qemu/docs/config/mach-virt-graphical.cfg
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   1# mach-virt - VirtIO guest (graphical console)
   2# =========================================================
   3#
   4# Usage:
   5#
   6#   $ qemu-system-aarch64 \
   7#     -nodefaults \
   8#     -readconfig mach-virt-graphical.cfg \
   9#     -cpu host
  10#
  11# You will probably need to tweak the lines marked as
  12# CHANGE ME before being able to use this configuration!
  13#
  14# The guest will have a selection of VirtIO devices
  15# tailored towards optimal performance with modern guests,
  16# and will be accessed through a graphical console.
  17#
  18# ---------------------------------------------------------
  19#
  20# Using -nodefaults is required to have full control over
  21# the virtual hardware: when it's specified, QEMU will
  22# populate the board with only the builtin peripherals,
  23# such as the PL011 UART, plus a PCI Express Root Bus; the
  24# user will then have to explicitly add further devices.
  25#
  26# The PCI Express Root Bus shows up in the guest as:
  27#
  28#   00:00.0 Host bridge
  29#
  30# This configuration file adds a number of other useful
  31# devices, more specifically:
  32#
  33#   00:01.0 Display controller
  34#   00.1c.* PCI bridge (PCI Express Root Ports)
  35#   01:00.0 SCSI storage controller
  36#   02:00.0 Ethernet controller
  37#   03:00.0 USB controller
  38#
  39# More information about these devices is available below.
  40
  41
  42# Machine options
  43# =========================================================
  44#
  45# We use the virt machine type and enable KVM acceleration
  46# for better performance.
  47#
  48# Using less than 1 GiB of memory is probably not going to
  49# yield good performance in the guest, and might even lead
  50# to obscure boot issues in some cases.
  51#
  52# Unfortunately, there is no way to configure the CPU model
  53# in this file, so it will have to be provided on the
  54# command line, but we can configure the guest to use the
  55# same GIC version as the host.
  56
  57[machine]
  58  type = "virt"
  59  accel = "kvm"
  60  gic-version = "host"
  61
  62[memory]
  63  size = "1024"
  64
  65
  66# Firmware configuration
  67# =========================================================
  68#
  69# There are two parts to the firmware: a read-only image
  70# containing the executable code, which is shared between
  71# guests, and a read/write variable store that is owned
  72# by one specific guest, exclusively, and is used to
  73# record information such as the UEFI boot order.
  74#
  75# For any new guest, its permanent, private variable store
  76# should initially be copied from the template file
  77# provided along with the firmware binary.
  78#
  79# Depending on the OS distribution you're using on the
  80# host, the name of the package containing the firmware
  81# binary and variable store template, as well as the paths
  82# to the files themselves, will be different. For example:
  83#
  84# Fedora
  85#   edk2-aarch64                                      (pkg)
  86#   /usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw       (bin)
  87#   /usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw  (var)
  88#
  89# RHEL
  90#   AAVMF                                             (pkg)
  91#   /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd                    (bin)
  92#   /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd                    (var)
  93#
  94# Debian/Ubuntu
  95#   qemu-efi                                          (pkg)
  96#   /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd                    (bin)
  97#   /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd                    (var)
  98
  99[drive "uefi-binary"]
 100  file = "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd"       # CHANGE ME
 101  format = "raw"
 102  if = "pflash"
 103  unit = "0"
 104  readonly = "on"
 105
 106[drive "uefi-varstore"]
 107  file = "guest_VARS.fd"                        # CHANGE ME
 108  format = "raw"
 109  if = "pflash"
 110  unit = "1"
 111
 112
 113# PCI bridge (PCI Express Root Ports)
 114# =========================================================
 115#
 116# We create eight PCI Express Root Ports, and we plug them
 117# all into separate functions of the same slot. Some of
 118# them will be used by devices, the rest will remain
 119# available for hotplug.
 120
 121[device "pcie.1"]
 122  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 123  bus = "pcie.0"
 124  addr = "1c.0"
 125  port = "1"
 126  chassis = "1"
 127  multifunction = "on"
 128
 129[device "pcie.2"]
 130  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 131  bus = "pcie.0"
 132  addr = "1c.1"
 133  port = "2"
 134  chassis = "2"
 135
 136[device "pcie.3"]
 137  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 138  bus = "pcie.0"
 139  addr = "1c.2"
 140  port = "3"
 141  chassis = "3"
 142
 143[device "pcie.4"]
 144  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 145  bus = "pcie.0"
 146  addr = "1c.3"
 147  port = "4"
 148  chassis = "4"
 149
 150[device "pcie.5"]
 151  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 152  bus = "pcie.0"
 153  addr = "1c.4"
 154  port = "5"
 155  chassis = "5"
 156
 157[device "pcie.6"]
 158  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 159  bus = "pcie.0"
 160  addr = "1c.5"
 161  port = "6"
 162  chassis = "6"
 163
 164[device "pcie.7"]
 165  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 166  bus = "pcie.0"
 167  addr = "1c.6"
 168  port = "7"
 169  chassis = "7"
 170
 171[device "pcie.8"]
 172  driver = "pcie-root-port"
 173  bus = "pcie.0"
 174  addr = "1c.7"
 175  port = "8"
 176  chassis = "8"
 177
 178
 179# SCSI storage controller (and storage)
 180# =========================================================
 181#
 182# We use virtio-scsi here so that we can (hot)plug a large
 183# number of disks without running into issues; a SCSI disk,
 184# backed by a qcow2 disk image on the host's filesystem, is
 185# attached to it.
 186#
 187# We also create an optical disk, mostly for installation
 188# purposes: once the guest OS has been successfully
 189# installed, the guest will no longer boot from optical
 190# media. If you don't want, or no longer want, to have an
 191# optical disk in the guest you can safely comment out
 192# all relevant sections below.
 193
 194[device "scsi"]
 195  driver = "virtio-scsi-pci"
 196  bus = "pcie.1"
 197  addr = "00.0"
 198
 199[device "scsi-disk"]
 200  driver = "scsi-hd"
 201  bus = "scsi.0"
 202  drive = "disk"
 203  bootindex = "1"
 204
 205[drive "disk"]
 206  file = "guest.qcow2"                          # CHANGE ME
 207  format = "qcow2"
 208  if = "none"
 209
 210[device "scsi-optical-disk"]
 211  driver = "scsi-cd"
 212  bus = "scsi.0"
 213  drive = "optical-disk"
 214  bootindex = "2"
 215
 216[drive "optical-disk"]
 217  file = "install.iso"                          # CHANGE ME
 218  format = "raw"
 219  if = "none"
 220
 221
 222# Ethernet controller
 223# =========================================================
 224#
 225# We use virtio-net for improved performance over emulated
 226# hardware; on the host side, we take advantage of user
 227# networking so that the QEMU process doesn't require any
 228# additional privileges.
 229
 230[netdev "hostnet"]
 231  type = "user"
 232
 233[device "net"]
 234  driver = "virtio-net-pci"
 235  netdev = "hostnet"
 236  bus = "pcie.2"
 237  addr = "00.0"
 238
 239
 240# USB controller (and input devices)
 241# =========================================================
 242#
 243# We add a virtualization-friendly USB 3.0 controller and
 244# a USB keyboard / USB tablet combo so that graphical
 245# guests can be controlled appropriately.
 246
 247[device "usb"]
 248  driver = "nec-usb-xhci"
 249  bus = "pcie.3"
 250  addr = "00.0"
 251
 252[device "keyboard"]
 253  driver = "usb-kbd"
 254  bus = "usb.0"
 255
 256[device "tablet"]
 257  driver = "usb-tablet"
 258  bus = "usb.0"
 259
 260
 261# Display controller
 262# =========================================================
 263#
 264# We use virtio-gpu because the legacy VGA framebuffer is
 265# very troublesome on aarch64, and virtio-gpu is the only
 266# video device that doesn't implement it.
 267#
 268# If you're running the guest on a remote, potentially
 269# headless host, you will probably want to append something
 270# like
 271#
 272#   -display vnc=127.0.0.1:0
 273#
 274# to the command line in order to prevent QEMU from
 275# creating a graphical display window on the host and
 276# enable remote access instead.
 277
 278[device "video"]
 279  driver = "virtio-gpu"
 280  bus = "pcie.0"
 281  addr = "01.0"
 282