apt-get source qemu use these files in place of those in the qemu tree Build qemu ./configure --target-list=arm-softmmu make Run with arm-softmmu/qemu-system-arm -S -M mc1322x -nographic \ foo which will load rom.img at 0x00000000 and ram.img at 0x00400000 --- execution will start at 0x00400000 (type c). I'll be adding command line options for those images soon. Debug with gdb: Build gdb for an arm target: apt-get source gdb ./configure --target=arm-linux make ./gdb (gdb) target remote localhost:1234