Run the emulation with: qemu-system-xtensa -M lx60 -cpu dc233c -monitor null -nographic -kernel output/images/Image.elf # qemu_xtensa_lx60_defconfig qemu-system-xtensa -M lx60 -cpu dc233c -monitor null -nographic -kernel output/images/Image.elf # qemu_xtensa_lx60_nommu_defconfig The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.