At the end of last year, Linux developer Hector Martin stated that he would try to secure support for Apple’s M1 chip in future releases of Linux, something that, among other things, Linux designer Linus Torvalds previously said was something he wanted.
Martin says now he has managed to implement initial support for the Apple M1 in the Linux SoC code. How he succeeded in this remains to be seen. It’s not quite an easy task that Martin and his co-developers undertook. Ars Technica wrote:
“This is a daunting task. Apple doesn’t provide any community documentation for the Apple Silicon, so Martin and his followers must reverse engineer the hardware as well as write drivers for it. This is particularly difficult considering the M1 GPU – without first-class graphics support, it cannot That Asahi delivers a first-class Linux experience on M1 devices such as the 2020 M1 Mac Mini, Macbook Air, and Macbook Pro. ”
However, support for M1 in upcoming Linux 5.13 is touted as being at a basic level and probably none that can be used for those hoping to be able to run a complete Linux installation on their Apple M1 computer. To what extent something like this may be in the future, there is no information about it yet.
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