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commit 5e0ae2684615b6d10751390420e7db296785112b
Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 17 17:56:27 2023 +0200
services: hurd-vm: Use ‘qemu-system-x86_64’.
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66053>.
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service)[vm-command]:
Use ‘qemu-system-x86_64’.
---
gnu/services/virtualization.scm | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/services/virtualization.scm b/gnu/services/virtualization.scm
index eef7ffd1c7..e1a206e0eb 100644
--- a/gnu/services/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/virtualization.scm
@@ -1163,7 +1163,9 @@ is added to the OS specified in CONFIG."
(provisions '(hurd-vm childhurd)))
(define vm-command
- #~(append (list #$(file-append qemu "/bin/qemu-system-i386")
+ ;; XXX: Use the x86_64 emulator instead of the i386 one to work around
+ ;; "Bad ram pointer" issues: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66053>.
+ #~(append (list #$(file-append qemu "/bin/qemu-system-x86_64")
"-m" (number->string #$memory-size)
#$@net-options
#$@options
