> On 1 Feb 2018, at 13:43, Harry Mallon <Harry.Mallon@codex.online> wrote: > > Apologies for the formatting in the following message, I can't get Office for > Mac to play ball... > > > Harry Mallon > CODEX | Senior Software Engineer > 60 Poland Street | London | England | W1F 7NT > E harry.mallon@codex.online <mailto:harry.mallon@codex.online> | T +44 203 > 7000 989 > On 01/02/2018, 09:28, "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skriva...@redhat.com > <mailto:michal.skriva...@redhat.com>> wrote: >> On 31 Jan 2018, at 16:53, Yedidyah Bar David <d...@redhat.com >> <mailto:d...@redhat.com>> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Harry Mallon <Harry.Mallon@codex.online >> <mailto: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/ > <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.
I did try that couple years ago, it did work eventually, but I wasn’t able to get accelerated graphics and without that it was kind of useless > > 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> Users@ovirt.org >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> >> -- >> Didi >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> > > > Harry
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