OSX-KVM - January 2022 Batch Update #1

Changes:

- Add support for Windows ;)

99-usb-disk.rules

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="174c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="55aa", MODE="0666"

boot-windows-for-debugging.sh

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 # echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs (this is required)
 #
 # wget https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.208-1/virtio-win-0.1.208.iso
+#
+# https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts/blob/master/README.md
+# https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/qxl-wddm-dod/qxl-wddm-dod-0.21/
+#
+# Pass the SSD (USB disk) to the VM:
+# (qemu) device_add usb-host,vendorid=0x174c,productid=0x55aa
 
 ############################################################################
 # NOTE: Tweak the "MY_OPTIONS" line in case you are having booting problems!
@@ -20,10 +26,10 @@ MY_OPTIONS="+ssse3,+sse4.2,+popcnt,+avx,+aes,+xsave,+xsaveopt,check"
 # This script works for Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra. Tested with
 # macOS 10.15.6, macOS 10.14.6, and macOS 10.13.6
 
-ALLOCATED_RAM="3072" # MiB
+ALLOCATED_RAM="8192" # MiB
 CPU_SOCKETS="1"
-CPU_CORES="2"
+CPU_CORES="16"
-CPU_THREADS="2"
+CPU_THREADS="16"
 
 REPO_PATH="."
 OVMF_DIR="."
@@ -35,12 +41,11 @@ OVMF_DIR="."
 args=(
   -enable-kvm -m "$ALLOCATED_RAM" -cpu host,kvm=on,+invtsc,vmware-cpuid-freq=on,"$MY_OPTIONS"
   -machine q35
-  -usb -device usb-kbd -device usb-tablet
   -smp "$CPU_THREADS",cores="$CPU_CORES",sockets="$CPU_SOCKETS"
-  -device usb-ehci,id=ehci
+  -device qemu-xhci
-  # -device usb-kbd,bus=ehci.0
+  -device usb-kbd
-  # -device usb-mouse,bus=ehci.0
+  -device usb-tablet
-  # -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci
+  -device ich9-intel-hda -device hda-duplex
   -boot d
   -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_CODE.fd"
   -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_VARS-1024x768.fd"
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ args=(
   # -netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device e1000e,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c9:18:27
   -netdev user,id=net0 -device e1000e,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c9:18:27
   -monitor stdio
-  -vga qxl
+  -vga qxl -global qxl-vga.ram_size_mb=512 -global qxl-vga.vram_size_mb=256
 )
 
 qemu-system-x86_64 "${args[@]}"