image for 32 bit RaspberryOS

ptrsr / pi-ci

Prepare Raspberry Pi 3, 4 & 5 configurations using a virtual machine.

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image for 32 bit RaspberryOS #11

Open efa opened 3 weeks ago

efa commented 3 weeks ago

hi, with many low memory (512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB) Raspberry, the 32 bit image is really convenient (less SD space used, less RAM used, faster, ...). Can you please prepare a version for 32 bit?

ptrsr commented 2 weeks ago

Hi @efa , thank you for your interest in the project. 32 bit support would be a great feature. It's would require a few modifications, like;

Pointing the image URL to point to the 32 bit RaspberryOS image.
Compiling the VM kernel for 32 bit
Starting QEMU in 32 bit ARMv7.

Feel free to help out or to sponsor me.

efa commented 2 weeks ago

sorry, I'm not able to build the VM kernel, I never do that

ptrsr commented 2 weeks ago

If you clone this repo and run docker build -t ptrsr/pi-ci:test ., you will build the VM kernel automatically. To build it for 32 bit you would change a few lines, like these.

I've written everything in such a way that it's easy to reproduce and experiment. Feel free to experiment and ask questions in this issue. Please close this issue if you decide to leave it for someone else to pick up.

Good luck!