Building Linux kernel on macOS natively

22 ingve 6 7/3/2025, 9:53:03 AM seiya.me ↗

Comments (6)

hard_times · 4h ago
Excuse me, it took the auther 30-40 seconds (0m33.260s) to build the Linux kernel on an M2 with 32GB RAM? Surely that's a typo?
dgl · 3h ago
With make allnoconfig it also takes <30s on a recent-ish Intel CPU (12th gen; i7 12700). As low as 20s if it's cached and with make -j20.
rascul · 4h ago
Looks like they're doing allnoconfig so there's not much to build.
adtac · 4h ago
1. modern computers are insanely fast

2. they compiled a version of the kernel with as many configurable options disabled as possible

3. modern computers are insanely fast

fossa1 · 4h ago
This kind of work reminds me of early WSL1-era hacks
pbronez · 4h ago
The related Starina OS project looks pretty cool

https://docs.starina.dev/comparison-with-others