docs/about/build-platforms.rst

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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
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37   .. list-table::
38    :header-rows: 1
40    * - CPU Architecture
41      - Accelerators
42    * - Arm
43      - hvf (64 bit only), kvm (64 bit only), tcg, xen
44    * - MIPS (64 bit little endian only)
45      - kvm, tcg
46    * - PPC
47      - kvm, tcg
48    * - RISC-V
49      - kvm, tcg
50    * - s390x
51      - kvm, tcg
52    * - SPARC
53      - tcg
54    * - x86
55      - hvf (64 bit only), kvm, nvmm, tcg, whpx (64 bit only), xen
57 Other host architectures are not supported. It is possible to build QEMU system
59 ``--enable-tcg-interpreter`` option to enable the TCI support, but note that
61 requires host-specific support for signal handling, therefore TCI won't help
64 Non-supported architectures may be removed in the future following the
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74 first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro
90 Some build dependencies may follow less conservative rules:
93   Distributions with long-term support often provide multiple versions
97   In this case, it will be necessary to use the ``--python`` command line
103 Python build dependencies
104   Some of QEMU's build dependencies are written in Python.  Usually these
106   If QEMU bumps its minimum Python version and a non-default runtime is
108   Package Index (PyPI) via ``pip``, in order to build QEMU.
110 Rust build dependencies
116   a newer version using ``cargo install bindgen-cli``.
118   Developers may want to use Cargo-based tools in the QEMU source tree;
120   to build QEMU.
122 Optional build dependencies
123   Build components whose absence does not affect the ability to build
128   of optional build-time dependency; in this case it is possible to
129   download them from repositories such as EPEL, to use container-based
130   cross compilation using ``docker`` or ``podman``, or to use pre-built
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149 build process to successfully complete. On newer versions of Windows 10,
154 Only 64-bit Windows is supported.