prevent user from using crio on unsupported hardware

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -1121,25 +1121,7 @@ func validateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, drvName string) {
 	if cmd.Flags().Changed(containerRuntime) {
 		runtime := strings.ToLower(viper.GetString(containerRuntime))
 
-		validOptions := cruntime.ValidRuntimes()
+		validateContainerRuntime(runtime, drvName)
-		// `crio` is accepted as an alternative spelling to `cri-o`
-		validOptions = append(validOptions, constants.CRIO)
-
-		var validRuntime bool
-		for _, option := range validOptions {
-			if runtime == option {
-				validRuntime = true
-			}
-
-			// Convert `cri-o` to `crio` as the K8s config uses the `crio` spelling
-			if runtime == "cri-o" {
-				viper.Set(containerRuntime, constants.CRIO)
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !validRuntime {
-			exit.Message(reason.Usage, `Invalid Container Runtime: "{{.runtime}}". Valid runtimes are: {{.validOptions}}`, out.V{"runtime": runtime, "validOptions": strings.Join(cruntime.ValidRuntimes(), ", ")})
-		}
 
 		validateCNI(cmd, runtime)
 	}
@@ -1206,6 +1188,42 @@ func validateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, drvName string) {
 	validateInsecureRegistry()
 }
 
+func validateContainerRuntime(runtime string, drvName string) {
+	validOptions := cruntime.ValidRuntimes()
+	// `crio` is accepted as an alternative spelling to `cri-o`
+	validOptions = append(validOptions, constants.CRIO)
+
+	var validRuntime bool
+	for _, option := range validOptions {
+		if runtime == option {
+			validRuntime = true
+		}
+
+		// Convert `cri-o` to `crio` as the K8s config uses the `crio` spelling
+		if runtime == "cri-o" {
+			viper.Set(containerRuntime, constants.CRIO)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !validRuntime {
+		exit.Message(reason.Usage, `Invalid Container Runtime: "{{.runtime}}". Valid runtimes are: {{.validOptions}}`, out.V{"runtime": runtime, "validOptions": strings.Join(cruntime.ValidRuntimes(), ", ")})
+	}
+
+	// cri-o runtime only supports amd64 & arm64 if kicbase driver is used
+	if runtime != "cri-o" && runtime != constants.CRIO {
+		return
+	}
+	if !driver.IsKIC(drvName) {
+		return
+	}
+	arch := detect.RuntimeArch()
+	if arch != "amd64" && arch != "arm64" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	exit.Message(reason.Usage, `Invalid Container Runtime: "{{.runtime}}". When using a kicbase driver (docker & podman), {{.runtime}} is only supported on amd64 & arm64, use docker or containerd instead.`, out.V{"runtime": runtime})
+}
+
 // if container runtime is not docker, check that cni is not disabled
 func validateCNI(cmd *cobra.Command, runtime string) {
 	if runtime == "docker" {

deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 CRIO_BIN_VERSION = v1.22.0
 CRIO_BIN_COMMIT = 6becad23eadd7dfdd25fd8df386bf3b706cf7758
-CRIO_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/archive/
+CRIO_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/archive
 CRIO_BIN_SOURCE = $(CRIO_BIN_VERSION).tar.gz
 CRIO_BIN_DEPENDENCIES = host-go libgpgme
 CRIO_BIN_GOPATH = $(@D)/_output

deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ FROM ubuntu:focal-20210401
 ARG BUILDKIT_VERSION="v0.9.0"
 ARG FUSE_OVERLAYFS_VERSION="v1.7.1"
 ARG CONTAINERD_FUSE_OVERLAYFS_VERSION="1.0.3"
-ARG CRIO_VERSION="1.22"
 
 # copy in static files (configs, scripts)
 COPY deploy/kicbase/10-network-security.conf /etc/sysctl.d/10-network-security.conf