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.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
               --image-format qcow2 \
               --image-size 2G \
               --repositories-file example/repositories \
-              --packages "$(cat example/packages)" \
+              --packages "$(cat example/packages) linux-virt@edge" \
               --fs-skel-dir example/rootfs \
               --fs-skel-chown root:root \
               --script-chroot \

README.adoc

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TIP: Don’t need VM, just wanna chroot into Alpine Linux?
      Or do you want to create a custom rootfs?
      Then https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-make-rootfs[alpine-make-rootfs] is for you!
 
-IMPORTANT: aarch64 currently only works with the kernel (linux-virt or linux-lts) from Alpine edge! See https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/15263[alpine/aports#15263] for more information.
+IMPORTANT: aarch64 currently only works with the kernel (linux-virt or linux-lts) from Alpine edge! See <<aarch64-v3.18>> for more information and a workaround.
 
 
 == Requirements
@@ -51,6 +51,29 @@ Or, if you are on Alpine Linux, you can simply install the https://pkgs.alpineli
 
 == Howtos
 
+[[aarch64-v3.18]]
+=== Create Alpine v3.18 (latest-stable) image for aarch64
+
+The Linux kernel (_linux-virt_, _linux-lts_ or _linux-edge_ package) in Alpine v3.18 and earlier doesn’t have https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/EFI_ZBOOT.html[EFI_ZBOOT] enabled, so EFI stub cannot load a compressed vmlinuz.
+We backported it to v3.18, but then we had to revert it due to a problem with Grub (see https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/15263[alpine/aports#15263]).
+
+If you want to build an image with a stable branch of Alpine Linux, you can, but you must install the kernel from the edge branch.
+This is relatively safe because the kernel package doesn’t have any dynamic dependencies and the version in v3.18 and edge will be in sync at least until v3.19 is released.
+
+. Create a `repositories` file with a pinned main repository from edge, e.g.:
++
+[source]
+----
+@edge https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
+https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.18/main
+https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.18/community
+----
+
+. Run {script-name} with the options `--repositories-file ./repositories` and `--packages linux-virt@edge` (or `linux-lts@edge` if you use `--kernel-flavor lts`).
+
+This will first install _linux-virt_ from v3.18, but in the later step it will reinstall it from the edge branch.
+
+
 === Create images for aarch64 on x86_64 host
 
 All you need to do is install the https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/user/main.html[QEMU User space emulator] for aarch64 and register it in https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.html[binfmt_misc] as the interpreter for aarch64 binaries.

example/repositories

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+@edge http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
 http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main
 http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community