Qemu2.9.1 start/Build on Ubuntu18

Host Ubuntu18  (the default qemu is too old)

Target Qemu 2.9.1 (Built OK on RHEL7.x)

1. Support lib install for qemu build 

 sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool 
 

2. Download

 wget   http://download.qemu-project.org/qemu-2.9.1.tar.xz
 tar Jxf qemu-2.9.1.tar.xz

4. configure    for  ARM only

  
lake@lake-Latitude-5491:~/Documents/qemu-2.9.1$ ./configure   --prefix=/usr  --target-list=aarch64-softmmu,arm-softmmu 
Install prefix    /usr
BIOS directory    /usr/share/qemu
binary directory  /usr/bin
library directory /usr/lib
module directory  /usr/lib/qemu
libexec directory /usr/libexec
include directory /usr/include
config directory  /usr/etc
local state directory   /usr/var
Manual directory  /usr/share/man
ELF interp prefix /usr/gnemul/qemu-%M
Source path       /home/lake/Documents/qemu-2.9.1
C compiler        cc
Host C compiler   cc
C++ compiler      c++
Objective-C compiler cc
ARFLAGS           rv
CFLAGS            -O2 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
QEMU_CFLAGS       -I$(SRC_PATH)/pixman/pixman -I$(BUILD_DIR)/pixman/pixman -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -fPIE -DPIE -m64 -mcx16 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wall -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fwrapv  -Wendif-labels -Wno-shift-negative-value -Wno-missing-include-dirs -Wempty-body -Wnested-externs -Wformat-security -Wformat-y2k -Winit-self -Wignored-qualifiers -Wold-style-declaration -Wold-style-definition -Wtype-limits -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/include/libpng16
LDFLAGS           -Wl,--warn-common -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie -m64 -g
make              make
install           install
python            python -B
smbd              /usr/sbin/smbd
module support    no
host CPU          x86_64
host big endian   no
target list       aarch64-softmmu arm-softmmu 
tcg debug enabled no
gprof enabled     no
sparse enabled    no
strip binaries    yes
profiler          no
static build      no
pixman            internal
SDL support       yes (1.2.15)
GTK support       no
GTK GL support    no
VTE support       no
TLS priority      NORMAL
GNUTLS support    no
GNUTLS rnd        no
libgcrypt         no
libgcrypt kdf     no
nettle            no
nettle kdf        no
libtasn1          no
curses support    no
virgl support     no
curl support      no
mingw32 support   no
Audio drivers     oss
Block whitelist (rw)
Block whitelist (ro)
VirtFS support    no
VNC support       yes
VNC SASL support  no
VNC JPEG support  no
VNC PNG support   yes
xen support       no
brlapi support    no
bluez  support    no
Documentation     no
PIE               yes
vde support       no
netmap support    no
Linux AIO support no
ATTR/XATTR support yes
Install blobs     yes
KVM support       yes
HAX support       no
RDMA support      no
TCG interpreter   no
fdt support       yes
preadv support    yes
fdatasync         yes
madvise           yes
posix_madvise     yes
libcap-ng support no
vhost-net support yes
vhost-scsi support yes
vhost-vsock support yes
Trace backends    log
spice support     no
rbd support       no
xfsctl support    no
smartcard support no
libusb            no
usb net redir     no
OpenGL support    no
OpenGL dmabufs    no
libiscsi support  no
libnfs support    no
build guest agent yes
QGA VSS support   no
QGA w32 disk info no
QGA MSI support   no
seccomp support   no
coroutine backend ucontext
coroutine pool    yes
debug stack usage no
GlusterFS support no
gcov              gcov
gcov enabled      no
TPM support       yes
libssh2 support   no
TPM passthrough   yes
QOM debugging     yes
lzo support       no
snappy support    no
bzip2 support     no
NUMA host support no
tcmalloc support  no
jemalloc support  no
avx2 optimization yes
replication support yes
lake@lake-Latitude-5491:~/Documents/qemu-2.9.1$

 

5. Patch util/memfd.c

-static int memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)

+static int qemu_memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)

 

6. make  & make install
lake@lake-Latitude-5491:~/Documents/qemu-2.9.1$ qemu-system-a
qemu-system-aarch64  qemu-system-arm
lake@lake-Latitude-5491:~/Documents/qemu-2.9.1$ qemu-system-arm  --version
QEMU emulator version 2.9.1
Copyright (c) 2003-2017 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
lake@lake-Latitude-5491:~/Documents/qemu-2.9.1$