macOS guest support
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- Dominant language
- C
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Description
The macOS license actually allows running macOS in a VM on Apple host hardware, which hyperkit would satisfy. I'm wondering what work would be required to enable that. Since quite a few people have figured out how to run it under qemu (with questionable licensing implications), it seems like there's probably enough FOSS code out there that HyperKit could take inspiration from to support macOS guests too.
I imagine the two biggest missing pieces are EFI emulation and the magic "don't steal macOS" blurb.
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by researching HyperKit's existing guest support and the EFI emulation and "don't steal macOS" requirements mentioned in the issue. Compare the relevant qemu approaches and determine the complete work needed for macOS guests on Apple host hardware. Done means a supported macOS guest can boot under HyperKit on eligible Apple hardware.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, macos
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100