---
name: "elksemu"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bcc"
version: "0.16.14-1.2"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/elksemu"
---

# elksemu(1)

Embedded Linux Kernel Subset emulator

## NAME

elksemu - Embedded Linux Kernel Subset emulator

## SYNOPSIS

**elksemu** **program** \[**arguments**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Elksemu** is a program that allows 8086 **ELKS** programs to be run under Linux-i386. These programs can be compiled using the **[bcc(1)](/bcc/1.md)** C compiler.

Yom may use the *binfmt-misc* module under Linux 2.1.43 or greater as described in */usr/share/doc/elks-libc/README.elksemu.gz* which will cause the kernel to run *elksemu* with the correct arguments whenever the user tries to execute an ELKS  executable directly.

## OPTIONS

There are no flag options to elksemu, the first argument is the name of the program to run the rest are arguments that are passed to the Elks program.

## SEE ALSO

[bcc(1)](/bcc/1.md), [as86(1)](/as86/1.md), [ld86(1)](/ld86/1.md)

## BUGS

Elksemu is incomplete.

The program may still have security bugs!