ARM AArch64 Virt KVM Emulation (QEMU)

Overview

This board configuration will use QEMU to run a KVM guest on an AArch64 host.

This configuration provides support for an AArch64 Cortex-A CPU and these devices:

• GICv3 interrupt controller

• ARM architected timer

• PL011 UART controller

Hardware

Supported Features

The following hardware features are supported:

Interface	Controller	Driver/Component
GIC	on-chip	interrupt controller
PL011 UART	on-chip	serial port
ARM TIMER	on-chip	system clock

The kernel currently does not support other hardware features on this platform.

Devices

System Clock

This board configuration uses the host system clock frequency.

Serial Port

This board configuration uses a single serial communication channel with the CPU’s UART0.

Programming and Debugging

Refer to the qemu_cortex_a53 board instructions for this part.

Debugging

Refer to the detailed overview about Application Debugging.