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Support running Mikrotik on Mac M3 or greater. #422

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions mikrotik/routeros/docker/Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qy \
python3-ipy \
socat \
qemu-kvm \
qemu-system-x86 \
tcpdump \
ssh \
inetutils-ping \
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion mikrotik/routeros/docker/launch.py
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import ftplib
import logging
import os
import platform
import re
import signal
import sys
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for e in os.listdir("/"):
if re.search(".vmdk$", e):
disk_image = "/" + e
super(ROS_vm, self).__init__(username, password, disk_image=disk_image, ram=256)

# the default cpu=host only works when running clab on an amd64 machine
extra_args = {} if platform.machine() == "x86_64" else {"cpu": "qemu64"}

super(ROS_vm, self).__init__(username, password, disk_image=disk_image, ram=256, **extra_args)
self.qemu_args.extend(["-boot", "n"])
self.hostname = hostname
self.conn_mode = conn_mode
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