Mac ARM (Apple Silicon)-native build

[cobaltjacket]

Now that Apple Silicon (ARM on Mac) systems are beginning to ship, please create an updated native build for these systems on Mac OS 11.

[miszterx]

I would love to see this. However is it possible? Emulate x86 with dosbox on arm? I won't say it is impossible, but probably harder than just compile the code.

[ajmas]

Maybe the starting point would be QEMU or box86 which people have gotten to run on the Raspberry Pi:

• https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=246886
• https://opensource.com/article/18/3/can-you-run-dos-raspberry-pi

Next, would be getting access to an M1 based Mac, physically or remote.

On the other hand given no source updates in 4 years, I am not too confident.

Edit: opened an equivalent issue on what appears to be the most active fork

[ajmas]

@cobaltjacket Given the response here, we can probably close this ticket?

[cobaltjacket]

Perhaps, though has this crew been paying attention to the challenges which the DOSBOX/DOSBOX-X people have run into?

-JPH

On 8 Dec 2020, at 11:15, Andre-John Mas wrote:

@cobaltjacket Given the response here, we can probably close this ticket?

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[ajmas]

Probably best ask on the other ticket, since he seems more responsive on his own fork.