Re: Development environment discussion

>Why would you use a mac for kernel dev? That's a horrible choice. Stick wi=
th bare metal linux.

I think a Mac with virtual machines works just fine. =A0I use such an envir=
onment for kernel development, and don't have any problems. =A0Certainly do=
n't try to build directly on the Mac, particularly on a filesystem without =
case sensitivity. =A0 I have used Ubuntu, CentOS, and Fedora successfully t=
o build kernels for the native CPU architecture. =A0These can be tested in =
another VM quite easily. =A0 I have not tried to cross-compile a kernel how=
ever (so I haven't tried to build an x86_64 kernel on an m4 mac, nor an aar=
ch64 kernel on an x86_64 mac), but if it works on bare metal, I would expec=
t it to work the same on the VM. =A0You just have to get all your prerequis=
ites installed first.

I don't know the specifications for your Macbook air, or whether it is an M=
 series machine or an older x86 machine. =A0 The M series are much faster t=
han the older X86 macs. =A0 The number of cores, amount of memory, and amou=
nt of storage will all play into how well this environment works for you. =
=A0I'm using an M4 Max with 128GB memory and 8TB SSD. =A0I have my Fedora V=
M setup with 16GB memory and 4 processor cores and 1TB (sparse) disk. =A0Th=
e ubuntu VM is setup the same, although I don't usually keep them both runn=
ing. I usually work in the Fedora VM.