Re: Question About Qemu > Hackintosh

[Alex Bennée]

Matt Stacy <stacymatthew44@gmail.com> writes:

> I was wondering will Qemu Linux ever be able to emulate Apple Silicon,
> modified Arm?

Only if someone writes the code for it. The core aarch64 emulation is
pretty solid but there are custom Apple instructions and system
registers which are undocumented.

If you want to emulate an actual M1 system that is a lot of work because
there are numerous peripherals that would need emulating.

> The reason why I ask is because Open Core is now
> dead to me and many other users because Apple has decided to switch to their 
> own CPUs and GPUs. I have an Intel based system still and
> I still want to be able to update my Mac, but can’t eventually, because it 
> won’t be supported anymore using the old way, Open Core. If you
> guys have any ideas for making virtualization happen for this, it would be 
> great. I mean, I love my Hackintosh, but I’m in fear that it’ll
> outdate eventually and not be any use to me. Please email me back, when you 
> get the chance.  


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Alex Bennée