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Early days, but Hypervisor.framework patches are being built that allow QEMU to run an Arm build of Linux (and Windows) at native speed.

https://twitter.com/jonmasters/status/1333555759737663489

The reality is that some of the drivers for the M1 chip will never arrive, but that if you want to run Linux (or Windows) Arm code then you can do so soon.

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The issue for me is that I'd love to have an ARM laptop but I also love playing with the hardware and measuring it, trusting the hypervisor makes that a lot harder.

If I was a web developer I'd probably buy one (not a knock on web developers, if I was any good at it I'd do it), but I like playing in the grey area of the Venn diagram where microarchitecture, compilers, and kernels meet.

Wouldn't these be QEMU patches to let it support Apple silicon Hypervisor.framework?

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