QEMU for running MacOS as a "guest" on PPC hardware

[mfox]

I would like to be able to run Mac programs on my PowerBook without having to leave Ubuntu, and since the Mac-on-Linux program hasn't yet been patched to run on Hardy, I wondered whether QEMU could be used to do something similar. The QEMU web page states that the program can run the Mac OS as a guest and that it can run from Linux as a host, but can it do these on PPC hardware? Has anyone tried this - I wondered whether it would be fast since in theory this would be virtualization, not emulation.

[cyberdork33]

The virtualizer mode requires that both the host and guest machine use x86 compatible processors

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[3rdalbum]

I don't believe it is possible to run a functional Mac OS with Qemu. Take a look at PearPC and Sheepshaver - one of them runs Mac OS 9, the other runs Mac OS X, and I think they both work on PowerPC.

I never got them to work, but then I didn't spend long trying (and I think the ROM image from my computer was incompatible).

[cyberdork33]

sheepshaver works OK...

[mfox]

I would be happy to run SheepShaver, but I can't seem to compile it. I followed the instructions in the HowTos, but at the make stage, I got a bunch of errors. Here is the output:

Configuration done. Now type "make".
fox@fox-PowerBook:~/Desktop/SheepShaver-2.3/src/Unix$ make
gcc -I../include -I. -I../slirp -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_REENTRANT -DDATADIR=\"/usr/local/share/SheepShaver\" -g -O2 -c Linux/sheepthreads.c -o obj/sheepthreads.o
Linux/sheepthreads.c:53: error: field ‘__sem_lock’ has incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:55: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘_pthread_descr’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘fastlock_init’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:190: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:191: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘fastlock_try_acquire’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:197: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:198: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:199: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:203: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘fastlock_acquire’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:211: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘fastlock_release’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:218: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:219: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:219: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
Linux/sheepthreads.c:219: error: invalid lvalue in asm output 0
Linux/sheepthreads.c:219: error: memory input 1 is not directly addressable
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘pthread_mutex_init’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:229: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_lock’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:230: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_kind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:230: error: ‘pthread_mutexattr_t’ has no member named ‘__mutexkind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:231: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_count’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:232: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_owner’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘pthread_mutex_destroy’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:243: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_kind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:245: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_lock’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘pthread_mutex_lock’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:258: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_kind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:260: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_lock’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘pthread_mutex_trylock’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:274: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_kind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:276: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_lock’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘pthread_mutex_unlock’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:289: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_kind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:291: error: ‘pthread_mutex_t’ has no member named ‘__m_lock’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘pthread_mutexattr_init’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:305: error: ‘pthread_mutexattr_t’ has no member named ‘__mutexkind’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘sem_init’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:336: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘sem_destroy’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:351: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:356: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘sem_wait’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:377: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:377: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c: In function ‘sem_post’:
Linux/sheepthreads.c:400: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:401: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
Linux/sheepthreads.c:401: error: ‘sem_t’ has no member named ‘__sem_waiting’
make: *** [obj/sheepthreads.o] Error 1

Not to my surprise it wouldn't install. Any idea of what I can do to fix this? With regard to PearPC, I believe it will only run on x86 hardware.