# mach-virt - VirtIO guest (serial console)
# =========================================================
#
# Usage:
#
# $ qemu-system-aarch64 \
# -nodefaults \
# -readconfig mach-virt-serial.cfg \
# -display none -serial mon:stdio \
# -cpu host
#
# You will probably need to tweak the lines marked as
# CHANGE ME before being able to use this configuration!
#
# The guest will have a selection of VirtIO devices
# tailored towards optimal performance with modern guests,
# and will be accessed through the serial console.
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------
#
# Using -nodefaults is required to have full control over
# the virtual hardware: when it's specified, QEMU will
# populate the board with only the builtin peripherals,
# such as the PL011 UART, plus a PCI Express Root Bus; the
# user will then have to explicitly add further devices.
#
# The PCI Express Root Bus shows up in the guest as:
#
# 00:00.0 Host bridge
#
# This configuration file adds a number of other useful
# devices, more specifically:
#
# 00.1c.* PCI bridge (PCI Express Root Ports)
# 01:00.0 SCSI storage controller
# 02:00.0 Ethernet controller
#
# More information about these devices is available below.
#
# We use '-display none' to prevent QEMU from creating a
# graphical display window, which would serve no use in
# this specific configuration, and '-serial mon:stdio' to
# multiplex the guest's serial console and the QEMU monitor
# to the host's stdio; use 'Ctrl+A h' to learn how to
# switch between the two and more.
# Machine options
# =========================================================
#
# We use the virt machine type and enable KVM acceleration
# for better performance.
#
# Using less than 1 GiB of memory is probably not going to
# yield good performance in the guest, and might even lead
# to obscure boot issues in some cases.
#
# Unfortunately, there is no way to configure the CPU model
# in this file, so it will have to be provided on the
# command line, but we can configure the guest to use the
# same GIC version as the host.
[machine]
type = "virt"
accel = "kvm"
gic-version = "host"
[memory]
size = "1024"
# Firmware configuration
# =========================================================
#
# There are two parts to the firmware: a read-only image
# containing the executable code, which is shared between
# guests, and a read/write variable store that is owned
# by one specific guest, exclusively, and is used to
# record information such as the UEFI boot order.
#
# For any new guest, its permanent, private variable store
# should initially be copied from the template file
# provided along with the firmware binary.
#
# Depending on the OS distribution you're using on the
# host, the name of the package containing the firmware
# binary and variable store template, as well as the paths
# to the files themselves, will be different. For example:
#
# Fedora
# edk2-aarch64 (pkg)
# /usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw (bin)
# /usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw (var)
#
# RHEL
# AAVMF (pkg)
# /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd (bin)
# /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd (var)
#
# Debian/Ubuntu
# qemu-efi (pkg)
# /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd (bin)
# /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd (var)
[drive "uefi-binary"]
file = "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd" # CHANGE ME
format = "raw"
if = "pflash"
unit = "0"
readonly = "on"
[drive "uefi-varstore"]
file = "guest_VARS.fd" # CHANGE ME
format = "raw"
if = "pflash"
unit = "1"
# PCI bridge (PCI Express Root Ports)
# =========================================================
#
# We create eight PCI Express Root Ports, and we plug them
# all into separate functions of the same slot. Some of
# them will be used by devices, the rest will remain
# available for hotplug.
[device "pcie.1"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.0"
port = "1"
chassis = "1"
multifunction = "on"
[device "pcie.2"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.1"
port = "2"
chassis = "2"
[device "pcie.3"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.2"
port = "3"
chassis = "3"
[device "pcie.4"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.3"
port = "4"
chassis = "4"
[device "pcie.5"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.4"
port = "5"
chassis = "5"
[device "pcie.6"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.5"
port = "6"
chassis = "6"
[device "pcie.7"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.6"
port = "7"
chassis = "7"
[device "pcie.8"]
driver = "pcie-root-port"
bus = "pcie.0"
addr = "1c.7"
port = "8"
chassis = "8"
# SCSI storage controller (and storage)
# =========================================================
#
# We use virtio-scsi here so that we can (hot)plug a large
# number of disks without running into issues; a SCSI disk,
# backed by a qcow2 disk image on the host's filesystem, is
# attached to it.
#
# We also create an optical disk, mostly for installation
# purposes: once the guest OS has been succesfully
# installed, the guest will no longer boot from optical
# media. If you don't want, or no longer want, to have an
# optical disk in the guest you can safely comment out
# all relevant sections below.
[device "scsi"]
driver = "virtio-scsi-pci"
bus = "pcie.1"
addr = "00.0"
[device "scsi-disk"]
driver = "scsi-hd"
bus = "scsi.0"
drive = "disk"
bootindex = "1"
[drive "disk"]
file = "guest.qcow2" # CHANGE ME
format = "qcow2"
if = "none"
[device "scsi-optical-disk"]
driver = "scsi-cd"
bus = "scsi.0"
drive = "optical-disk"
bootindex = "2"
[drive "optical-disk"]
file = "install.iso" # CHANGE ME
format = "raw"
if = "none"
# Ethernet controller
# =========================================================
#
# We use virtio-net for improved performance over emulated
# hardware; on the host side, we take advantage of user
# networking so that the QEMU process doesn't require any
# additional privileges.
[netdev "hostnet"]
type = "user"
[device "net"]
driver = "virtio-net-pci"
netdev = "hostnet"
bus = "pcie.2"
addr = "00.0"
