Thanks for testing, and thank you for putting all that effort into repeated reviews!
I now also have a solution for the keyboard/mouse/USB issue in case you want to re-test with that applied on top. https://patchew.org/QEMU/20241201160316.96121-1-p...@philjordan.eu/ All the best, Phil On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 at 07:33, Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> wrote: > On 2024/11/30 0:25, Phil Dennis-Jordan wrote: > > From: Alexander Graf <g...@amazon.com> > > > > Apple defines a new "vmapple" machine type as part of its proprietary > > macOS Virtualization.Framework vmm. This machine type is similar to the > > virt one, but with subtle differences in base devices, a few special > > vmapple device additions and a vastly different boot chain. > > > > This patch reimplements this machine type in QEMU. To use it, you > > have to have a readily installed version of macOS for VMApple, > > run on macOS with -accel hvf, pass the Virtualization.Framework > > boot rom (AVPBooter) in via -bios, pass the aux and root volume as pflash > > and pass aux and root volume as virtio drives. In addition, you also > > need to find the machine UUID and pass that as -M vmapple,uuid= > parameter: > > > > $ qemu-system-aarch64 -accel hvf -M vmapple,uuid=0x1234 -m 4G \ > > -bios > /System/Library/Frameworks/Virtualization.framework/Versions/A/Resources/AVPBooter.vmapple2.bin > > -drive file=aux,if=pflash,format=raw \ > > -drive file=root,if=pflash,format=raw \ > > -drive file=aux,if=none,id=aux,format=raw \ > > -device vmapple-virtio-aux,drive=aux \ > > -drive file=root,if=none,id=root,format=raw \ > > -device vmapple-virtio-root,drive=root > > > > With all these in place, you should be able to see macOS booting > > successfully. > > > > Known issues: > > - Keyboard and mouse/tablet input is laggy. The reason for this is > > either that macOS's XHCI driver is broken when the device/platform > > does not support MSI/MSI-X, or there's some unfortunate interplay > > with Qemu's XHCI implementation in this scenario. > > - Currently only macOS 12 guests are supported. The boot process for > > 13+ will need further investigation and adjustment. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <g...@amazon.com> > > Co-authored-by: Phil Dennis-Jordan <p...@philjordan.eu> > > Signed-off-by: Phil Dennis-Jordan <p...@philjordan.eu> > > Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> > > Finally I confirmed macOS 12 boots on M2 MacBook Air. Thank you for > keeping working on this series! > > Tested-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> >
