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Add hvf acceleration support for macOS #3351

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Add hvf acceleration support for macOS
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Add changelog for macOS acceleration
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions build_library/qemu_template.sh
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amd64-usr+*)
set -- -machine q35 -cpu kvm64 -smp 1 -nographic "$@" ;;
arm64-usr+aarch64)
set -- -machine virt,accel=kvm,gic-version=3 -cpu host -smp "${VM_NCPUS}" -nographic "$@" ;;
arm64-usr+aarch64|arm64-usr+arm64)
set -- -machine virt,accel=kvm:hvf:tcg,gic-version=3 -cpu host -smp "${VM_NCPUS}" -nographic "$@" ;;
arm64-usr+*)
if test "${VM_NCPUS}" -gt 4 ; then
VM_NCPUS=4
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelog/bugfixes/2025-10-08-macos-hvf-accel.md
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- Fixed the QEMU launcher script to include HVF acceleration on arm64-based Macs for faster performance ([Flatcar#1901](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1901))