QEMU Runner Skill

This skill provides a unified way to launch the OS in QEMU on Linux and capture serial logs.

1. Environment Detection

Before running, ensure the shell environment is Linux:

Bash (Linux)

if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
    echo "Running on Linux"
    chmod +x run-uefi.sh
    ./run-uefi.sh
else
    echo "Error: This script only supports Linux."
    exit 1
fi

2. Running with Serial Logging (Timestamped)

To run the kernel and capture logs to a unique file for each run:

Bash

timestamp=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
log_file="serial_logs/$timestamp.txt"
echo "Logging to $log_file"
./run-uefi.sh | tee "$log_file"

3. Exiting QEMU

QEMU usually stays open after the kernel finishes. To exit:

• Manual: Click the QEMU window and press Ctrl+C in the terminal to kill the process.
• Serial Mode: If using -display none, press Ctrl+A then X to exit.
• Auto-Close: Update your run-uefi.sh script to include -no-reboot to prevent infinite loops on panic.

4. QEMU Serial Parameters

Ensure the QEMU command includes:

• -serial stdio: Directs memory logs to the terminal.
• -display none: (Optional) CLI-only mode, no VGA window.
• -no-reboot: Exit/Stop on failure instead of rebooting.

5. Troubleshooting

• Linux: Ensure QEMU and OVMF are installed (sudo apt install qemu-system-x86 ovmf).