Compile QEMU under Windows 10 (64-bit) for Windows 10 (64-bit)

Issue

I managed to compile QEMU (3.0.50) under Windows 10 (64-bit) (basically following these instructions) with these commands:

./configure --enable-gtk --enable-sdl
make

However, when starting qemu-system-x86_64.exe in a console, nothing happens. I expected a window showing up. Shortly after starting the exe, I'm getting back the prompt. Nothing printed out to the console. No necessary DLL is missing. What could be the problem?

Solution

Finally I managed to compile and run QEMU under Windows 10 Home 64-bit. There are a few pitfalls:

1. Due to a compiler bug in mingw (see https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86832 and https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg557409.html), you have to configure QEMU with --disable-stack-protector and (one solution) add the function __stack_chk_fail to a source file.
2. Configure QEMU with --disable-werror.
3. Remove Capstone project from makefile.

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Here's a complete step-by-step guide for compiling qemu-system-x86_64.exe:

Date: 2018-10-31

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Guide based on: https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/W32#Native_builds_with_MSYS2

• Download and install msys2 to C:\msys64: http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-x86_64-20180531.exe
• Start C:\msys64\mingw64.exe
• Updates (then close window and restart mingw64.exe): pacman -Syu
• Updates: pacman -Su
• Install basic packets: pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain git python
• Install QEMU specific packets: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-glib2 mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3 mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2
• Get QEMU sources:
  • git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
  • cd qemu
  • git submodule update --init ui/keycodemapdb
  • git submodule update --init capstone
  • git submodule update --init dtc
• Insert void __stack_chk_fail(void); void __stack_chk_fail(void) { } to qemu\util\oslib-win32.c e.g. at line 44
• Comment out (#) Capstone (line 508) in qemu\Makefile
• Build QEMU:
  • ./configure --enable-gtk --enable-sdl --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --disable-werror --disable-stack-protector
  • make
• Run in qemu/x86_64-softmmu ./qemu-system-x86_64 -L ./../pc-bios
• Optional (for better performance): Install HAXM according to this guide: https://www.qemu.org/2017/11/22/haxm-usage-windows/ and start QEMU with option -accel hax

Answered By - Jo123