How to emulate a Raspberry Pi (Raspbian Jessie) on Mac OSX (El Capitan)

qemu_osx_rpi_raspbian_jessie.sh

# Install QEMU OSX port with ARM support
sudo port install qemu +target_arm
export QEMU=$(which qemu-system-arm)

# Dowload kernel and export location
curl -OL \
https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel/blob/master/kernel-qemu-4.1.7-jessie
export RPI_KERNEL=./kernel-qemu-4.1.7-jessie

# Download filesystem and export location
curl -o 2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.zip \
-L http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/images/raspbian-2015-11-24/2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.zip
unzip 2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.zip
export RPI_FS=./2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.img

# Tweak filesystem: start qemu with init flag, switch to guest window to execute tweak and close window afterwards
$QEMU -kernel $RPI_KERNEL \
-cpu arm1176 -m 256 \
-M versatilepb -no-reboot -serial stdio \
-append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw init=/bin/bash" \
-hda $RPI_FS

sed -i -e 's/^/#/' /etc/ld.so.conf
sed -i -e 's/^/#/' /etc/fstab

# Emulate Raspberry Pi
$QEMU -kernel $RPI_KERNEL \
-cpu arm1176 -m 256 \
-M versatilepb -no-reboot -serial stdio \
-append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw" \
-hda $RPI_FS \
-redir tcp:5022::22

# Login to Raspberry Pi
ssh -p 5022 pi@localhost

# Referenced from OSX raspberry pi emulation via QEMU - https://gist.github.com/JasonGhent/e7deab904b30cbc08a7d
# Referenced from Emulating Jessie image with 4.1.7 kernel - https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel/wiki/Emulating-Jessie-image-with-4.1.7-kernel

Sorry, I thought I had pasted it in my first reply:

$QEMU -kernel $RPI_KERNEL \ 
-cpu arm1176 \
-m 256 \
-M versatilepb \
-no-reboot \
-serial stdio \
-append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw init=/bin/bash" \
-hda $RPI_FS

The only difference between the original is I installed QEMU via homebrew and I'm wondering if there was an option I needed to pass that I missed. The ARM QEMU binaries exist - it's just complaining about the CPU. I tried substituting it with a few different ARM CPUs and they all resulted in the same error.

Ok, turns out a fresh reinstall of QEMU was needed (thanks brew). Running the same command now results in the QEMU GUI opening up but the screen is black and there's no output being redirected to my local console. It appears -serial stdio should redirect to my local session, but nothing is output and it's unresponsive to any input.

Any idea on what to look at?

Ok, turns out a fresh reinstall of QEMU was needed (thanks brew). Running the same command now results in the QEMU GUI opening up but the screen is black and there's no output being redirected to my local console. It appears -serial stdio should redirect to my local session, but nothing is output and it's unresponsive to any input.

Any idea on what to look at?

Yeah, same goes for me, but I think you should wait more. (I do not recall if I used this method or another method)