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Describe workaround for v3.18 on aarch64 and test it on CI
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jirutka committed Sep 13, 2023
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .github/workflows/ci.yml
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run: |
./alpine-make-vm-image \
--arch aarch64 \
--branch edge \
--image-format qcow2 \
--image-size 2G \
--repositories-file example/repositories \
--packages "$(cat example/packages)" \
--fs-skel-dir example/rootfs \
--fs-skel-chown root:root \
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You can choose between BIOS mode (using https://syslinux.org/[Syslinux], only for x86_64) and UEFI mode (using Linux https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/efi-stub.html[EFI stub]).
It’s quite simple (400 LoC of shell), fast (~32 seconds on GitHub Actions), requires minimum dependencies (QEMU and filesystem tools).

IMPORTANT: aarch64 currently only works with the kernel (linux-virt or linux-lts) from Alpine edge! See <<aarch64-v3.18>> for more information and a workaround.

TIP: Don’t need VM, just wanna chroot into Alpine Linux?
Try https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-chroot-install[alpine-chroot-install]!
Or do you want to create a custom rootfs?
Then https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-make-rootfs[alpine-make-rootfs] is for you!

IMPORTANT: aarch64 currently only works with the kernel (linux-virt or linux-lts) from Alpine edge! See <<aarch64-v3.18>> for more information and a workaround.


== Requirements

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