Make qemu images for the reMarkable

[raisjn]

it would be really cool if we were able to run a qemu image with arm and emulate the rM execution environment. we could then run tests, take screenshots and do other things from a CI machine

[fenollp]

Are you aware of https://github.com/evidlo/remarkable_sim ?

[raisjn]

yes, we helped build resim by making sure it sent the proper events and the correct coordinates: https://github.com/rmkit-dev/remarkable_sim

rmkit supports resim (is the only project to support it, afaik) bc resim was created to address the problems with rmkit''s viewer.py.

but resim is not enough, i want testing that simulates the device through qemu. perhaps using resim is a good first step though for projects that can work with resim

[raisjn]

also, I'm not sure this is not a toolchain issue, it is for CI testing of built apps, to make sure installation works and other common tasks

[matteodelabre]

Well, it's a bit in-between, since if I understand correctly we'll need to have a replica of the reMarkable system for this to work. In particular, we'll need to have the same set of available libs.

[matteodelabre]

Transferring this to a more general repo since it’s not totally in scope for the toolchain repo.

[raisjn]

bordaigorl/rmview#22 (comment) is relevant explanation from @pl-semiotics on how to set something like this up

[matteodelabre]

I managed to make a QEMU VM run the rM stock system. There’s still a lot of work remaining to make the emulation closer to the true device, though. Here are some notes on how I got it working: https://gist.github.com/matteodelabre/92599920b46e5fac9daf58670d367950

[Eeems]

https://github.com/timower/rM-docker