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by ricardobeat 1112 days ago
Do you have any sources for that? I basically gave up on Docker for M1 since the qemu performance is terrible.

Last time I checked, Rosetta only worked for one-off binaries, wouldn’t really allow docker to run more x86 code inside.
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dontlaugh 1112 days ago
It is used for individual binaries. The Linux kernel is arm, but the binaries running on it can be x86 running on Rosetta. This works particularly well with containers, which come with their own libc.
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weikju 1112 days ago
Search for Rosetta on this page

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/settings/mac/

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olliej 1112 days ago
I'm not sure what you're asking here?

Rosetta is a tool for running x86-64 binaries on an arm64 OS.

I think you're asking if rosetta lets you run an x86 kernel, to which the answer is no - the whole point of this framework is to support virtualization, e.g. the OS is running directly on the hardware. The moment the OS can't do that, there is no point in doing anything other than emulation.

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