3.6.2. Downloading the Pre-Built Linux Kernel

You can download the pre-built Linux kernel suitable for running in the QEMU emulator from http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-2.1/machines/qemu. Be sure to use the kernel that matches the architecture you want to simulate. Download areas exist for the five supported machine architectures: qemuarm, qemumips, qemuppc, qemux86, and qemux86-64.

Most kernel files have one of the following forms:

     *zImage-qemuarch.bin
     vmlinux-qemuarch.bin

     Where:
         arch is a string representing the target architecture:
                x86, x86-64, ppc, mips, or arm.
                

You can learn more about downloading a Yocto Project kernel in the "Yocto Project Kernel" bulleted item in the Yocto Project Development Manual.