Merge pull request #3351 from mery-top/macos-hvf-support

chewi · web-flow · commit 606e941efd3c · 2025-10-08T17:25:06.000+01:00
Add hvf acceleration support for macOS
diff --git a/build_library/qemu_template.sh b/build_library/qemu_template.sh
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ else
             ;;
         amd64-usr+*)
             set -- -machine q35 -cpu kvm64 -smp 1 -nographic "$@" ;;
-        arm64-usr+aarch64)
-            set -- -machine virt,accel=kvm,gic-version=3 -cpu host -smp "${VM_NCPUS}" -nographic "$@" ;;
+        arm64-usr+aarch64|arm64-usr+arm64)
+            set -- -machine virt,accel=kvm:hvf:tcg,gic-version=3 -cpu host -smp "${VM_NCPUS}" -nographic "$@" ;;
         arm64-usr+*)
             if test "${VM_NCPUS}" -gt 4 ; then
                 VM_NCPUS=4
diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2025-10-08-macos-hvf-accel.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-10-08-macos-hvf-accel.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed the QEMU launcher script to include HVF acceleration on arm64-based Macs for faster performance ([Flatcar#1901](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1901))

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	`1`	`+- Fixed the QEMU launcher script to include HVF acceleration on arm64-based Macs for faster performance ([Flatcar#1901](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1901))`