This multi-platform ARMv8 target can be used either with ARM Ltd.'s Foundation_V8 fast-model doing the following: Foundation_v8 --image bin/arm64-eglibc/openwrt-arm64-vexpress-foundation.axf or you can also use QEMU: qemu-system-aarch64 -machine virt -cpu cortex-a57 -machine type=virt -nographic \ -smp 1 -m 2048 \ -kernel bin/arm64-eglibc/openwrt-arm64-qemu-virt-initramfs.Image \ --append "console=ttyAMA0" and enjoy the system booting.