[kwlug-disc] Linux arm64 compilation in vm on m1 silicon?

[Jason Eckert]

x64-on-m1 for me in UTM/Qemu is noticeably slow for Windows, FreeBSD and
Linux (even with VirtIO).
aarch64 Linux VMs run at almost native speed though. Thus, I'd only
recommend running aarch64 Linux VMs on the m1.

On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 9:25 AM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
> Yes - you can run ARM64 Linux VMs on x86_64 macOS using UTM (which does
> the binary translation using Qemu).
>
> Wow, sounds like it can be used on both x86 and m1 macs:
> https://mac.getutm.app/
>
> Recently I've heard some excited impressions about m1 performance,
>> especially, when running vm.
>>
>> So, I have a practical question, is it possible to run arm64 vm (which
>> and how?) on osx. Gitlab runner on osx should be making tests and builds
>> for osx, while linux vm can do this for arm64 linux (think pine64).
>>
>> Is it insane? Is it doable? Share your setup/experience, if you've done
>> any part of this.
>
> I'd report that attempt to run x64 linux guest didn't go fast on m1 host.
> I wonder if its about qemu settings (adjustable in UTM). I guess it can be
> slow, since there is now direct running on cpu.
>
> If you had same x64-on-m1 situation, what were your observations? How does
> it compare to trivial x64-on-x64 virtualbox on Phenom machine base line
> expectation?
>
>
> I'd note that our eletron-based app runs faster in m1-package on m1, than
> x64-package on m1. Also lo-o-ong time for electron-build utility is now
> just short on m1. Impression is positive.
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