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+qemu-arm poky image notes
+=========================
-qemu-arm quick setup notes
+Poky can generate qemu-system-arm bootable kernels and images with can
+then be used on an x86 desktop. There are two ways to run such images;
+
+Via ext2 filesystem image
==========================
+Run;
+
+qemu-ext2 <zimage-qemuarm>.bin <filesystem-qemuarm>.ext2
+
+
+Via NFS
+========
+
As root;
% apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
@@ -30,10 +43,11 @@ Finally, launch:
( change perms on /dev/net/tun to run as non root )
-
Notes
=====
+ - You can set QEMU_MEMORY env var to control amount of available memory
+ ( defaults to 64M )
- There is a bug in qemu in that means occasionally it will use 100% cpu.
You will need to restart it in this situation.