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Apple Silicon -+=bare metal=+- in Macaros Native.

Last updated on 16 days ago
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Poll: Do you have a MacBook with Apple Silicon?

    I have an m1, m2 [3/11]27 %
    I have an m3 [0/11]0 %
    I have an m4, m5, m6 [2/11]18 %
    No ;) [6/11]55 %
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jonxJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#1
Hey Y'all, I made good progress lately so I wanted to post a little teaser about my progress before leaving for holidays.

www.jkn.me/macaros/assets/native-m1-desktop-2026-09-06.png

www.jkn.me/macaros/assets/native-m1-keymap-switch-2026-09-06.png


Now I'm AFK until next month.

Until then... anyone interested that has an m1 or m2?

John
Edited by jonx on 06-09-2026 10:16, 1 month ago
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 1 month ago
#2
At the bottom of post above Post Reply button you can Options and Attachement tabs. Use Attachements tabs Smile
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jonxJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#3

deadwood wrote:

@deadwood - At the bottom of post above Post Reply button you can Options and Attachement tabs. Use Attachements tabs Smile

Thanks but it's saying Images not found at the bottom. I posted the online.
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#4
Unbelievable! I didn't think it was possible. I'd love to test it on the M1.
jonx, Argo
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coffeecatMember
Posted 1 month ago
#5
Congratulations! AROS owning the CPU at EL1 on an M1 is a real milestone. Enjoy the holiday!

On my side, I built Macaros hosted from a fresh checkout on an M5 Pro, from the toolchain to the Wanderer desktop in one afternoon, with a few stops along the way - I might send them over soon.

I also have Go programs running on AROS x86_64 and would like to bring that to AArch64 on Macaros next (figured that I will support aarch a bit more)

My Mac is an M5 Pro, but happy to give it a spin once you have something shareable.
jonx, Argo
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jonxJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#6

coffeecat wrote:


On my side, I built Macaros hosted from a fresh checkout on an M5 Pro, from the toolchain to the Wanderer desktop in one afternoon, with a few stops along the way - I might send them over soon.


Please do. Thanks.

And for anyone interested in running things on Macaros hosted, remember, we can't run anything that uses the x18 register.
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#7
I've prepared a new toolchain for aarch64 with x18 registry protection, but something must have gone wrong, because the compiled programs display guru. When you return from vacation, please let us know how to protect this registry when compiling programs for Macaros.
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ncafferkeyAROS Dev
Posted 1 month ago
#8
Do I have to vote to see the results? I don't want to lie, so a 'No' option would be helpful Smile
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jonxJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#9

Bohun wrote:

@Bohun - I've prepared a new toolchain for aarch64 with x18 registry protection, but something must have gone wrong, because the compiled programs display guru. When you return from vacation, please let us know how to protect this registry when compiling programs for Macaros.


It's in your inbox normally Wink
You have to add -ffixed-x18 to CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS.when building.
Argo
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jonxJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#10

ncafferkey wrote:

@ncafferkey - Do I have to vote to see the results? I don't want to lie, so a 'No' option would be helpful Smile

Just added it Smile
Argo, ncafferkey
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#11
@jonx
In that case, it must be an incompatibility between the AROS code and my toolchain. Macaros is probably built on a slightly older build. I have no other ideas. It works on the Raspberry Pi. I'll wait for native AROS on Apple and test it with that ;-)
jonx
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jonxJunior Member
Posted 16 days ago
#12
Anyone with a macbook m1,2,3, that wants to test aros bare metal?
Bohun, tom1000
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 16 days ago
#13
I'm ready to test Smile M1
ArgoArgoMember
Posted 16 days ago
#14
Wow, nice work
Kinda makes me want a Mac
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