On 23 Jan 2017, at 11:38, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 09:55:53AM +0000, Justin Clift wrote: <snip> > > I'm looking at (what I hope is the correct) configuration file for the > build: > > https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/libvirt.rb Yep, that's the right one. > and see '--without-qemu' being passed - what is the reason for that ? It > looks like you're building libvirtd, so enabling QEMU thereafter should > not have any significantly difficulties. Certainly we expect the QEMU > driver code to be platform agnostic - all the Linux specific bits are > believed to be wrapped in conditionals. > > IOW if you see build errors with QEMU on OS-X could you tell us what they > are. >From memory (it's been a few years!), it was because the QEMU that builds in Homebrew wouldn't talk to Libvirt anyway. So it was useless to add the support in. That being said, I do remember someone mentioning they should probably worth together ok these days. But, I'm not sure if anyone's checked and/or really tried to make it work. > We'd really want to see the QEMU driver enabled Yep, it sounds like it'd be a useful combination. As would xhyve, if that could somehow use the bhyve support (I have no idea). :) + Justin -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
