# 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.
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: