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From: "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 02:43:32PM +0100, Oliver Steffen wrote:
> Quoting Gerd Hoffmann (2023-01-05 14:12:22)
> > Not sure this is an option.  Is nested virtualization supported in azure
> > pipeline VMs?  If so, is /dev/kvm passed into containers?
> 
> I doubt it, but need to check.

> > That requires updating the fedora containers though.  I think they are
> > at Fedora 35 still, which is EOL meanwhile, so no more updates ...
> 
> Yes, it is Fedora 35, because we were (are?) not ready for gcc 12 yet.

The gcc12 fix finally landed (129404f6e4395008ac0045e7e627edbba2a1e064),
so yes, we are ready now.

> Currently we are building Qemu is from scratch anyway (instead of
> using the Fedora 35 repo) becasue we needed a recent one, see
> https://github.com/tianocore/containers/blob/main/Fedora-35/Dockerfile#L75

Alternative to self-compiling is using
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository
for a more recent qemu version.

take care,
  Gerd