List of Supported Guest OSes
Target CPU support
The target CPU is the one QEMU emulates. User emulation means emulation of user code in order to launch Linux processes. System emulation means full CPU emulation in order to launch an Operating System.
| Target CPU | User emulation | System emulation |
|---|---|---|
| x86 | OK | OK |
| x86_64 | Testing | OK |
| ARM | OK | OK |
| SPARC | OK | OK |
| SPARC64 | Dev only | Dev only |
| PowerPC | Testing | Testing |
| PowerPC64 | Testing | Dev only |
| MIPS | OK | OK |
| MIPS64 | Not supported | OK |
| m68k (Coldfire) | OK | OK |
| SH-4 | Testing | Dev only |
| Alpha | Dev only | Dev only |
| CRIS | OK | Testing |
| MicroBlaze | Testing | Testing |
Host CPU support
The host CPU is the one which executes QEMU.
| Host CPU | Status |
|---|---|
| x86 | OK |
| x86_64 | OK |
| PowerPC | OK |
| Sparc32 | Testing |
| ARM | Testing |
| HPPA | Dev only |
| MIPS | Not supported |
| S390 | Not supported |
| Sparc64 | Not supported |
| ia64 | Not supported |
| m68k | Not supported |
| Alpha | Not supported |
Note: Testing means that the emulator is working on most of the regression tests, but that some important application fail.