https://github.com/mathetake/alvm

Run Linux ELF binary directly on macOS via hypervisor.framework
https://github.com/mathetake/alvm

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Run Linux ELF binary directly on macOS via hypervisor.framework

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mathetake/alvm
• Owner: mathetake
• Created: 2024-05-18T00:50:41.000Z (7 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-18T00:52:58.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-01T10:08:31.402Z (11 days ago)
• Language: Rust
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• Size: 164 KB
• Stars: 41
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# alvm: Apple Linux Virtual Machine

alvm allows you to run any Linux binary on MacOS machine without Linux VMs. This is just my experiment to build a low

level Linux emulator via Apple's Hypervisor.framework.

It simply runs the Linux ELF binary in a hypervisor VM without kernel, and handles the syscall `svc` instruction,

which is trapped as a hardware exception, in the user land Rust code.

## Example

```

$ ./tests/cases/c/hello_world.exe

zsh: exec format error: ./tests/cases/c/hello_world.exe

$ file ./tests/cases/c/hello_world.exe

./tests/cases/c/hello_world.exe: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, ARM aarch64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, with debug_info, not stripped

$ ./target/release/alvm -- ./tests/cases/c/hello_world.exe

Hello, World!

```