Blog: 2026-08-21

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYVkSUydqMI with slides: https://slides.com/vipulgupta2048/osseu2023-qemu/#/8

Has this command:

qemu-system-aarch64  -enable-kvm  \
-machine raspi3b -cpu cortex-a53  \
-dtb bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb          \ 
-m 1G -smp 4                      \
-kernel kernel8.img               \
-sd ./Downloads/rpi.img           \
-append "rw earlyprintk loglevel=8 console=ttyAMA0,115200 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=1"  \
-device usb-net,netdev=net0       \
-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 \ 
-no-reboot -nographic

Got the firmware here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot

My best iteration so far ended with kernel panic:

qemu-system-aarch64 \
-machine raspi4b -cpu cortex-a76 \
-smp 4 \
-dtb bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb \
-kernel kernel8.img \
-drive if=sd,file=/Users/razzi/Downloads/2026-06-18-raspios-trixie-arm64.img,format=raw \
-device usb-net,netdev=net0 \
-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 \
-append "rw earlyprintk loglevel=8 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=1"

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This idea to make debian act like rpios: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2020063&hilit=desktop#p2020063

Commands to add raspberry pi repository:

echo "deb http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ trixie main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -qO - https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/raspberrypi.gpg.key | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/raspberrypi.asc
sudo apt update
sudo apt install raspi-config #etc
# and finally...
sudo apt install raspberrypi-ui-mods

Linked to this issue: https://github.com/raspberrypi/trixie-feedback/issues/81

Ok the ui mods are archived: https://github.com/raspberrypi-ui/raspberrypi-ui-mods

Not sure what replaces them, if any. I guess I can just run a debian virtual machine and call it a day. Raspberry pi tools are like: scratch, thonny, gpio (somehow, maybe scratch). Command line, not sure what all else, will look at a guide