QA:Testcase Virt AArch64 on x86

Description

Install Fedora AArch64 (ARM 64) as a VM on your x86 machine.

Setup

Install UEFI packages and configure libvirt

These steps are documented over here. Follow all the instructions under the 'setup' section: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Virtualization_UEFI#Setup

Install qemu-system-aarch64

Install qemu-system-aarch64 and EDK2 for AArch64: sudo dnf install qemu-system-aarch64 edk2-aarch64

How to test

Install with virt-manager

• Start virt-manager, connect to 'QEMU', click the 'New VM' icon
• On the first page, under 'Architecture Options' select 'aarch64'. The 'virt' machine type should be selected automatically.
• All install options should be selectable
  • For CDROM install, you can download the Fedora 32 AArch64 Server here: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/32/Server/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Server-dvd-aarch64-32-1.6.iso

• • For URL installs, you can use the Fedora 32 AArch64 tree here: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/32/Server/aarch64/os/
• Select 'Fedora 32' as the OS
• Continue with the install as usual
• Verify the guest installs correctly

Install with virt-install

virt-install should do the correct thing when you specify --arch aarch64. So do a typical --cdrom or --location install with the media referenced above, and ensure the install completes correctly.

CDROM example:

 sudo virt-install \
    --name aarch64-f32-cdrom --ram 2048 --disk size=10 \
    --os-variant fedora32 --arch aarch64 \
    --cdrom /path/to/Fedora-Server-dvd-aarch64-32-1.6.iso

Expected Results

Guest starts fine, seems usable.