QEMU README
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QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
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QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Mac
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere
-- End
Peter Maydell
authored
target-arm queue:
* raspi2: add gpio controller and sdhost controller, with
the wiring so the guest can switch which controller the
SD card is attached to
(this is sufficient to get raspbian kernels to boot)
* GICv3: support state save/restore from KVM
* update Linux headers to 4.11
* refactor and QOMify the ARMv7M container object
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* remotes/pmaydell/tags/pull-target-arm-20170228-1: (21 commits)
bcm2835: add sdhost and gpio controllers
bcm2835_gpio: add bcm2835 gpio controller
hw/sd: add card-reparenting function
qdev: Have qdev_set_parent_bus() handle devices already on a bus
hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm: Reset GICv3 cpu interface registers
target-arm: Add GICv3CPUState in CPUARMState struct
hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm: Implement get/put functions
hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm: Add ICC_SRE_EL1 register to vmstate
update Linux headers to 4.11
update-linux-headers: update for 4.11
stm32f205: Rename 'nvic' local to 'armv7m'
stm32f205: Create armv7m object without using armv7m_init()
armv7m: Split systick out from NVIC
armv7m: Don't put core v7M devices under CONFIG_STELLARIS
armv7m: Make bitband device take the address space to access
armv7m: Make NVIC expose a memory region rather than mapping itself
armv7m: Make ARMv7M object take memory region link
armv7m: Use QOMified armv7m object in armv7m_init()
armv7m: QOMify the armv7m container
armv7m: Move NVICState struct definition into header
...
Signed-off-by: 
Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>