# FAQ
-* If I install Debian, will it be easy to update the Asahi work as it develops?
+## Are you still maintaining this?
+
+Yes, I do and will continue doing this until there is an official Debian installer.
+
+## If I install Debian, will it be easy to update the Asahi work as it develops?
Yes, long answer below.
For installations before 2022-12-12, see <https://thomas.glanzmann.de/asahi/README.txt>
-Later it might be necessary to upgrade the stub parition in order to
+Later it might be necessary to upgrade the stub partion in order to
support the GPU code. As soon as that happens, I'll add the
instructions and a video in order to do so, but short version is:
So, you never need to reinstall Debian. Kernel updates are easy, stub
updates are a little bit more cumbersome but also seldom.
-* How do I compile zfs on apple silicon debian?
+## How do I compile zfs on apple silicon debian?
- In order to build zfs you need the rust environment. So from the m1-debian
repository you have to run these scripts:
./dependencies.sh
./prepare_rust.sh
-- Build a kernel that is not cross compiled. Because the cross compiled header
- package does contain the fixtool for the wrong architecture at the moment and
- install the resulting kernel deb and headers and boot into it:
-
- ./m1n1_uboot_kernel.sh
-
- Prepare your zfs build environment. You need to replace
/home/sithglan/work/m1-debian with your path to
your m1-debian checkout: