Re: [ovirt-users] Using upstream QEMU
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Harry Mallon
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On 01/02/2018, 09:28, "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
On 31 Jan 2018, at 16:53, Yedidyah Bar David <didi(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Harry Mallon <Harry.Mallon(a)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
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