NetBSD booting on the Apple M1
reddit / BSD

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Russian-Doomer · 2021-08-28 16:42

pog

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survivorofthefire · 2021-08-28 17:08

Incredible. Is NetBSD the most portable OS ever ??

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Kernigh · 2021-08-28 18:38

This M1 is doing sha1's faster than my fastest amd64. "Doing sha1 for
3s on 1024 size blocks:" the M1 got "3630681 sha1's in 3.01s", my
amd64 got "1868689 sha1's in 3.05s".

An M1 might be a MacBook or Mac Mini. I'm guessing that the video came
from a Mini's HDMI port. The video shows U-Boot → NetBSD efiboot →
NetBSD booting from a USB disk (dk1 at umass0). There's a USB keyboard
(ukbd0), and a 1980x1080 framebuffer (genfb0). I don't see wi-fi nor
the internal ssd.

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[deleted] · 2021-08-28 22:05

this is amazing

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MrRichBOB · 2021-08-28 22:28

This is awesome.

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Midar3 · 2021-08-28 23:12

From the replies: This is running on an power saving core, not a
performance core.

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PunishedRaion · 2021-08-28 23:32

Yeah, the M1 is a wide core. I may not like Apple, but it's undeniable
they made a badass core.

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OIHipster112 · 2021-08-29 00:47

It would have been cooler if it was an install video.

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Nyanraltotlapun · 2021-08-29 08:55

If only sha1 was the only thing that CPU should do.

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Shoddy-Incident672 · 2021-08-31 13:06

I will be happy. If i can run natively bsd on my air m1.
Work please

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theRealNilz02 · 2021-09-13 04:59

You might be able to find a Toaster running it so yes it is xD