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Mac to play ball...
Harry Mallon
CODEX | Senior Software Engineer
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On 01/02/2018, 09:28, "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skriva...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 31 Jan 2018, at 16:53, Yedidyah Bar David <d...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Harry Mallon <Harry.Mallon@codex.online>
wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Has anyone used oVirt with non-oVirt provided QEMU versions?
>> I need a feature provided by upstream QEMU, but it is disabled in the
oVirt/CentOS7 QEMU RPM.
just curious - which one?
Typically the reason for disabling it is that it’s not really stable
I am trying to run OSX guests on a host (Apple hardware). The "applesmc" device
is part of that puzzle and is disabled in the Red Hat QEMU.
>>
>> I have two possible methods to avoid the issue:
>> 1. Fedora has a more recent QEMU which is closer to 'stock'. I see that
oVirt 4.2 has no Fedora support,
>
> Indeed, mostly
>
>> but is it possible to install the host onto a Fedora machine?
>
> Didn't try this recently, but it might require not-too-much work with
> fc25 or so.
> IIRC fc27 is python3-only, and this will require more work (which is
> ongoing, but
> don't hold your breath).
>
>> I am trying to use the master branch rpms as recommended in the "No
Fedora Support" note with no luck currently.
>
> Another option is to try to rebuild the fedora srpm for CentOS 7.
>
>> 2. Is it safe/sensible to use oVirt with a CentOS7 host running an
upstream QEMU version?
>
> No idea. If it's only for development/testing, I'd say give it a try.
it’s as sensible as running any bleeding edge stuff. It should work if you
manage to resolve qemu deps
you could also rebuild qemu-kvm-ev without the patch which blacklists the
feature you want to see.
I was able to patch and rebuild qemu-kvm-ev, but I think I have hit more
problems using the patched firmware from here:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/OSXKVM/. Hopefully that gets me a
little closer though. Getting these mac VMs to work has so far been a huge pain.
Thanks,
michal
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harry
>>
>>
>> Harry Mallon
>> CODEX | Senior Software Engineer
>> 60 Poland Street | London | England | W1F 7NT
>> E harry.mallon@codex.online | T +44 203 7000 989
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