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QEMU Cheat Sheet

Kernel Config

  • Decent x86_64 kernel, use the
  • Decent x86_32 kernel, use the
  • Decent ARMv5t (ARM9) kernel, use the versatile_defconfig
  • Decent ARMv7a (ARM Cortex-A9) kernel, use the vexpress_defconfig
  • Decent MIPS little endian o32 kernel, use the
  • Decent PowerPC 601e kernel, use the

QEMU Machines

  • ARMv5t uses versatilepb
  • ARM Cortex-A9 uses vexpress-a9
  • MIPS o32 uses
  • PowerPC 601e uses

Booting

Example boot without a disk (will kernel panic):

qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel src/linux-3.2.29/arch/arm/boot/zImage -append "root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyAMA0" -nographic

References

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