linux-kernel - Re: Any interest in building the Linux kernel from a MacOS host?

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:56:40 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "marcan@...can.st" <marcan@...can.st>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux <llvm@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        asahi@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Any interest in building the Linux kernel from a MacOS host?

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 4:51 PM Nick Desaulniers
<nick.desaulniers@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure if this is potentially interesting to anyone but I was able
> to get the kernel building from MacOS my M2 Air with a small amount of
> effort (read: duct tape and bailing wire).  If this might seem helpful
> to anyone's workflow, I wouldn't mind pursuing this (with some
> cleanup, sending a more formal patch set).  Maybe this helps us
> bootstrap or get Linux up and running sooner on these machines?
>
> Take a look at the commit message linked below for the trials & tribulations:
> https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/commit/f06333e29addbc3d714adb340355f471c1dfe95a
>
> Thanks,
> ~Nick Desaulniers



I see some efforts in this direction, for example,


commit dd2a3acaecd7abb2d43b09a823cf2e4c967fa2ac
Author: Andreas Bießmann <andreas@...ssmann.de>
Date:   Fri Feb 24 08:23:53 2012 +0100

    mod/file2alias: make modpost compile on darwin again



I do not mind a small amount of code addition.
It may be broken from time to time because there are less number of
developers testing kernel builds on macOS.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada