From 029f258cdd5787254f5c48c6c7eb041840786b4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Smith <kormoc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 18:34:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Don't check for binfmt_misc on arm platforms

When building on a native ARM platform, binfmt_misc is not
required to be loaded. This change checks the machine type
and if it's a ARM platform, skip the binfmt_misc validation.
---
 scripts/dependencies_check | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/dependencies_check b/scripts/dependencies_check
index 375512b..32c42ef 100644
--- a/scripts/dependencies_check
+++ b/scripts/dependencies_check
@@ -28,11 +28,26 @@ dependencies_check()
 		false
 	fi
 
+    # If we're building on a native arm platform, we don't need to check for
+    # binfmt_misc or require it to be loaded.
 
-	if ! grep -q "/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc" /proc/mounts; then
-		echo "Module binfmt_misc not loaded in host"
-		echo "Please run:"
-		echo "  sudo modprobe binfmt_misc"
-		exit 1
+	binfmt_misc_required=1
+
+	case $(uname -m) in
+		aarch64)
+			binfmt_misc_required=0
+			;;
+		arm*)
+			binfmt_misc_required=0
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	if [[ "${binfmt_misc_required}" == "1" ]]; then
+		if ! grep -q "/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc" /proc/mounts; then
+			echo "Module binfmt_misc not loaded in host"
+			echo "Please run:"
+			echo "  sudo modprobe binfmt_misc"
+			exit 1
+		fi
 	fi
 }