qemu-system-ia64

Full-system QEMU emulation for IA-64 guests.

Important

This fork is independent of upstream QEMU. Report issues for this fork here, not upstream.

Quick start

Prebuilt binaries

Download builds from GitHub Actions. Builds are available for Windows AMD64 and Linux AMD64/AArch64. GitHub Releases may be older than the latest Actions builds.

Warning

x86-64-v2-optimized AMD64 builds require an x86-64-v2 host, use aggressive optimizations, and disable debugging and hardening. Use a standard build if a guest is unstable.

Build from source

Firmware builds require an IA-64 ELF cross toolchain with ia64-linux-gnu- tools on PATH.

./configure --target-list=ia64-softmmu --enable-gtk
ninja -C build qemu-system-ia64 roms/ia64-firmware/ia64-firmware.bin

Run

./build/qemu-system-ia64 \
  -machine itanium2-vpc \
  -drive file=/path/to/guest-media.iso,media=cdrom,format=raw,readonly=on \
  -display gtk

Use the nvram=<path> machine property for an NVRAM file, or nvram=none for non-persistent EFI variables.

Machine profiles

Select a machine explicitly with -machine.

Machine	Default CPU	Max sockets	Max total cores / threads	Default VGA	Default RAM
hp-i2000	merced-800	2	2	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro	2 GiB
hp-zx6000	madison-1500	2	2	ATI Radeon RV100	2 GiB
hp-rx2660	montecito-9010	2	9010/9110n: 2 / 2; others: 4 / 8	ATI RN50	8 GiB
itanium2-vpc	montecito-9050	64	64	ATI Rage 128 Pro	2 GiB
itanium-vpc	merced-800	64	64	ATI Rage 128 Pro	2 GiB

For machine-specific CPU restrictions, see the IA-64 system emulator documentation.

Use -vga quadro2 for NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro or -vga ati for an ATI adapter. ATI models are rage128p, rv100, and es1000:

-vga ati -global ati-vga.model=es1000

Configure the preferred resolution and VRAM size (MiB) with:

# ATI
-vga ati \
  -global ati-vga.model=es1000 \
  -global ati-vga.xres=1920 \
  -global ati-vga.yres=1080 \
  -global ati-vga.vgamem_mb=32

# NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
-vga quadro2 \
  -global nvidia-quadro2.xres=1920 \
  -global nvidia-quadro2.yres=1080 \
  -global nvidia-quadro2.vgamem_mb=32

Specify xres and yres together. xres must be a multiple of 8.

CPU models

Select a model with -cpu <model>. List available CPU names and aliases with:

build/qemu-system-ia64 -cpu help

CPU selection does not set the topology. Configure it separately:

-smp cpus=N,sockets=S,cores=C,threads=T

For a fully populated topology, N is S * C * T; omit cpus to calculate it from the other values. Use -accel tcg,thread=multi for more than one vCPU.

Common options

Purpose	Option
User-mode networking	-nic user,model=e1000
Disable networking	-nic none
Serial console	-serial stdio
AHCI HDD	-drive ...,if=none,id=<id> -device ide-hd,drive=<id>,bus=ide.<number>
AHCI CD	-drive ...,media=cdrom,readonly=on,if=none,id=<id> -device ide-cd,drive=<id>,bus=ide.<number>

Status

Instruction emulation, privileged behavior, floating-point handling, and device support remain experimental.

Related projects

• IA-64 ATI XPDM driver
• IA-64 NVIDIA XPDM driver

Screenshots

Legal disclaimer

Proprietary guest operating-system images, installation media, and firmware are not included. Users must supply them under the applicable licenses.

This project is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or supported by Intel, HPE, the QEMU Project, or Microsoft Corporation.

QEMU is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2; see the license files in this repository. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other product and company names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.