[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen staging] automation: Information about running containers for a different arch
commit fb7485788fd7db3b95f4e7fc9bfdfe9ef38e383f Author: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu Sep 29 10:51:31 2022 +0100 Commit: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu Sep 29 08:53:58 2022 -0700 automation: Information about running containers for a different arch Adding pointer to 'qemu-user-static'. Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> Release-acked-by: Henry Wang <Henry.Wang@xxxxxxx> --- automation/build/README.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/automation/build/README.md b/automation/build/README.md index 00305eed03..4cc1acb6b4 100644 --- a/automation/build/README.md +++ b/automation/build/README.md @@ -102,3 +102,16 @@ make -C automation/build suse/opensuse-tumbleweed PUSH=1 [registry]: https://gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/container_registry [registry help]: https://gitlab.com/help/user/project/container_registry + + +Building/Running container for a different architecture +------------------------------------------------------- + +On a x86 host, it is possible to build and run containers for other arch (like +running a container made for Arm) with docker taking care of running the +appropriate software to emulate that arch. For this, simply install the package +`qemu-user-static`, and that's it. Then you can start an Arm container on x86 +host like you would start an x86 container. + +If that doesn't work, you might find some information on +[multiarch/qemu-user-static](https://github.com/multiarch/qemu-user-static). -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging
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