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diff --git a/poky/scripts/runqemu.README b/poky/scripts/runqemu.README index da9abd7dfb..e5f4b4634c 100644 --- a/poky/scripts/runqemu.README +++ b/poky/scripts/runqemu.README @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Using OE images with QEMU ========================= -OE-Core can generate qemu bootable kernels and images with can be used +OE-Core can generate qemu bootable kernels and images which can be used on a desktop system. The scripts currently support booting ARM, MIPS, PowerPC -and x86 (32 and 64 bit) images. The scripts can be used within the OE build -system or externaly. +and x86 (32 and 64 bit) images. The scripts can be used within the OE build +system or externally. -The runqemu script is run as: +The runqemu script is run as: runqemu <machine> <zimage> <filesystem> @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ where: <machine> is the machine/architecture to use (qemuarm/qemumips/qemuppc/qemux86/qemux86-64) <zimage> is the path to a kernel (e.g. zimage-qemuarm.bin) <filesystem> is the path to an ext2 image (e.g. filesystem-qemuarm.ext2) or an nfs directory - -If <machine> isn't specified, the script will try to detect the machine name + +If <machine> isn't specified, the script will try to detect the machine name from the name of the <zimage> file. If <filesystem> isn't specified, nfs booting will be assumed. -When used within the build system, it will default to qemuarm, ext2 and the last kernel and +When used within the build system, it will default to qemuarm, ext2 and the last kernel and core-image-sato-sdk image built by the build system. If an sdk image isn't present it will look for sato and minimal images. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Full usage instructions can be seen by running the command with no options speci Notes ===== - - The scripts run qemu using sudo. Change perms on /dev/net/tun to + - The scripts run qemu using sudo. Change perms on /dev/net/tun to run as non root. The runqemu-gen-tapdevs script can also be used by root to prepopulate the appropriate network devices. - You can access the host computer at 192.168.7.1 within the image. |