A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux
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AVX128: Extends 32-bit indexes path for 128-bit operations
The codepath from #3826 was only targeting 256-bit sized operations.
This missed the vpgatherdq/vgatherdpd 128-bit operations. By extending
the codepath to understand 128-bit operations, we now hit these
instruction variants.

With this PR, we now have SVE128 codepaths that handle ALL variants of
x86 gather instructions! There are zero ASIMD fallbacks used in this
case!

Of course depending on the instruction, the performance still leaves a
lot to be desired, and there is no way to emulate x86 TSO behaviour
without an ASIMD fallback, which we will likely need to add as a
fallback at some point.

Based on #3836 until that is merged.
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CPack CPack: Add an ldconfig trigger 2021-11-21 10:38:56 -08:00
Data Library Forwarding: Support Vulkan forwarding with guest-libX11 2024-05-02 18:06:54 +02:00
docs Docs: Update for release FEX-2407 2024-07-03 17:59:42 -07:00
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Readme.md Readme: Remove misleading text about x86 hosts being supported 2024-05-02 20:38:13 -07:00
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toolchain_x86_32.cmake Thunks: Add support for building with clang 2022-10-09 23:07:30 -07:00
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FEX - Fast x86 emulation frontend

FEX allows you to run x86 and x86-64 binaries on an AArch64 host, similar to qemu-user and box86. It has native support for a rootfs overlay, so you don't need to chroot, as well as some thunklibs so it can forward things like GL to the host. FEX presents a Linux 5.0+ interface to the guest, and supports only AArch64 as a host. FEX is very much work in progress, so expect things to change.

Quick start guide

For Ubuntu 20.04, 21.04, 21.10, 22.04

Execute the following command in the terminal to install FEX through a PPA.

curl --silent https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FEX-Emu/FEX/main/Scripts/InstallFEX.py --output /tmp/InstallFEX.py && python3 /tmp/InstallFEX.py && rm /tmp/InstallFEX.py

This command will walk you through installing FEX through a PPA, and downloading a RootFS for use with FEX.

Ubuntu PPA is updated with our monthly releases.

For everyone else

Please see Building FEX.

Getting Started

FEX has been tested to build and run on ARMv8.0+ hardware. ARMv7 hardware will not work. Expected operating system usage is Linux. FEX has been tested with Ubuntu 20.04, 20.10, and 21.04. Also Arch Linux.

On AArch64 hosts the user MUST have an x86-64 RootFS Creating a RootFS.

Navigating the Source

See the Source Outline for more information.

Building FEX

Follow the guide on the official FEX-Emu Wiki here.

RootFS generation

AArch64 hosts require a rootfs for running applications. Follow the guide on the wiki page for seeing how to set up the rootfs from scratch https://wiki.fex-emu.com/index.php/Development:Setting_up_RootFS

FEX diagram