4 files changed, 73 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/platform.go b/cmd/podman/machine/platform.go
index 5ba649a48..3a7e56ac7 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/platform.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/platform.go
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ import (
 )
 
 func GetSystemDefaultProvider() machine.Provider {
-	return qemu.GetQemuProvider()
+	return qemu.GetVirtualizationProvider()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/machine/applehv/machine.go b/pkg/machine/applehv/machine.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35a8e9851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/machine/applehv/machine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//go:build arm64 && !windows && !linux
+// +build darwin
+
+package applehv
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/machine"
+)
+
+type Provider struct{}
+
+var (
+	hvProvider = &Provider{}
+	// vmtype refers to qemu (vs libvirt, krun, etc).
+	vmtype = "apple"
+)
+
+func GetVirtualizationProvider() machine.Provider {
+	return hvProvider
+}
+
+const (
+	// Some of this will need to change when we are closer to having
+	// working code.
+	VolumeTypeVirtfs     = "virtfs"
+	MountType9p          = "9p"
+	dockerSock           = "/var/run/docker.sock"
+	dockerConnectTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	apiUpTimeout         = 20 * time.Second
+)
+
+type apiForwardingState int
+
+const (
+	noForwarding apiForwardingState = iota
+	claimUnsupported
+	notInstalled
+	machineLocal
+	dockerGlobal
+)
+
+func (p *Provider) NewMachine(opts machine.InitOptions) (machine.VM, error) {
+	return nil, machine.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) LoadVMByName(name string) (machine.VM, error) {
+	return nil, machine.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) List(opts machine.ListOptions) ([]*machine.ListResponse, error) {
+	return nil, machine.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) IsValidVMName(name string) (bool, error) {
+	return false, machine.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) CheckExclusiveActiveVM() (bool, string, error) {
+	return false, "", machine.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) RemoveAndCleanMachines() error {
+	return machine.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) VMType() string {
+	return vmtype
+}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/config.go b/pkg/machine/config.go
index 253601dad..5162006db 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/config.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/config.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var (
 	ErrVMAlreadyExists                           = errors.New("VM already exists")
 	ErrVMAlreadyRunning                          = errors.New("VM already running or starting")
 	ErrMultipleActiveVM                          = errors.New("only one VM can be active at a time")
+	ErrNotImplemented                            = errors.New("functionality not implemented")
 	ForwarderBinaryName                          = "gvproxy"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
index 7974c261e..213f7ce5d 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	vmtype = "qemu"
 )
 
-func GetQemuProvider() machine.Provider {
+func GetVirtualizationProvider() machine.Provider {
 	return qemuProvider
 }