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+# Development tool - runqemu command plugin
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corporation
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+"""Devtool runqemu plugin"""
+
+import os
+import bb
+import logging
+import argparse
+import glob
+from devtool import exec_build_env_command, setup_tinfoil, DevtoolError
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('devtool')
+
+def runqemu(args, config, basepath, workspace):
+    """Entry point for the devtool 'runqemu' subcommand"""
+
+    tinfoil = setup_tinfoil(config_only=True, basepath=basepath)
+    machine = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('MACHINE', True)
+    bindir_native = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', True)
+    tinfoil.shutdown()
+
+    if not glob.glob(os.path.join(bindir_native, 'qemu-system-*')):
+        raise DevtoolError('QEMU is not available within this SDK')
+
+    imagename = args.imagename
+    if not imagename:
+        sdk_targets = config.get('SDK', 'sdk_targets', '').split()
+        if sdk_targets:
+            imagename = sdk_targets[0]
+    if not imagename:
+        raise DevtoolError('Unable to determine image name to run, please specify one')
+
+    try:
+        exec_build_env_command(config.init_path, basepath, 'runqemu %s %s %s' % (machine, imagename, " ".join(args.args)), watch=True)
+    except bb.process.ExecutionError as e:
+        # We've already seen the output since watch=True, so just ensure we return something to the user
+        return e.exitcode
+
+    return 0
+
+def register_commands(subparsers, context):
+    """Register devtool subcommands from this plugin"""
+    if context.fixed_setup:
+        parser_runqemu = subparsers.add_parser('runqemu', help='Run QEMU on the specified image',
+                                               description='Runs QEMU to boot the specified image')
+        parser_runqemu.add_argument('imagename', help='Name of built image to boot within QEMU', nargs='?')
+        parser_runqemu.add_argument('args', help='Any remaining arguments are passed to the runqemu script (pass --help after imagename to see what these are)',
+                                    nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)
+        parser_runqemu.set_defaults(func=runqemu)