Changeset 101069 in vbox

Timestamp:

Sep 8, 2023 2:38:23 PM (15 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Main: Override the platform architecture in IVirtualBox::createMachine(), to only allow same-same architectures for now. See comment for details. bugref:10384

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-server/VirtualBoxImpl.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-server/VirtualBoxImpl.cpp

@@ -2125 +2125 @@
                      aSettingsFile.c_str(), aName.c_str(), aArchitecture, aOsTypeId.c_str(), aFlags.c_str()));
 
+#if 1
+    /**
+     * We only allow same-same platform architectures (x86 VMs for x86 hosts, for instance) for now.
+     *
+     * This might change in the future, but for now we simply overwrite the architecture the caller handed-in
+     * with the host architecture.
+     */
+    aArchitecture = PlatformProperties::s_getHostPlatformArchitecture();
+# ifdef DEBUG_andy
+    aArchitecture = PlatformArchitecture_ARM; /** Testing stuff. */
+# endif
+#endif
+
     StringsList llGroups;
     HRESULT hrc = i_convertMachineGroups(aGroups, &llGroups);