On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 2:20 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:56:38PM +0000, Daniel Gomez wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:01:08PM GMT, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Daniel Gomez via B4 Relay wrote: > > > > This patch set allows for building the Linux kernel for arm64 in macOS with > > > > LLVM. > > > > > > Is this a requirement somewhere that this must work? It seems like an > > > odd request, what workflows require cross-operating-system builds like > > > this? > > > > This isn't a requirement, but it would, for example, support workflows for QEMU > > users and developers on macOS. They could build/compile the kernel natively and > > use it to launch QEMU instances, simplifying their process. > > But that's not a real workload of anyone? How often does this ever come > up? Who is going to maintain this cross-build functionality over time? it is a real workload of me, i was running qemu-system-aarch64 on x86 and it was pretty slow. so got a M3 pro to accelerate my development. frequently changing kernel's source code, i am using qemu-system-aarch64 to do quick verification. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Thanks Barry
