QEMU System Emulator Targets

QEMU is a generic emulator and it emulates many machines. Most of the options are similar for all machines. Specific information about the various targets are mentioned in the following sections.

Contents:

• x86 (PC) System emulator
  • Peripherals
  • Recommendations for KVM CPU model configuration on x86 hosts
    • Two ways to configure CPU models with QEMU / KVM
    • Preferred CPU models for Intel x86 hosts
    • Important CPU features for Intel x86 hosts
    • Preferred CPU models for AMD x86 hosts
    • Important CPU features for AMD x86 hosts
    • Default x86 CPU models
    • Other non-recommended x86 CPUs
  • Syntax for configuring CPU models
    • QEMU command line
    • Libvirt guest XML
  • OS requirements
• PowerPC System emulator
• Sparc32 System emulator
• Sparc64 System emulator
• MIPS System emulator
  • Supported CPU model configurations on MIPS hosts
    • Supported CPU models for MIPS32 hosts
    • Supported CPU models for MIPS64 hosts
    • Supported CPU models for nanoMIPS hosts
    • Preferred CPU models for MIPS hosts
  • nanoMIPS System emulator
• ARM System emulator
• ColdFire System emulator
• Xtensa System emulator