docs/about/build-platforms.rst

1 .. _Supported-build-platforms:
3 Supported build platforms
7 platforms. This appendix outlines which platforms are the major build
25 support for those backports, unless the feature is auto-detectable in a
32 You can find how to install build dependencies for different systems on the
33 :ref:`setup-build-env` page.
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40   .. list-table::
41    :header-rows: 1
43    * - CPU Architecture
44      - Accelerators
45    * - Arm
46      - hvf (64 bit only), kvm (64 bit only), tcg, xen
47    * - MIPS (64 bit little endian only)
48      - kvm, tcg
49    * - PPC
50      - kvm, tcg
51    * - RISC-V
52      - kvm, tcg
53    * - s390x
54      - kvm, tcg
55    * - SPARC
56      - tcg
57    * - x86
58      - hvf (64 bit only), kvm, nvmm, tcg, whpx (64 bit only), xen
60 Other host architectures are not supported. It is possible to build QEMU system
62 ``--enable-tcg-interpreter`` option to enable the TCI support, but note that
64 requires host-specific support for signal handling, therefore TCI won't help
67 Non-supported architectures may be removed in the future following the
68 :ref:`deprecation process<Deprecated features>`.
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77 first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro
93 Some build dependencies may follow less conservative rules:
96   Distributions with long-term support often provide multiple versions
100   In this case, it will be necessary to use the ``--python`` command line
106 Python build dependencies
107   Some of QEMU's build dependencies are written in Python.  Usually these
109   If QEMU bumps its minimum Python version and a non-default runtime is
111   Package Index (PyPI) via ``pip``, in order to build QEMU.
113 Rust build dependencies
119   a newer version using ``cargo install bindgen-cli``.
123   For all other architectures, Debian bookworm provides a new-enough Rust
124   compiler in the ``rustc-web`` package.
126   Also, on Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 this requires the ``rustc-1.77``
130 Optional build dependencies
131   Build components whose absence does not affect the ability to build QEMU
136   of optional build-time dependency; in this case it is possible to
137   download them from repositories such as EPEL, to use container-based
138   cross compilation using ``docker`` or ``podman``, or to use pre-built
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156 build process to successfully complete. On newer versions of Windows 10,
161 Only 64-bit Windows is supported.