Launch ARM64 VM on RaspberryPi4B

Create and test flash images

create images
repalce /usr/share/qemu-efi/QEMU_EFI.fd with your own built file

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dd if=/dev/zero of=flash0.img bs=1M count=64
dd if=/usr/share/qemu-efi/QEMU_EFI.fd of=flash0.img conv=notrunc
dd if=/dev/zero of=flash1.img bs=1M count=64

test if your flash work well

1	./build/qemu-system-aarch64 -enable-kvm -M virt -m 1024 -cpu host -smp 2 -pflash /home/up/env/code/images/flash0.img -pflash /home/up/env/code/images/flash1.img -nographic

flash boot imgage

Download and boot from cloud image

download imgage

1	wget http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/hirsute/current/hirsute-server-cloudimg-arm64.img

query image information

$ ./build/qemu-img info ../images/hirsute-server-cloudimg-arm64.img 
image: ../images/hirsute-server-cloudimg-arm64.img
file format: qcow2
virtual size: 2.2 GiB (2361393152 bytes)
disk size: 528 MiB
cluster_size: 65536
Format specific information:
    compat: 0.10
    compression type: zlib
    refcount bits: 16

boot from image

./build/qemu-system-aarch64 -enable-kvm -M virt -m 1024 -cpu host -smp 2 -pflash /home/up/env/code/images/flash0.img -pflash /home/up/env/code/images/flash1.img -nographic -drive if=none,file=/home/up/env/code/images/hirsute-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0

CANNOT BOOT HERE!!! shoud debug in edk2 function BdsEntry().

boot hung
exit shell
select device

Boot successful!

boot successful

Config image with cloud-init

cloud-localds
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sudo apt install genisoimage

generate cloud-init config file

1 2	$ { echo instance-id: iid-local01; echo local-hostname: cloudimg; } > meta-data printf "#cloud-config\npassword: passw0rd\nchpasswd: { expire: False }\nssh_pwauth: True\n" > user-data

set your own passwd

$ openssl passwd -6
Password: 
Verifying - Password: 
$6$he0icVn3e98gzInO$jv/jT5HQwSeXwQOJ8rLOcPOBekJmsIaQCEBmAT2RZYD8Tv6N/NMGvMHvuBEc98yCjOeVbGvtvaDfjub/bsyfC/

$ cat user-data 
#cloud-config
password: "$6$he0icVn3e98gzInO$jv/jT5HQwSeXwQOJ8rLOcPOBekJmsIaQCEBmAT2RZYD8Tv6N/NMGvMHvuBEc98yCjOeVbGvtvaDfjub/bsyfC/"
chpasswd: { expire: False }
ssh_pwauth: True

generate config iso

1	genisoimage -output seed.iso -volid cidata -joliet -rock user-data meta-data

launch vm with seed.iso

./build/qemu-system-aarch64 -enable-kvm -M virt -m 1024 -cpu host -smp 2 -pflash /home/up/env/code/images/flash0.img -pflash /home/up/env/code/images/flash1.img -nographic -drive if=none,file=/home/up/env/code/images/hirsute-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -drive file=/home/up/env/code/images/seed.iso,if=virtio

Create and test flash images

Download and boot from cloud image

Boot successful!

Config image with cloud-init

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