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nice to have: Support VirtualBox on Arm64 Macos

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#21.029 geöffnet am 3. Juli 2025

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Per slack conversation, @afbjorklund mentioned he could make a Virtuablox VM work on arm64 macos

Interestingly they just got VirtualBox working (with 7.1), but maybe that is Sailing Ship Syndrome
https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/oracle-virtualbox-71-4-things-to-know-about-the-new-release (edited

No I meant got it working on ARM Macs, but apparently it doesn't work on ARM Windows yet

[1:49](https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C1F5CT6Q1/p1751575742414449?thread_ts=1751563600.063039&cid=C1F5CT6Q1)
Or maybe that was just about Windows guests, it's not like I actually read it (just assumed it uses VZ)

if anyone interested to make virtualbox driver work for Arm64 and fix the x86 bindings I would accept that PR!

vbox driver might not be essential, since we already have vfkit and qemu on macos so it would be just a Nice to havve

Related Vbox Issue that needs love: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/15274

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Investigate VirtualBox 7.1 support for Arm64 MacOS. Review the existing VirtualBox driver in minikube, particularly the x86 bindings that need to be fixed. Look at the related issue #15274 for context. Determine what changes are needed in the driver to support the arm64 architecture and test on an Apple Silicon machine.