Apple M1 Silicon Support (arm64)

Repository metrics

Stars

2,727 stars (2,727 stars)

PR merge metrics

PR metrics pending (PR metrics pending)

Description

 /Users/brandonros/Downloads/DrMemory-MacOS-2.5.0/bin64/drmemory -- output/vehicle 
WARNING: this version of Mac OSX is not officially supported by Dr. Memory.
dyld: could not load inserted library '/Users/brandonros/Downloads/DrMemory-MacOS-2.5.0/bin64/../dynamorio/lib64/release/libdrpreload.dylib' because no suitable image found.  Did find:
	/Users/brandonros/Downloads/DrMemory-MacOS-2.5.0/bin64/../dynamorio/lib64/release/libdrpreload.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
	/Users/brandonros/Downloads/DrMemory-MacOS-2.5.0/bin64/../dynamorio/lib64/release/libdrpreload.dylib: stat() failed with errno=1

Contributor guide

Research direction

Investigate how to build DrMemory with arm64 Mac support, possibly by cross compiling DynamoRIO for ARM64 and ensuring fat binaries.

Tech stack

c

Domain

tooling

Issue type

Bug

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

1-2 days

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

Active

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

CmacOS development

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

40