To simplify development, the build system supports building images to work with the QEMU emulator in system emulation mode. Several architectures are currently supported in 32 and 64 bit variants:
- ARM (qemuarm + qemuarm64)
- x86 (qemux86 + qemux86-64)
- PowerPC (qemuppc only)
- MIPS (qemumips + qemumips64)
Use of the QEMU images is covered in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. The appropriate MACHINE variable value corresponding to the target is given in brackets.