Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Linux
Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/...
1 - Unpack the image
bzcat olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2 > laptop.img
2 - Obtain qemu
On Debian/Ubuntu, as root:
apt-get install qemu
On Fedora, as root:
yum install qemu
3 - Run qemu on the image
qemu -soundhw es1370 -serial `tty` -net user -net nic,model=rtl8139 -hda laptop.img
Please check for the required arguments to qemu as explained on Emulating_the_XO/Quick_Start. At the time of writing, the arguments are as shown above, but this can change/evolve, so please check the Quick Start page for the latest recommended arguments first! Do NOT add the '-kernel-kqemu' argument at this point though, you'll first need to do step 4 before you add that one.
Then see Running for the first time.
4 - (optional, but recommended) Make qemu run faster
If you have an x86 or x86_64 cpu, you can use kqemu to speed up the emulation several 100%.
4 a - Obtain kqemu
On Debian/Ubuntu, as root, do one of:
apt-get install kqemu-modules-2.6-486 # if you have a 486/original Pentium apt-get install kqemu-modules-2.6-686 # if you have a later Pentium apt-get install kqemu-modules-2.6-k7 # if you have a 32-bit AMD Duron/Athlon/AthlonXP
- This kqemu-modules step is reported to be unneeded (and unavailable) for Ubuntu 7.04. If you do need it, please note that here. You can use sudo apt-get search kqemu to look around. MitchellNCharity 16:46, 2 October 2007 (EDT)
Then
apt-get install kqemu-common
to add docs and have it auto-load at boot time.
In Ubuntu 7.04, you'll have to use module-assistant to compile kqemu.
Install the program:
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
Download the kernel headers:
sudo module-assistant prepare kqemu
Download, compile and install the kqemu module package:
sudo module-assistant auto-install kqemu
Due to an open bug in ubuntu's kqemu-source package, you'll need to do the following as well:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/kqemu
Change the contents to be:
options kqemu major=0
Save the file and exit nano. Then do:
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/60-kqemu.rules
Enter this text into the empty file:
KERNEL=="kqemu", NAME="%k", MODE="0666"
Save the file and exit nano.
On Fedora x86,
XXX please fill this in if you know
On Fedora x86_64,
- as of 2007-05-13, there are no official rpms for kqemu, or the kqemu kernel module, and they are not included in the qemu rpm. atrpms.net has kqemu rpms. Or install from source.
- I was successful using kqemu-1.3.0-2.fc6.i386.rpm and kqemu-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6-1.3.0-2.fc6.x86_64.rpm from atrpms on fc6. 2962 is the kernel version (eg, ls /boot/). MitchellNCharity 19:40, 1 July 2007 (EDT)
4 b - Run modprobe
sudo /sbin/modprobe kqemu major=0
This will need to be run again if the host computer is rebooted (unless noted above). If you forget, qemu will be slow again (and a one-line error message scroll by when you run qemu).
4 c - Run a qemu variant with the -kernel-kqemu option
On x86,
qemu -kernel-kqemu ...
On x86_64,
qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel-kqemu ...
If you forget and use just qemu instead, things will be slow again. If you get the error message "Could not open '/dev/kqemu' - QEMU acceleration layer not activated", run the emulation as root or by with sudo.
FreeBSD
Install qemu from ports:
cd /usr/ports/emulators/qemu && make install clean
or as a package
pkg_add -r qemu
Then load kqemu and aio kernel modules:
kldload kqemu kldload aio
and launch the image you want:
qemu -hda olpc-stream-development-7-20060609_1600-ext3.img
- Should this take the same arguments as the linux qemu invocation? MitchellNCharity 21:18, 23 May 2007 (EDT)
Yellow Dog Linux on PlayStation3
Sugar is able to run on a PS3. It can be run using the qemu emulator. Here are some directions for one way of doing this:
1. Install ydl linux for PS3
2. Log on to ydl as root user
3. Install yum (helps install other linux software)
4. Download qemu
5. Download therepos here
6. Unzip therepos.zip
7. Access yum folder (yum.repos.d)
8. Copy unzipped files to yum.repos.d
9. Follow the linux emulation instructions
