# Slackware ARM virtualization stack for development
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# Author...: Brenton Earl <el0226@slackware>
# Date.....: 2023-11-17
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The RockPro64, Pinebook Pro, Honeycomb Workstation are the targeted
hardware models. The accompanying build scripts can be used to build
the stack and help users set up virtualized systems on ARM64 systems.

Software built:
* Qemu
* Libvirt
* virt-manager
* Netcat-openbsd

What is built exactly?
* A GUI, using virt-manager
* Qemu focused on the aarch64-softmmu build target
* Netcat-openbsd to access the virtual machines remotely
* Dependencies are built too

How to build?
Switch to the source directory and execute as root:

# ./arm/build

Once completed, start libvirtd as root:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt start

Log into your graphical environment and launch the virt-manager
program to begin using virtual machines on Slackware Aarch64. 

How to start it at boot time?
* Mark the init scripts executable and edit rc.local

chmod -v +x /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt  /etc/rc.d/rc.local
vim /etc/rc.d/rc.local

* Add the following to rc.local:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt ]; then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt start
fi

For more information see the slackware documenetation:
https://docs.slackware.com/slackwarearm:virtualization_slackware_aarch64