PCI OHCI USB controller
2264@item
2265LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
pbrooka1bb27b2007-04-06 16:49:48 +00002266@item
2267PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
pbrookd7739d72007-02-28 16:25:17 +00002268@end itemize
2269
balrogb00052e2007-04-30 02:22:06 +00002270The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
2271and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
2272
2273@itemize @minus
2274@item
2275Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
2276@item
2277NAND Flash memory
2278@item
2279IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
2280@item
2281On-chip OHCI USB controller
2282@item
2283On-chip LCD controller
2284@item
2285On-chip Real Time Clock
2286@item
2287TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
2288@item
2289Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
2290@item
2291GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
2292@item
balrog549444e2007-05-01 17:53:37 +00002293Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
balrogb00052e2007-04-30 02:22:06 +00002294@item
2295Three on-chip UARTs
2296@item
2297WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
2298@end itemize
2299
balrog02645922007-11-03 12:50:46 +00002300The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
2301following elements:
2302
2303@itemize @minus
2304@item
2305Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
2306@item
2307ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
2308@item
2309On-chip LCD controller
2310@item
2311On-chip Real Time Clock
2312@item
2313TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
2314CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
2315@item
2316GPIO-connected matrix keypad
2317@item
2318Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
2319@item
2320Three on-chip UARTs
2321@end itemize
2322
pbrook9ee6e8b2007-11-11 00:04:49 +00002323The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
2324devices:
2325
2326@itemize @minus
2327@item
2328Cortex-M3 CPU core.
2329@item
233064k Flash and 8k SRAM.
2331@item
2332Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
2333@item
2334OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
2335@end itemize
2336
2337The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
2338devices:
2339
2340@itemize @minus
2341@item
2342Cortex-M3 CPU core.
2343@item
2344256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
2345@item
2346Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
2347@item
2348OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
2349@end itemize
2350
bellard3f9f3aa2005-12-18 20:11:37 +00002351A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
2352information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
2353
ths24d4de42007-07-11 10:24:28 +00002354@node ColdFire System emulator
2355@section ColdFire System emulator
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +00002356
2357Use the executable @file{qemu-system-m68k} to simulate a ColdFire machine.
2358The emulator is able to boot a uClinux kernel.
pbrook707e0112007-06-04 00:50:06 +00002359
2360The M5208EVB emulation includes the following devices:
2361
2362@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002363@item
pbrook707e0112007-06-04 00:50:06 +00002364MCF5208 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor (ISA A+ with EMAC).
2365@item
2366Three Two on-chip UARTs.
2367@item
2368Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
2369@end itemize
2370
2371The AN5206 emulation includes the following devices:
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +00002372
2373@itemize @minus
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002374@item
pbrook209a4e62007-05-23 20:16:15 +00002375MCF5206 ColdFire V2 Microprocessor.
2376@item
2377Two on-chip UARTs.
2378@end itemize
2379
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002380@node QEMU User space emulator
2381@chapter QEMU User space emulator
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002382
2383@menu
2384* Supported Operating Systems ::
2385* Linux User space emulator::
2386* Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator ::
2387@end menu
2388
2389@node Supported Operating Systems
2390@section Supported Operating Systems
2391
2392The following OS are supported in user space emulation:
2393
2394@itemize @minus
2395@item
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00002396Linux (referred as qemu-linux-user)
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002397@item
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00002398Mac OS X/Darwin (referred as qemu-darwin-user)
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002399@end itemize
2400
2401@node Linux User space emulator
2402@section Linux User space emulator
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002403
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002404@menu
2405* Quick Start::
2406* Wine launch::
2407* Command line options::
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002408* Other binaries::
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002409@end menu
2410
2411@node Quick Start
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002412@subsection Quick Start
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002413
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002414In order to launch a Linux process, QEMU needs the process executable
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002415itself and all the target (x86) dynamic libraries used by it.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002416
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002417@itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002418
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002419@item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2420libraries:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002421
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002422@example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002423qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2424@end example
bellardfd429f22003-03-30 20:59:46 +00002425
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002426@code{-L /} tells that the x86 dynamic linker must be searched with a
2427@file{/} prefix.
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00002428
thsdbcf5e82007-02-10 22:14:55 +00002429@item Since QEMU is also a linux process, you can launch qemu with
2430qemu (NOTE: you can only do that if you compiled QEMU from the sources):
bellard1eb20522003-06-25 16:21:49 +00002431
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002432@example
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002433qemu-i386 -L / qemu-i386 -L / /bin/ls
2434@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002435
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002436@item On non x86 CPUs, you need first to download at least an x86 glibc
2437(@file{qemu-runtime-i386-XXX-.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page). Ensure that
2438@code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} is not set:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002439
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002440@example
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002441unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002442@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002443
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002444Then you can launch the precompiled @file{ls} x86 executable:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002445
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002446@example
2447qemu-i386 tests/i386/ls
2448@end example
2449You can look at @file{qemu-binfmt-conf.sh} so that
2450QEMU is automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to
2451launch x86 executables. It requires the @code{binfmt_misc} module in the
2452Linux kernel.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002453
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002454@item The x86 version of QEMU is also included. You can try weird things such as:
2455@example
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002456qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-i386 \
2457 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002458@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002459
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002460@end itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002461
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002462@node Wine launch
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002463@subsection Wine launch
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002464
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002465@itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002466
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002467@item Ensure that you have a working QEMU with the x86 glibc
2468distribution (see previous section). In order to verify it, you must be
2469able to do:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002470
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002471@example
2472qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/ls-i386
2473@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002474
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002475@item Download the binary x86 Wine install
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002476(@file{qemu-XXX-i386-wine.tar.gz} on the QEMU web page).
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002477
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002478@item Configure Wine on your account. Look at the provided script
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002479@file{/usr/local/qemu-i386/@/bin/wine-conf.sh}. Your previous
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002480@code{$@{HOME@}/.wine} directory is saved to @code{$@{HOME@}/.wine.org}.
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002481
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002482@item Then you can try the example @file{putty.exe}:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002483
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002484@example
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002485qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
2486 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/c/Program\ Files/putty.exe
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002487@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002488
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002489@end itemize
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002490
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002491@node Command line options
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002492@subsection Command line options
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002493
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002494@example
2495usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
2496@end example
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002497
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002498@table @option
2499@item -h
2500Print the help
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +00002501@item -L path
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002502Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix (default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
2503@item -s size
2504Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002505@end table
2506
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002507Debug options:
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002508
bellard1f673132004-04-04 15:21:17 +00002509@table @option
2510@item -d
2511Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2512@item -p pagesize
2513Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2514@end table
bellard386405f2003-03-23 21:28:45 +00002515
balrogb01bcae2007-12-16 13:05:59 +00002516Environment variables:
2517
2518@table @env
2519@item QEMU_STRACE
2520Print system calls and arguments similar to the 'strace' program
2521(NOTE: the actual 'strace' program will not work because the user
2522space emulator hasn't implemented ptrace). At the moment this is
2523incomplete. All system calls that don't have a specific argument
2524format are printed with information for six arguments. Many
2525flag-style arguments don't have decoders and will show up as numbers.
ths5cfdf932007-12-17 03:38:26 +00002526@end table
balrogb01bcae2007-12-16 13:05:59 +00002527
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002528@node Other binaries
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002529@subsection Other binaries
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002530
2531@command{qemu-arm} is also capable of running ARM "Angel" semihosted ELF
2532binaries (as implemented by the arm-elf and arm-eabi Newlib/GDB
2533configurations), and arm-uclinux bFLT format binaries.
2534
pbrooke6e59062006-10-22 00:18:54 +00002535@command{qemu-m68k} is capable of running semihosted binaries using the BDM
2536(m5xxx-ram-hosted.ld) or m68k-sim (sim.ld) syscall interfaces, and
2537coldfire uClinux bFLT format binaries.
2538
pbrook79737e42006-06-11 16:28:41 +00002539The binary format is detected automatically.
2540
blueswir1a785e422007-10-20 08:09:05 +00002541@command{qemu-sparc32plus} can execute Sparc32 and SPARC32PLUS binaries
2542(Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2543
2544@command{qemu-sparc64} can execute some Sparc64 (Sparc64 CPU, 64 bit ABI) and
2545SPARC32PLUS binaries (Sparc64 CPU, 32 bit ABI).
2546
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002547@node Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2548@section Mac OS X/Darwin User space emulator
2549
2550@menu
2551* Mac OS X/Darwin Status::
2552* Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start::
2553* Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options::
2554@end menu
2555
2556@node Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2557@subsection Mac OS X/Darwin Status
2558
2559@itemize @minus
2560@item
2561target x86 on x86: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
2562@item
2563target PowerPC on x86: Not working as the ppc commpage can't be mapped (yet!)
2564@item
thsdbcf5e82007-02-10 22:14:55 +00002565target PowerPC on PowerPC: Most apps (Cocoa and Carbon too) works. [1]
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002566@item
2567target x86 on PowerPC: most utilities work. Cocoa and Carbon apps are not yet supported.
2568@end itemize
2569
2570[1] If you're host commpage can be executed by qemu.
2571
2572@node Mac OS X/Darwin Quick Start
2573@subsection Quick Start
2574
2575In order to launch a Mac OS X/Darwin process, QEMU needs the process executable
2576itself and all the target dynamic libraries used by it. If you don't have the FAT
2577libraries (you're running Mac OS X/ppc) you'll need to obtain it from a Mac OS X
2578CD or compile them by hand.
2579
2580@itemize
2581
2582@item On x86, you can just try to launch any process by using the native
2583libraries:
2584
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002585@example
thsdbcf5e82007-02-10 22:14:55 +00002586qemu-i386 /bin/ls
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002587@end example
2588
2589or to run the ppc version of the executable:
2590
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002591@example
thsdbcf5e82007-02-10 22:14:55 +00002592qemu-ppc /bin/ls
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002593@end example
2594
2595@item On ppc, you'll have to tell qemu where your x86 libraries (and dynamic linker)
2596are installed:
2597
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002598@example
thsdbcf5e82007-02-10 22:14:55 +00002599qemu-i386 -L /opt/x86_root/ /bin/ls
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002600@end example
2601
2602@code{-L /opt/x86_root/} tells that the dynamic linker (dyld) path is in
2603@file{/opt/x86_root/usr/bin/dyld}.
2604
2605@end itemize
2606
2607@node Mac OS X/Darwin Command line options
2608@subsection Command line options
2609
2610@example
thsdbcf5e82007-02-10 22:14:55 +00002611usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...]
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002612@end example
2613
2614@table @option
2615@item -h
2616Print the help
ths3b46e622007-09-17 08:09:54 +00002617@item -L path
bellard83195232007-02-05 19:42:07 +00002618Set the library root path (default=/)
2619@item -s size
2620Set the stack size in bytes (default=524288)
2621@end table
2622
2623Debug options:
2624
2625@table @option
2626@item -d
2627Activate log (logfile=/tmp/qemu.log)
2628@item -p pagesize
2629Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
2630@end table
2631
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002632@node compilation
2633@chapter Compilation from the sources
2634
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002635@menu
2636* Linux/Unix::
2637* Windows::
2638* Cross compilation for Windows with Linux::
2639* Mac OS X::
2640@end menu
2641
2642@node Linux/Unix
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00002643@section Linux/Unix
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002644
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00002645@subsection Compilation
2646
2647First you must decompress the sources:
2648@example
2649cd /tmp
2650tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
2651cd qemu-x.y.z
2652@end example
2653
2654Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
2655@example
2656./configure
2657make
2658@end example
2659
2660Then type as root user:
2661@example
2662make install
2663@end example
2664to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
2665
bellard4fe8b872007-02-05 19:38:35 +00002666@subsection GCC version
bellard7c3fc842005-02-10 21:46:47 +00002667
ths366dfc52006-12-11 18:35:08 +00002668In order to compile QEMU successfully, it is very important that you
bellard4fe8b872007-02-05 19:38:35 +00002669have the right tools. The most important one is gcc. On most hosts and
2670in particular on x86 ones, @emph{gcc 4.x is not supported}. If your
2671Linux distribution includes a gcc 4.x compiler, you can usually
2672install an older version (it is invoked by @code{gcc32} or
2673@code{gcc34}). The QEMU configure script automatically probes for
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00002674these older versions so that usually you don't have to do anything.
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002675
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002676@node Windows
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002677@section Windows
2678
2679@itemize
2680@item Install the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from
2681@url{http://www.mingw.org/}. You can find detailed installation
2682instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
2683
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002684@item Download
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002685the MinGW development library of SDL 1.2.x
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002686(@file{SDL-devel-1.2.x-@/mingw32.tar.gz}) from
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002687@url{http://www.libsdl.org}. Unpack it in a temporary place, and
2688unpack the archive @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz} in the MinGW tool
2689directory. Edit the @file{sdl-config} script so that it gives the
2690correct SDL directory when invoked.
2691
2692@item Extract the current version of QEMU.
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002693
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002694@item Start the MSYS shell (file @file{msys.bat}).
2695
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002696@item Change to the QEMU directory. Launch @file{./configure} and
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002697@file{make}. If you have problems using SDL, verify that
2698@file{sdl-config} can be launched from the MSYS command line.
2699
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002700@item You can install QEMU in @file{Program Files/Qemu} by typing
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002701@file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in
2702@file{Program Files/Qemu}.
2703
2704@end itemize
2705
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002706@node Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002707@section Cross compilation for Windows with Linux
2708
2709@itemize
2710@item
2711Install the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
2712@url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
2713
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002714@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002715Install the Win32 version of SDL (@url{http://www.libsdl.org}) by
2716unpacking @file{i386-mingw32msvc.tar.gz}. Set up the PATH environment
2717variable so that @file{i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config} can be launched by
2718the QEMU configuration script.
2719
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002720@item
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002721Configure QEMU for Windows cross compilation:
2722@example
2723./configure --enable-mingw32
2724@end example
2725If necessary, you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix
ths4be456f2007-06-03 13:41:28 +00002726chosen for the MinGW tools with --cross-prefix. You can also use
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002727--prefix to set the Win32 install path.
2728
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002729@item You can install QEMU in the installation directory by typing
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002730@file{make install}. Don't forget to copy @file{SDL.dll} in the
ths5fafdf22007-09-16 21:08:06 +00002731installation directory.
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002732
2733@end itemize
2734
2735Note: Currently, Wine does not seem able to launch
2736QEMU for Win32.
2737
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002738@node Mac OS X
bellard15a34c62004-07-08 21:26:26 +00002739@section Mac OS X
2740
2741The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
2742at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
2743information.
2744
bellarddebc7062006-04-30 21:58:41 +00002745@node Index
2746@chapter Index
2747@printindex cp
2748
2749@bye