On Dec 18, 2020, at 2:21 PM, Reinoud Zandijk <rein...@netbsd.org> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 01:08:23AM -0800, Chris Hanson wrote: >> NetBSD could also use a VirtIO console device, since that’s all >> Virtualization.framework offers on macOS 11 (whether on x86-64 or Apple >> Silicon). > > From what I see in videos on youtube, the tooklit displays a standard VGA > display with apparently a number of text consoles next to it?
Virtualization.framework does not currently expose any sort of display, keyboard or pointing device. All it exposes as a "console" is VirtIO Console. It also lets you set up socket, network, mass storage, entropy, and memory balloon devices. > Qemu can create a number of console devices that need to be paired with > various backends like pipes or sockets etc. I presume the virtualization > framework on macosX11 is providing terminals for each of the activated > terminals? macOS 11's Virtualization.framework does not provide terminals or views. I don't know what the videos you're watching are, but the framework is very focused right now. -- Chris