Apple M1 support for nRF CLI Tools + Workarounds?

[jeffypoo]

I'm aware that the nRF CLI tools are not yet ported to AArch64 so they don't work natively on Apple Silicon. Normally rosetta 2 is fine, but nrfjprog is not compatible with the latest JLink software for Apple Silicon since it loads the SDK as a dylib.

Two questions:

1. When will nRF CLI tools support Apple Silicon? Really hoping it is soon.

2. Is there any documentation available that explains what nrfjprog is doing with the JLink? For now, I want to work around this by just scripting JLinkExe myself. 

[Kenneth]

I will need to check internally, due to summer holidays I don't expect an answer until 1-2weeks. In the meantime this may be useful:
https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/nwp_027/WP/nwp_027/intro.html 

Sorry for the delay.

Kenneth

[Kenneth]

Regarding 1) this is work in progress, but I don't have a timeline for you at the moment.

Regarding 2) Not documented anywhere no. It _may_ be possible to install x86-jlink instead of arm-jlink. The x86-jlink should match nrfjprog, you can give it a try.

Kenneth

[teodf]

I have a MacBook with Apple M1 and nrfjprog work correctly on my Mac