[vfio-users] OVMF + Os X

[francesco dicarlo]

Absolutely yes :D

I've trying to do the same thing. I've got an arch linux host, ovmf windows
8 and would like to do a mac os vm to ditch my macbook air and use my dual
screens with a gtx 970

some info:
kernel patches ? (i915?)

I've got an headless vga mac os yosemite on this setup (headless server):
ubuntu 14.04
kernel 3.19 with i915 patch
libvirt stack from ppa jacob:virtualisation

My target machine is latest archlinux with 4.1.11 vfio enabled kernel
without i915,qemu.git

same xml dump from my home server won't work on my target setup.

tried also using an lvm logical volume as hard disk but with same result.

Stuck at "missing bluetooth controller transport" when booting with
chameleon

reference I've used here.

https://macosxvirtualmachinekvm.wordpress.com/guide-mac-os-x-vm-on-unraid/

Thanks in advance


2015-10-27 13:04 GMT+01:00 <root at yoshi.dynu.com>:

> Hi.
>
> I am running a OS X VM with VGA-Passthrough just fine.
>
> using seabios and Q35 machine and latest Clover bootloader (start with the
> iso, it will detect the correct settings). Interesting thing is:
> Performance is even better compared to 'bare metal' hackintosh.
>
> If i am correct there is no way to run OS X completely headless. you could
> however use emulated VGA and then connect to the machine via VNC but
> performance will be really bad.
>
> People running real MacMinis headless also need to use dummy-adapters
> which trick the machine into thinking there is a monitor attached.
>
> Problems i encountered:
>
> when just assigning an image as a hdd you might run into a freeze at boot
> of the VM, qemu will tell you that the I/O thread spun for 1000 iterations.
> Seems to be a problem between OS X and the emulated SATA-Controller.
>
> I solved this by assigning an own partition for the VM. It would be even
> better to passthrough a complete SATA-controller but mine does not like
> that :)
>
> if you like to i can post my config later
>
> Cheers
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> vfio-users mailing list
> vfio-users at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/vfio-users/attachments/20151027/e2c906c5/attachment.htm>