Qemu

Boot using host filesystem over 9p

kvm \
  -cpu host \
  -m 1G \
  -kernel arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
  -append "rootfstype=9p root=/dev/root rootflags=trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L rw console=ttyS0 init=/bin/bash" \
  -serial stdio \
  -fsdev local,id=fsdev0,path=/,security_model=passthrough \
  -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=fsdev0,mount_tag=/dev/root \
  -no-reboot \
  -display none

Remember to set the following variables in your kernel config (in order):

• CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
• CONFIG_NET_9P=y
• CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
• CONFIG_9P_FS=y