[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 14/14] scripts/qemu.py: allow arches use KVM for their 32bit cousins

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

A lot of architectures can run their 32 bit cousins on KVM so the
kvm_available function needs to be a little less restricting when
deciding if KVM is available.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 scripts/qemu.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qemu.py b/scripts/qemu.py
index 0a5e02eb56..2934ee12c5 100644
--- a/scripts/qemu.py
+++ b/scripts/qemu.py
@@ -25,9 +25,18 @@ import tempfile
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Mapping host architecture to any additional architectures it can
+# support which often includes its 32 bit cousin.
+ADDITIONAL_ARCHES = {
+    "x86_64" : "i386",
+    "aarch64" : "armhf"
+}
 
 def kvm_available(target_arch=None):
-    if target_arch and target_arch != os.uname()[4]:
+    host_arch = os.uname()[4]
+    if target_arch and target_arch != host_arch:
+        if target_arch == ADDITIONAL_ARCHES[host_arch]:
+            return True
         return False
     return os.access("/dev/kvm", os.R_OK | os.W_OK)
 
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2.17.1