uruviel2001 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I'm in the process of building a new Haswell-E (X99) based workstation. And I was wondering if it would be possible to run OS X in KVM/Qemu under Linux. The recent versions of OS X deprecated BIOS boot and require UEFI, which meant that running it in Qemu was no longer possible. However, I see a lot of recent developments on OVMF (UEFI firmware emulation for KVM) but no recent successes or failed attempts. I'm willing to try it anyway, just to see how far I can get. The idea is also to use VFIO passthrough on a seperate graphics card and audio/bluetooth adapter. What would guess the chances of success would be? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309100-os-x-in-qemu-with-ovmf-and-vfio-passthrough/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilsephiroth Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'm in the process of building a new Haswell-E (X99) based workstation. And I was wondering if it would be possible to run OS X in KVM/Qemu under Linux. The recent versions of OS X deprecated BIOS boot and require UEFI, which meant that running it in Qemu was no longer possible. However, I see a lot of recent developments on OVMF (UEFI firmware emulation for KVM) but no recent successes or failed attempts. I'm willing to try it anyway, just to see how far I can get. The idea is also to use VFIO passthrough on a seperate graphics card and audio/bluetooth adapter. What would guess the chances of success would be? we are in the same boat... Currently using chameleon + qemu + vga passthrough for OS X yosemite but requires an additional patch that disables DRI on the host (i915)... Gonna experiment with ovmf (currently having a windows 8.1 vm with gtx 970 that runs 95% of bare metal) Problem is that q35 is discontinued and poorly tested... OVMF is used mainly on i440fx but it's impossible to replicate a mac architecture without q35... Let's keep this thread updated with our results Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309100-os-x-in-qemu-with-ovmf-and-vfio-passthrough/#findComment-2183843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waschbenzin Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 It is definitively possible to boot with UEFI (OVMF+Clover) and pass through the graphics card (see my thread that you answered to ... http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309087-insanely-fast-virtual-mac-qemu-ovmf-clover-and-native-graphics/). I haven't tried passing on the on-board sound card, since I have a usb sound card around. I'm passing through the USB controller, which is good enough for listening with the usb sound card, but I would recommend sound editing on the virtual machine. A bluetooth usb dongle will probably work fine, too . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309100-os-x-in-qemu-with-ovmf-and-vfio-passthrough/#findComment-2183880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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