On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:50:34AM -0600, Yushu Yao wrote: > Hi Experts, > > Just wondering is it possible now to run libvirt deamon on non-linux > platforms (mainly windows and mac)? If yes, are there instructions on how to > build it. If no, what was the roadblock? > > I'm trying to find a tool that can control the VMM for desktop/laptop users > under win/mac/linux. Mainly for automation of deployment of some appliances. > The best tool I've heard is libvirt, but couldn't find any doc on using it > for other platforms. You could probably make libvirtd / QEMU work on Mac OS-X, since its is just BSD underneath and thus close enough to POSIX. It wouldn't magically give you control of the native Mac virtualizaation software - that would requirea new driver. Windows is a much harder task due to the crazy platform API it has, that looks nothing like POSIX. The lack of fork/exec is a huge problem that even gnulib can't magically solve for us. I'm not saying it is impossible, but it will involve alot of work Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :| -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list