Working with Apple Silicon directly is a tough task, a developer attempting to port Linux to run natively on the M1 chip advises, with Apple using a highly customized process to boot the Mac that is different from versions used by other 64-bit ARM systems.In its introduction of Apple Silicon to developers, Apple has provided assistance to developers to port their Intel-compatible apps over to M1. For developers performing more ambitious feats, such as porting Linux over to Apple Silicon, the task is multiple times harder.In a blog post about the Asahi Linux project, the team discusses its findings in trying to set up an alternative boot kernel on Apple Silicon systems. While most of the feature has been implemented, the lack of support for a command that allows the installation of a non-Apple kernel led to an attempt to document the undocumented system.Read more
