@item
Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
-example a PC), including a processor and various peripherials. It can
-be used to launch different Operating Systems without rebooting the
-PC or to debug system code.
+example a PC), including one or several processors and various
+peripherals. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
+without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
@item
User mode emulation (Linux host only). In this mode, QEMU can launch
@end itemize
-As QEMU requires no host kernel driver to run, it is very safe and
-easy to use.
+QEMU can run without an host kernel driver and yet gives acceptable
+performance.
For system emulation, the following hardware targets are supported:
@itemize
-@item PC (x86 processor)
+@item PC (x86 or x86_64 processor)
+@item ISA PC (old style PC without PCI bus)
@item PREP (PowerPC processor)
-@item PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
+@item G3 BW PowerMac (PowerPC processor)
+@item Mac99 PowerMac (PowerPC processor, in progress)
+@item Sun4m (32-bit Sparc processor)
+@item Sun4u (64-bit Sparc processor, in progress)
+@item Malta board (32-bit MIPS processor)
+@item ARM Integrator/CP (ARM926E or 1026E processor)
@end itemize
-For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, and SPARC CPUs are supported.
+For user emulation, x86, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and Sparc32/64 CPUs are supported.
@chapter Installation
@section Linux
-Download the binary distribution (@file{qemu-XXX-i386.tar.gz}) and
-untar it as root in @file{/}:
-
-@example
-su
-cd /
-tar zxvf /tmp/qemu-XXX-i386.tar.gz
-@end example
+If a precompiled package is available for your distribution - you just
+have to install it. Otherwise, see @ref{compilation}.
@section Windows
Download the experimental binary installer at
-@url{http://www.freeoszoo.org/download.php}.
+@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/download.html}.
@section Mac OS X
Download the experimental binary installer at
-@url{http://www.freeoszoo.org/download.php}.
+@url{http://www.free.oszoo.org/download.html}.
-@chapter QEMU PC System emulator invocation
+@chapter QEMU PC System emulator
@section Introduction
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-The QEMU System emulator simulates a complete PC.
-
-In order to meet specific user needs, two versions of QEMU are
-available:
-
-@enumerate
-
-@item
-@code{qemu-fast} uses the host Memory Management Unit (MMU) to
-simulate the x86 MMU. It is @emph{fast} but has limitations because
-the whole 4 GB address space cannot be used and some memory mapped
-peripherials cannot be emulated accurately yet. Therefore, a specific
-guest Linux kernel can be used (@xref{linux_compile}) as guest
-OS.
-
-Moreover there is no separation between the host and target address
-spaces, so it offers no security (the target OS can modify the
-@code{qemu-fast} code by writing at the right addresses).
-
-@item
-@code{qemu} uses a software MMU. It is about @emph{two times slower}
-but gives a more accurate emulation and a complete separation between
-the host and target address spaces.
-
-@end enumerate
-
-QEMU emulates the following PC peripherials:
+The QEMU PC System emulator simulates the
+following peripherals:
@itemize @minus
@item
@item
Serial ports
@item
-Soundblaster 16 card
+Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card
+@item
+ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card
+@item
+Adlib(OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip
+@item
+PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtual USB hub.
@end itemize
+SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
+
+Note that adlib is only available when QEMU was configured with
+-enable-adlib
+
QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Bochs project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
VGA BIOS.
+QEMU uses YM3812 emulation by Tatsuyuki Satoh.
+
@c man end
@section Quick Start
Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
+@node sec_invocation
@section Invocation
@example
General options:
@table @option
+@item -M machine
+Select the emulated machine (@code{-M ?} for list)
+
@item -fda file
@item -fdb file
Use @var{file} as floppy disk 0/1 image (@xref{disk_images}). You can
@item -m megs
Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MB.
+@item -smp n
+Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
+CPUs are supported.
+
@item -nographic
Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
with a serial console.
-@item -enable-audio
+@item -k language
+
+Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
+French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
+keycodes (e.g. on Macs or with some X11 servers). You don't need to
+use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows hosts.
+
+The available layouts are:
+@example
+ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
+da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
+de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
+@end example
+
+The default is @code{en-us}.
-The SB16 emulation is disabled by default as it may give problems with
-Windows. You can enable it manually with this option.
+@item -audio-help
+
+Will show the audio subsystem help: list of drivers, tunable
+parameters.
+
+@item -soundhw card1,card2,... or -soundhw all
+
+Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use ? to print all
+available sound hardware.
+
+@example
+qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib hda
+qemu -soundhw es1370 hda
+qemu -soundhw all hda
+qemu -soundhw ?
+@end example
@item -localtime
Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
@item -full-screen
Start in full screen.
+@item -pidfile file
+Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
+from a script.
+
+@item -win2k-hack
+Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
+Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
+slows down the IDE transfers).
+
+@end table
+
+USB options:
+@table @option
+
+@item -usb
+Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
+
+@item -usbdevice devname
+Add the USB device @var{devname}. See the monitor command
+@code{usb_add} to have more information.
@end table
Network options:
@table @option
-@item -n script
-Set TUN/TAP network init script [default=/etc/qemu-ifup]. This script
-is launched to configure the host network interface (usually tun0)
-corresponding to the virtual NE2000 card.
+@item -net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type]
+Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n}
+= 0 is the default). The NIC is currently an NE2000 on the PC
+target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed. If no
+@option{-net} option is specified, a single NIC is created.
+Qemu can emulate several different models of network card. Valid values for
+@var{type} are @code{ne2k_pci}, @code{ne2k_isa}, @code{rtl8139},
+@code{smc91c111} and @code{lance}. Not all devices are supported on all
+targets.
+
+@item -net user[,vlan=n][,hostname=name]
+Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
+priviledge to run. @option{hostname=name} can be used to specify the client
+hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
+
+@item -net tap[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file]
+Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n} and
+use the network script @var{file} to configure it. The default
+network script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup}. If @var{name} is not
+provided, the OS automatically provides one. @option{fd=h} can be
+used to specify the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. Example:
-@item -macaddr addr
+@example
+qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap
+@end example
-Set the mac address of the first interface (the format is
-aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff in hexa). The mac address is incremented for each
-new network interface.
+More complicated example (two NICs, each one connected to a TAP device)
+@example
+qemu linux.img -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \
+ -net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1
+@end example
-@item -tun-fd fd
-Assumes @var{fd} talks to a tap/tun host network interface and use
-it. Read @url{http://bellard.org/qemu/tetrinet.html} to have an
-example of its use.
-@item -user-net
-Use the user mode network stack. This is the default if no tun/tap
-network init script is found.
+@item -net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]
+
+Connect the VLAN @var{n} to a remote VLAN in another QEMU virtual
+machine using a TCP socket connection. If @option{listen} is
+specified, QEMU waits for incoming connections on @var{port}
+(@var{host} is optional). @option{connect} is used to connect to
+another QEMU instance using the @option{listen} option. @option{fd=h}
+specifies an already opened TCP socket.
+
+Example:
+@example
+# launch a first QEMU instance
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 -net socket,listen=:1234
+# connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0 of the first instance
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 -net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
+@end example
+
+@item -net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]
+
+Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
+machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
+every QEMU with same multicast address @var{maddr} and @var{port}.
+NOTES:
+@enumerate
+@item
+Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same bus (assuming
+correct multicast setup for these hosts).
+@item
+mcast support is compatible with User Mode Linux (argument @option{eth@var{N}=mcast}), see
+@url{http://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
+@item Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
+@end enumerate
+
+Example:
+@example
+# launch one QEMU instance
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
+# launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
+# launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
+@end example
+
+Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
+@example
+# launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected is UML's default)
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
+# launch UML
+/path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
+@end example
+
+@item -net none
+Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
+override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
+is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
@item -tftp prefix
When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
@file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested succesfully with smbd version
-2.2.7a from the Red Hat 9.
+2.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3.
@item -redir [tcp|udp]:host-port:[guest-host]:guest-port
Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
connect to the guest telnet server.
-@item -dummy-net
-Use the dummy network stack: no packet will be received by the network
-cards.
-
@end table
-Linux boot specific. When using this options, you can use a given
+Linux boot specific: When using these options, you can use a given
Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
for easier testing of various kernels.
[Linux only] Pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)
@item null
void device
+@item /dev/XXX
+[Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
+parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
+@item /dev/parportN
+[Linux only, parallel port only] Use host parallel port
+@var{N}. Currently only SPP parallel port features can be used.
+@item file:filename
+Write output to filename. No character can be read.
@item stdio
[Unix only] standard input/output
+@item pipe:filename
+[Unix only] name pipe @var{filename}
@end table
The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
non graphical mode.
This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serials
ports.
+@item -parallel dev
+Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @var{dev} (same
+devices as the serial port). On Linux hosts, @file{/dev/parportN} can
+be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
+parallel port.
+
+This option can be used several times to simulate up to 3 parallel
+ports.
+
@item -monitor dev
Redirect the monitor to host device @var{dev} (same devices as the
serial port).
Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
@item -d
Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
-@item -isa
-Simulate an ISA-only system (default is PCI system).
+@item -hdachs c,h,s,[,t]
+Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
+@var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
+translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
+all thoses parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
+images.
+
@item -std-vga
Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is
Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA)
@end ignore
-
@section QEMU Monitor
The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
@table @option
@item info network
-show the network state
+show the various VLANs and the associated devices
@item info block
show the block devices
@item info registers
show the cpu registers
@item info history
show the command line history
+@item info pci
+show emulated PCI device
+@item info usb
+show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
+@item info usbhost
+show all USB host devices
@end table
@item q or quit
Reset the system.
+@item usb_add devname
+
+Plug the USB device devname to the QEMU virtual USB hub. @var{devname}
+is either a virtual device name (for example @code{mouse}) or a host
+USB device identifier. Host USB device identifiers have the following
+syntax: @code{host:bus.addr} or @code{host:vendor_id:product_id}.
+
+@item usb_del devname
+
+Remove the USB device @var{devname} from the QEMU virtual USB
+hub. @var{devname} has the syntax @code{bus.addr}. Use the monitor
+command @code{info usb} to see the devices you can remove.
+
@end table
@subsection Integer expressions
@node disk_images
@section Disk Images
-@subsection Raw disk images
+Since version 0.6.1, QEMU supports many disk image formats, including
+growable disk images (their size increase as non empty sectors are
+written), compressed and encrypted disk images.
+
+@subsection Quick start for disk image creation
-The disk images can simply be raw images of the hard disk. You can
-create them with the command:
+You can create a disk image with the command:
@example
-dd of=myimage bs=1024 seek=mysize count=0
+qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
@end example
-where @var{myimage} is the image filename and @var{mysize} is its size
-in kilobytes.
+where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
+size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
+megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
+
+@xref{qemu_img_invocation} for more information.
@subsection Snapshot mode
If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
-write back to the raw disk images by pressing @key{C-a s}.
+write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
+command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
-NOTE: The snapshot mode only works with raw disk images.
+@node qemu_img_invocation
+@subsection @code{qemu-img} Invocation
-@subsection Copy On Write disk images
+@include qemu-img.texi
-QEMU also supports user mode Linux
-(@url{http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/}) Copy On Write (COW)
-disk images. The COW disk images are much smaller than normal images
-as they store only modified sectors. They also permit the use of the
-same disk image template for many users.
+@subsection Virtual FAT disk images
-To create a COW disk images, use the command:
+QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
+directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
-@example
-qemu-mkcow -f myrawimage.bin mycowimage.cow
+@example
+qemu linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
@end example
-@file{myrawimage.bin} is a raw image you want to use as original disk
-image. It will never be written to.
+Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
+directory without having to copy them in a disk image or to export
+them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
-@file{mycowimage.cow} is the COW disk image which is created by
-@code{qemu-mkcow}. You can use it directly with the @option{-hdx}
-options. You must not modify the original raw disk image if you use
-COW images, as COW images only store the modified sectors from the raw
-disk image. QEMU stores the original raw disk image name and its
-modified time in the COW disk image so that chances of mistakes are
-reduced.
+Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
-If the raw disk image is not read-only, by pressing @key{C-a s} you
-can flush the COW disk image back into the raw disk image, as in
-snapshot mode.
+@example
+qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
+@end example
-COW disk images can also be created without a corresponding raw disk
-image. It is useful to have a big initial virtual disk image without
-using much disk space. Use:
+A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
+@code{:rw:} option:
-@example
-qemu-mkcow mycowimage.cow 1024
+@example
+qemu linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
@end example
-to create a 1 gigabyte empty COW disk image.
-
-NOTES:
-@enumerate
-@item
-COW disk images must be created on file systems supporting
-@emph{holes} such as ext2 or ext3.
-@item
-Since holes are used, the displayed size of the COW disk image is not
-the real one. To know it, use the @code{ls -ls} command.
-@end enumerate
+What you should @emph{never} do:
+@itemize
+@item use non-ASCII filenames ;
+@item use "-snapshot" together with ":rw:" ;
+@item expect it to work when loadvm'ing ;
+@item write to the FAT directory on the host system while accessing it with the guest system.
+@end itemize
-@subsection Convert VMware disk images to raw disk images
+@section Network emulation
-You can use the tool @file{vmdk2raw} to convert VMware disk images to
-raw disk images directly usable by QEMU. The syntax is:
-@example
-vmdk2raw vmware_image output_image
-@end example
+QEMU can simulate several networks cards (NE2000 boards on the PC
+target) and can connect them to an arbitrary number of Virtual Local
+Area Networks (VLANs). Host TAP devices can be connected to any QEMU
+VLAN. VLAN can be connected between separate instances of QEMU to
+simulate large networks. For simpler usage, a non priviledged user mode
+network stack can replace the TAP device to have a basic network
+connection.
-@section Network emulation
+@subsection VLANs
-QEMU simulates up to 6 networks cards (NE2000 boards). Each card can
-be connected to a specific host network interface.
+QEMU simulates several VLANs. A VLAN can be symbolised as a virtual
+connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
+example QEMU virtual Ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices
+(TAP devices).
-@subsection Using tun/tap network interface
+@subsection Using TAP network interfaces
-This is the standard way to emulate network. QEMU adds a virtual
-network device on your host (called @code{tun0}), and you can then
-configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
+This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
+a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
+can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
-that your host kernel supports the TUN/TAP network interfaces: the
+that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
See @ref{direct_linux_boot} to have an example of network use with a
-Linux distribution.
+Linux distribution and @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of
+command lines using the TAP network interfaces.
@subsection Using the user mode network stack
-By using the option @option{-user-net} or if you have no tun/tap init
-script, QEMU uses a completely user mode network stack (you don't need
-root priviledge to use the virtual network). The virtual network
-configuration is the following:
+By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
+@option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
+network stack (you don't need root priviledge to use the virtual
+network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
@example
-QEMU Virtual Machine <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
- (10.0.2.x) | (10.0.2.2)
+ QEMU VLAN <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
+ | (10.0.2.2)
|
----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
|
The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
-configure the network in the QEMU VM.
+configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
+to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for example to
redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
+@subsection Connecting VLANs between QEMU instances
+
+Using the @option{-net socket} option, it is possible to make VLANs
+that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
+basic example.
+
@node direct_linux_boot
@section Direct Linux Boot
replace the bzImage in qemu.sh to try it.
@item
-qemu-fast creates a temporary file in @var{$QEMU_TMPDIR} (@file{/tmp} is the
-default) containing all the simulated PC memory. If possible, try to use
-a temporary directory using the tmpfs filesystem to avoid too many
-unnecessary disk accesses.
-
-@item
In order to exit cleanly from qemu, you can do a @emph{shutdown} inside
qemu. qemu will automatically exit when the Linux shutdown is done.
@end enumerate
-@node linux_compile
-@section Linux Kernel Compilation
+@section USB emulation
-You can use any linux kernel with QEMU. However, if you want to use
-@code{qemu-fast} to get maximum performances, you must use a modified
-guest kernel. If you are using a 2.6 guest kernel, you can use
-directly the patch @file{linux-2.6-qemu-fast.patch} made by Rusty
-Russel available in the QEMU source archive. Otherwise, you can make the
-following changes @emph{by hand} to the Linux kernel:
+QEMU emulates a PCI UHCI USB controller and a 8 port USB hub connected
+to it. You can virtually plug to the hub virtual USB devices or real
+host USB devices (experimental, works only on Linux hosts).
-@enumerate
-@item
-The kernel must be mapped at 0x90000000 (the default is
-0xc0000000). You must modify only two lines in the kernel source:
+@subsection Using virtual USB devices
-In @file{include/asm/page.h}, replace
-@example
-#define __PAGE_OFFSET (0xc0000000)
-@end example
-by
-@example
-#define __PAGE_OFFSET (0x90000000)
-@end example
+A virtual USB mouse device is available for testing in QEMU.
+
+You can try it with the following monitor commands:
-And in @file{arch/i386/vmlinux.lds}, replace
-@example
- . = 0xc0000000 + 0x100000;
-@end example
-by
@example
- . = 0x90000000 + 0x100000;
+# add the mouse device
+(qemu) usb_add mouse
+
+# show the virtual USB devices plugged on the QEMU Virtual USB hub
+(qemu) info usb
+ Device 0.3, speed 12 Mb/s
+
+# after some time you can try to remove the mouse
+(qemu) usb_del 0.3
@end example
-@item
-If you want to enable SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) support, you
-must make the following change in @file{include/asm/fixmap.h}. Replace
+The option @option{-usbdevice} is similar to the monitor command
+@code{usb_add}.
+
+@subsection Using host USB devices on a Linux host
+
+WARNING: this is an experimental feature. QEMU will slow down when
+using it. USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video
+Cameras) are not supported yet.
+
+@enumerate
+@item If you use an early Linux 2.4 kernel, verify that no Linux driver
+is actually using the USB device. A simple way to do that is simply to
+disable the corresponding kernel module by renaming it from @file{mydriver.o}
+to @file{mydriver.o.disabled}.
+
+@item Verify that @file{/proc/bus/usb} is working (most Linux distributions should enable it by default). You should see something like that:
@example
-#define FIXADDR_TOP (0xffffX000UL)
+ls /proc/bus/usb
+001 devices drivers
@end example
-by
+
+@item Since only root can access to the USB devices directly, you can either launch QEMU as root or change the permissions of the USB devices you want to use. For testing, the following suffices:
@example
-#define FIXADDR_TOP (0xa7ffX000UL)
+chown -R myuid /proc/bus/usb
@end example
-(X is 'e' or 'f' depending on the kernel version). Although you can
-use an SMP kernel with QEMU, it only supports one CPU.
-
-@item
-If you are not using a 2.6 kernel as host kernel but if you use a target
-2.6 kernel, you must also ensure that the 'HZ' define is set to 100
-(1000 is the default) as QEMU cannot currently emulate timers at
-frequencies greater than 100 Hz on host Linux systems < 2.6. In
-@file{include/asm/param.h}, replace:
-@example
-# define HZ 1000 /* Internal kernel timer frequency */
+@item Launch QEMU and do in the monitor:
+@example
+info usbhost
+ Device 1.2, speed 480 Mb/s
+ Class 00: USB device 1234:5678, USB DISK
@end example
-by
-@example
-# define HZ 100 /* Internal kernel timer frequency */
+You should see the list of the devices you can use (Never try to use
+hubs, it won't work).
+
+@item Add the device in QEMU by using:
+@example
+usb_add host:1234:5678
@end example
-@end enumerate
+Normally the guest OS should report that a new USB device is
+plugged. You can use the option @option{-usbdevice} to do the same.
-The file config-2.x.x gives the configuration of the example kernels.
+@item Now you can try to use the host USB device in QEMU.
-Just type
-@example
-make bzImage
-@end example
+@end enumerate
-As you would do to make a real kernel. Then you can use with QEMU
-exactly the same kernel as you would boot on your PC (in
-@file{arch/i386/boot/bzImage}).
+When relaunching QEMU, you may have to unplug and plug again the USB
+device to make it work again (this is a bug).
@node gdb_usage
@section GDB usage
kernels make very strict real time clock checks by default that QEMU
cannot simulate exactly.
+When using a 2.6 guest Linux kernel, verify that the 4G/4G patch is
+not activated because QEMU is slower with this patch. The QEMU
+Accelerator Module is also much slower in this case. Earlier Fedora
+Core 3 Linux kernel (< 2.6.9-1.724_FC3) were known to incorporte this
+patch by default. Newer kernels don't have it.
+
@subsection Windows
If you have a slow host, using Windows 95 is better as it gives the
@url{http://www.user.cityline.ru/~maxamn/amnhltm.zip} to solve this
problem. Note that no such tool is needed for NT, 2000 or XP.
-@subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problems
+@subsubsection Windows 2000 disk full problem
-Currently (release 0.6.0) QEMU has a bug which gives a @code{disk
-full} error during installation of some releases of Windows 2000. The
-workaround is to stop QEMU as soon as you notice that your disk image
-size is growing too fast (monitor it with @code{ls -ls}). Then
-relaunch QEMU to continue the installation. If you still experience
-the problem, relaunch QEMU again.
+Windows 2000 has a bug which gives a disk full problem during its
+installation. When installing it, use the @option{-win2k-hack} QEMU
+option to enable a specific workaround. After Windows 2000 is
+installed, you no longer need this option (this option slows down the
+IDE transfers).
-Future QEMU releases are likely to correct this bug.
+@subsubsection Windows 2000 shutdown
+
+Windows 2000 cannot automatically shutdown in QEMU although Windows 98
+can. It comes from the fact that Windows 2000 does not automatically
+use the APM driver provided by the BIOS.
+
+In order to correct that, do the following (thanks to Struan
+Bartlett): go to the Control Panel => Add/Remove Hardware & Next =>
+Add/Troubleshoot a device => Add a new device & Next => No, select the
+hardware from a list & Next => NT Apm/Legacy Support & Next => Next
+(again) a few times. Now the driver is installed and Windows 2000 now
+correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment.
+
+@subsubsection Share a directory between Unix and Windows
+
+See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}.
@subsubsection Windows XP security problems
from @url{http://www.vmware.com/software/dosidle210.zip} to solve this
problem.
-@chapter QEMU PowerPC System emulator invocation
+@chapter QEMU System emulator for non PC targets
+
+QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many non PC
+machines. Most of the options are similar to the PC emulator. The
+differences are mentionned in the following sections.
+
+@section QEMU PowerPC System emulator
Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP
or PowerMac PowerPC system.
-QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherials:
+QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
@itemize @minus
@item
VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
@end itemize
-QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherials:
+QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals:
@itemize @minus
@item
@end itemize
QEMU uses the Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS available at
-@url{http://site.voila.fr/jmayer/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
-
-You can read the qemu PC system emulation chapter to have more
-informations about QEMU usage.
+@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm}.
@c man begin OPTIONS
@table @option
-@item -prep
-Simulate a PREP system (default is PowerMAC)
-
@item -g WxH[xDEPTH]
Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x15.
More information is available at
-@url{http://jocelyn.mayer.free.fr/qemu-ppc/}.
+@url{http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/}.
+
+@section Sparc32 System emulator invocation
+
+Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate a JavaStation
+(sun4m architecture). The emulation is somewhat complete.
+
+QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+IOMMU
+@item
+TCX Frame buffer
+@item
+Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
+@item
+Non Volatile RAM M48T08
+@item
+Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, keyboard
+and power/reset logic
+@item
+ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support
+@item
+Floppy drive
+@end itemize
+
+The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture.
+
+QEMU uses the Proll, a PROM replacement available at
+@url{http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/}. The required
+QEMU-specific patches are included with the sources.
+
+A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
+the QEMU web site. Please note that currently neither Linux 2.4
+series, NetBSD, nor OpenBSD kernels work.
+
+@c man begin OPTIONS
-@chapter QEMU User space emulator invocation
+The following options are specific to the Sparc emulation:
+
+@table @option
+
+@item -g WxH
+
+Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768.
+
+@end table
+
+@c man end
+
+@section Sparc64 System emulator invocation
+
+Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc64} to simulate a Sun4u machine.
+The emulator is not usable for anything yet.
+
+QEMU emulates the following sun4u peripherals:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge
+@item
+PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
+@item
+Non Volatile RAM M48T59
+@item
+PC-compatible serial ports
+@end itemize
+
+@section MIPS System emulator invocation
+
+Use the executable @file{qemu-system-mips} to simulate a MIPS machine.
+The emulator is able to boot a Linux kernel and to run a Linux Debian
+installation from NFS. The following devices are emulated:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+MIPS R4K CPU
+@item
+PC style serial port
+@item
+NE2000 network card
+@end itemize
+
+More information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
+
+@section ARM System emulator invocation
+
+Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
+machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
+devices:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+ARM926E or ARM1026E CPU
+@item
+Two PL011 UARTs
+@item
+SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
+@end itemize
+
+A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
+information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
+
+@chapter QEMU Linux User space emulator
@section Quick Start
@node compilation
@chapter Compilation from the sources
-@section Linux/BSD
+@section Linux/Unix
+
+@subsection Compilation
+
+First you must decompress the sources:
+@example
+cd /tmp
+tar zxvf qemu-x.y.z.tar.gz
+cd qemu-x.y.z
+@end example
+
+Then you configure QEMU and build it (usually no options are needed):
+@example
+./configure
+make
+@end example
+
+Then type as root user:
+@example
+make install
+@end example
+to install QEMU in @file{/usr/local}.
+
+@subsection Tested tool versions
+
+In order to compile QEMU succesfully, it is very important that you
+have the right tools. The most important one is gcc. I cannot guaranty
+that QEMU works if you do not use a tested gcc version. Look at
+'configure' and 'Makefile' if you want to make a different gcc
+version work.
+
+@example
+host gcc binutils glibc linux distribution
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+x86 3.2 2.13.2 2.1.3 2.4.18
+ 2.96 2.11.93.0.2 2.2.5 2.4.18 Red Hat 7.3
+ 3.2.2 2.13.90.0.18 2.3.2 2.4.20 Red Hat 9
-Read the @file{README} which gives the related information.
+PowerPC 3.3 [4] 2.13.90.0.18 2.3.1 2.4.20briq
+ 3.2
+
+Alpha 3.3 [1] 2.14.90.0.4 2.2.5 2.2.20 [2] Debian 3.0
+
+Sparc32 2.95.4 2.12.90.0.1 2.2.5 2.4.18 Debian 3.0
+
+ARM 2.95.4 2.12.90.0.1 2.2.5 2.4.9 [3] Debian 3.0
+
+[1] On Alpha, QEMU needs the gcc 'visibility' attribute only available
+ for gcc version >= 3.3.
+[2] Linux >= 2.4.20 is necessary for precise exception support
+ (untested).
+[3] 2.4.9-ac10-rmk2-np1-cerf2
+
+[4] gcc 2.95.x generates invalid code when using too many register
+variables. You must use gcc 3.x on PowerPC.
+@end example
@section Windows