00:11 <SocioProphet[m]> hello friends! fantastic work on this project! I was hoping to inquire about a u-boot bootloader set-up advice that might be leveragible across both ashai and t2linux projects. I was hoping to build a consistent ostree assembler/builder that could align to either kernal

00:11 <SocioProphet[m]> any thoughts?

00:38 <tpw_rules> just about everything about those is different. why would you use u-boot on a t2 mac? maybe there is something about them i don't understand but i thought they had a normal EFI firmware

14:58 <SocioProphet[m]> I want to create a single build for Mac hardware based on OSTree that can be installed to disk and I'd love to share the bootloader set-up / configs across ARM or X86 devices. I don't see any reason I couldn't use the m1n1 bootloader on x86 devices as well; but most tutorials / discussions focus on ReFind / UEFI configurations and so figured I'd ask here since the m1n1 repo has no documentation : )

14:58 <j`ey> m1n1 is quite arm/apple silicon specific

14:59 <SocioProphet[m]> it's based on U-boot no?

14:59 <j`ey> m1n1 isn't, no

14:59 <SocioProphet[m]> ahh

14:59 <SocioProphet[m]> got ya

15:00 <SocioProphet[m]> are you overwriting the firmware / existing UEFI configs during the setup?

15:00 <SocioProphet[m]> I've got both intel and m1 boxes

15:00 <SocioProphet[m]> wanted to get a somewhat consistent set-up and appreciate any advice

15:00 <j`ey> m1 doesn't use UEFI. U-boot (which m1n1 can load) can use UEFI

15:01 <j`ey> the asahi installer sets up a new partition for all the firmware we need

15:01 <SocioProphet[m]> let me go check out that repo

15:01 <SocioProphet[m]> thanks

15:01 <SocioProphet[m]> do you mind if I come back here and pester you if I hit a wall?

15:02 <SocioProphet[m]> unfortunately not much in the way of documentation lol

15:03 <j`ey> the asahi-installer has no use on x86 at all!

15:03 <SocioProphet[m]> i have multiple boxes

15:03 <SocioProphet[m]> also have arm box

15:08 <j`ey> SocioProphet[m]: i dont think you'll find much to share from the bootloader/config side

15:49 <SocioProphet[m]> fair enough. thanks

16:08 <sven> x86 macs are a very different hw platform with an entirely different boot process fwiw

17:43 <marcan> we already share the basic setup after UEFI, that's why GRUB's in our default image and it is configured the same way as on any x86 box

17:43 <marcan> there is absolutely nothing to be shared before that point

17:44 <marcan> and of course all the binaries have to be for the specific architecture so there's no way to "share" an actual complete OS image

17:54 <SocioProphet[m]> can anyone point me to the virtio drivers mentioned in the docs? "This is a lightweight remix of Arch Linux ARM.... (full message at https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/EqpRCpsTdnXWaNVzIdpUTPRg)

17:55 <j`ey> SocioProphet[m]: theyre the normal virtio drivers in linux

18:06 <SocioProphet[m]> thx

19:07 <isinyaaa> hello everyone, quick question, are any of you able to cross-compile the kernel on macos? if so, how exactly did you set this up

19:11 <tpw_rules> i tried but failed. i've heard it's possible

19:15 <isinyaaa> rn I'

19:15 <isinyaaa> *rn I'm having problems with the linker

19:15 <isinyaaa> but I've managed to get a cross-compiler that works even

19:47 <sven> I’ve tried but setting up a Linux VM was much easier in the end

20:38 <isinyaaa> sven, makes sense, I think I'll end up giving up on that

22:45 <isinyaaa> sven, did you set up any cross-compilation in the VM? I actually want to compile the kernel for x86_64

22:46 <isinyaaa> unfortunately I only have my work macbook at home, so doing it in a proper retpoline-able machine isn't a possibility