QEMU x86-64 Reference Image
Overview
QEMU x86_64 enables virtual testing and development for 64-bit x86 systems.
Vendor
Vendor: QEMU Project
Reference Hardware: QEMU x86_64
SoC: Virtual x86 SoC
Architecture: x86_64
Purchase: Not applicable (software emulator).
Supported Features in Linaro Reference Images
Feature |
Supported? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
Boot to Console |
Yes |
Serial console or virtual display |
Ethernet |
Yes |
|
USB-A |
No |
|
HDMI |
No |
|
Wi-Fi |
No |
|
Bluetooth |
No |
|
UART |
Yes |
|
SPI |
No |
|
I2C |
No |
|
GPIO |
No |
Download
Prebuilt Image: Currently we do not distribute public binary images for this development kit. Follow the instructions below to build a reference image from source.
Building the Image
Follow the Quick Start Guide to prepare your build environment.
To build:
cd lightspeed
kas build kas-cfgs/qemux86-64.yaml
Running in QEMU
Boot the image using QEMU:
qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -m 1024 \
-kernel bzImage \
-append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/vda rw" \
-drive file=rootfs.ext4,format=raw,if=virtio \
-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 \
-device virtio-net,netdev=net0
You can login via serial console or SSH (port 2222).
Login using the credentials in the Quick Start Guide.
Known Issues and Limitations
There are no known issues with this development kit.