ARM Lab on Mac Silicon (m1)

1. Install QEMU on the system on Mac.

brew install qemu

1. QEMU for ARM

qemu-system-arm

1. Download Images.

Index of /raspbian/imagesdownloads.raspberrypi.org

GitHub - dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel: Qemu kernel for emulating Rpi on QEMUGitHub

Ensure the qemu-rpi-kernel versions are

1. Run QEMU with the downloaded images and kernel

qemu-system-arm -kernel kernel-qemu-<version> \
-cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -serial stdio \
-append "root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 rw" \
-hda <version>.img \
-nic user,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 \
-no-reboot &

note : Please do not copy-paste the command from the page; ensure you are changing the <version> to the right one which you have downloaded.

The above command is explained in detail here below for better understanding ( you can avoid googling)

qemu-system-arm :  To run with ARM

-kernel : To set the kernel file

-cpu : To set the architecture of the CPU to run

-m : To set the RAM for the machine

-M : machine type for the emulation

-serial : Redirects the serial output to the terminal for interaction and debugging.

-append : Appends kernel boot parameters. 

root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 rw :  the root filesystem (/dev/sda2) as ext4 and mounts it as read-write.

-hda : Sets the disk image

-nic : Configures a user-mode network stack.

hostfwd : Forwards traffic from port 5022 on the host to port 22 on the emulated machine.

-no-reboot : Specifies that the virtual machine should not automatically reboot after shutdown

Note : Assuming the system running

1. SSH to Pi QEMU

ssh [email protected] -p 2022
raspberry 

Manager QEMU

1. List Running Machines QEMU Machines

ps -ef | awk  '/qemu/ && !/awk/' | sed -e 's/[^/]*//' -e 's/ -/\n\t-/g'

1. Shutdown Machine Command line.

Ctr + A and then X

Note: I'm planning to add a UTM-based lab setup soon