Unexpected error: "AioContext polling is not implemented on Windows" When run it this error happens: Unexpected error in aio_context_set_poll_params() at /home/stefan/src/qemu/repo.or.cz/qemu/ar7/util/aio-win32.c:413: C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-x86_64.exe: AioContext polling is not implemented on Windows This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. System: Windows 10 x64 Which version of QEMU are you using? And which parameters are you using when you start it? I have that message too with this version: c:\Tools\QEMU>qemu-system-aarch64.exe -version QEMU emulator version 2.11.90 (v2.12.0-rc0-11704-g30195e9d53-dirty) My launch params are: C:\TOOLS\QEMU\qemu-system-aarch64.exe -M raspi3 -kernel D:\QEMU-img\2017-12-04-pcudev01l.img My system is Windows 7 64bit The qemu package downloaded is the 64bit version. Fixed in qemu.git/master and due to be released in QEMU 2.12: commit 90c558beca0c0ef26db1ed77d1eb8f24a5ea02a1 Author: Peter Xu