Edit

Building the AGL Demo Platform for QEMU

To build the QEMU version of the AGL demo platform use machine qemux86-64 along with features agl-demo and agl-devel:

source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -f -m qemux86-64 agl-demo agl-devel
bitbake agl-demo-platform

By default, the build will produce a compressed vmdk image in tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk.xz

Deploying the AGL Demo Platform for QEMU

Prepare an image for boot

Decompress the agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk.xz image to prepare it for boot.

Linux

cd tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64
xz -d agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk.xz

Windows

Download 7-Zip and select agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk.xz to be decompressed.

Boot an image

QEMU

Install

Note: if an AGL crosssdk has been created, it will contain a qemu binary for the host system. This SDK qemu binary has no graphics support and cannot currently be used to boot an AGL image.

Arch:

sudo pacman -S qemu

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install qemu-system-x86

Fedora:

sudo yum install qemu-kvm

Boot

Boot the agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk image in qemu with kvm support:

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2048 \
	-hda agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk \
	-cpu kvm64 -cpu qemu64,+ssse3,+sse4.1,+sse4.2,+popcnt \
	-vga std -show-cursor \
	-device virtio-rng-pci \
	-serial mon:stdio -serial null \
	-soundhw hda \
	-net nic,vlan=0 \
	-net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22

VirtualBox

Install

Download and install VirtualBox

Boot

Boot the agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk image in VirtualBox:

  • Start VirtualBox
  • Click New to create a new machine
    • Enter AGL QEMU as the Name
    • Select Linux as the Type
    • Select Other Linux (64-bit) as the Version
    • Set Memory size to 2 GB
    • Click Use an existing virtual hard disk file under Hard disk
      • Navigate to and select the agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk image
  • Ensure that the newly created AGL QEMU machine is highlighted and click Start

VMWare Player

Install

Download and install VMWare Player

Boot

Boot the agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk image in VMWare Player:

  • Start VMWare Player
  • Select File and Create a New Virtual Machine
    • Select I will install the operating system later and click Next
    • Select Linux as the Guest Operating System, Other Linux 3.x kernel 64-bit as the Version, and click Next
    • Enter AGL QEMU as the Name and click Next
    • Leave disk capacity settings unchanged and click Next
    • Click Finish
  • Select/highlight AGL QEMU and click Edit virtual machine settings
    • Select/highlight Memory and click 2 GB
    • Select/highlight Hard Disk (SCSI) and click Remove
    • Click Add
      • Select Hard Disk and click Next
      • Select SCSI (Recommended) and click Next
      • Select Use an existing virtual disk and click Next
      • Browse and select the agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk image
      • Click Finish
      • Click Keep Existing Format
    • Click Save
  • Ensure that the newly created AGL QEMU machine is highlighted and click Power On