[PATCH 00/12] Enable build system on macOS hosts

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:56:38PM +0000, Daniel Gomez wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:01:08PM GMT, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Daniel Gomez via B4 Relay wrote:
> > > This patch set allows for building the Linux kernel for arm64 in macOS with
> > > LLVM.
> > 
> > Is this a requirement somewhere that this must work?  It seems like an
> > odd request, what workflows require cross-operating-system builds like
> > this?
> 
> This isn't a requirement, but it would, for example, support workflows for QEMU
> users and developers on macOS. They could build/compile the kernel natively and
> use it to launch QEMU instances, simplifying their process.

But that's not a real workload of anyone?  How often does this ever come
up?  Who is going to maintain this cross-build functionality over time?

thanks,

greg k-h