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comment by danieldk · 2023-03-20 · in Ask HN: Where can I find a primer on how computers boot?

…and no webcam support yet, so I don't think doing video-calls would be very good at this point. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#m2-s...

comment by gorbypark · 2023-03-09 · in The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux

…team. It just seems so misleading for the author to claim that everything works perfectly. [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by freetime2 · 2023-03-04 · in ARM64 Linux Workstation

Feature support: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support Asahi is still in Alpha. Expect things to be a bit rough.

comment by dougall · 2023-03-04 · in ARM64 Linux Workstation

…post) you get decent (but not complete) legwork-free hardware support. Detailed breakdown here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by dougall · 2023-03-03 · in ARM64 Linux Workstation

…not the case. There is a list of upstreamed and missing functionality on the Asahi Linux wiki here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support Linux 6.2 adds ( checks notes ): cpufreq to M1s, devicetree for newer hardware,…

comment by iuafhiuah · 2023-02-21 · in Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1 chips arrives

Anyone know if there are implications for Asahi Linux, especially on m2 macbook air? Judging from https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support it looks like a lot of m1 stuff needs 6.2, and most of m2 is "edge" (which I suppose…

comment by e12e · 2023-02-08 · in Linux 6.1 Officially Promoted to Being an LTS Kernel

…support, with these instructions that work for any Debian or Ubuntu based Linux on any CPU: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/SW%3AUbuntu-Asahi-Qe...

comment by xet7 · 2023-01-18 · in ReactOS

Only on M1 devices, excluding the Mini & Studio: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by OJFord · 2022-12-07 · in Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by OJFord · 2022-12-07 · in Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux

…supported vs. not, but also which minimum kernel version or linux-asahi/asahi-edge release it's in: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by OJFord · 2022-12-07 · in Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux

…I were to guess, it might be bit 4 ("Enable APFLG") of ACTLR_EL1 ("(ARM standard-not-standard)"): https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW:ARM-System-Regist...

comment by dougall · 2022-11-17 · in A secret Apple Silicon extension to accommodate an Intel 8080 artifact

…to Linux. The webcam is currently WIP. That would make a more or less fully functional machine: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support It's a shame there's no comparable x86_64 machine right now. A ThinkPad or a Surface…

comment by nextos · 2022-11-15 · in Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?

…For example adjusting screen brightness, internal speakers and power management. Have a look at https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by nkobber · 2022-11-15 · in Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?

…what they got so far, and hope in the near future it will become a full functioning OS. [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by worldsavior · 2022-11-15 · in Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?

M1 Macs have more in common with iPhones than with Intel Macs. See https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/SW%3ABoot for example.

comment by dottedmag · 2022-11-04 · in Linux boot partitions and how to set them up

Support matrix - https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support You can run a GUI but it would currently run on the CPU not GPU. Reports are that the UI is quite snappy running on the CPU. The basic Asahi install is Arch with KDE.…

comment by robear · 2022-10-21 · in Linux M1 GPU driver passes 99% of the dEQP-GLES2 compliance tests

See https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support . The laptops are very usable as a daily driver on Linux already, but not 100% is supported and depending on your specific requirements some of the missing hardware support might…

comment by delroth · 2022-10-21 · in Linux M1 GPU driver passes 99% of the dEQP-GLES2 compliance tests

…is lengthy, and most of it is loaded by the bootloader. Though some is indeed loaded by the OS. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by ignaloidas · 2022-10-10 · in I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it [video]

Apple hardware which can be destroyed by software, the M1 speakers: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#spea...

comment by jvermillard · 2022-10-05 · in Intel Laptop Users Should Avoid Linux 5.19.12 to Avoid Damaging the Display

…Apple designs already deviate from ARM64 specifications, like adding custom instructions: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW:Apple-Instruction...

comment by garaetjjte · 2022-08-25 · in Why Apple Will Switch to ARM-Based Macs (2014)

…to the public which support third-party OSes, in terms of resistance to attack by non-owners. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by GeekyBear · 2022-08-02 · in Introduction to Apple Silicon

…run third-party OSes and bootloaders on these machines, and left the rest to us." Under the list at https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by neon_electro · 2022-08-01 · in Introduction to Apple Silicon

…- March 2022 (5 comments) Edit: I think it makes sense for us to change the URL from https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Apple-Silicon-Subsys... to this. Lists of other pages tend not to make good HN submissions—as HN itself is already…

comment by dang · 2022-08-01 · in Introduction to Apple Silicon

Pretty well outlined here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl... > while a number of blobs are required in order to boot the system, none of those have the ability to take over the OS or compromise it post-boot…

comment by peawee · 2022-08-01 · in Introduction to Apple Silicon

…or the DMA-capable chips on the LPC bus running opaque blobs that exist on even old ThinkPads). https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl... - list of firmware blobs

comment by Jtsummers · 2022-08-01 · in Introduction to Apple Silicon

…on HN or elsewhere claims Apple's trying to lock down their computers to running macOS only. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by macintux · 2022-08-01 · in Introduction to Apple Silicon

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story by arkj · 2022-08-01 · 121 comments

…if it was my first linux install on hardware in many years. There are notes on Fedora install at https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Fedora

comment by chr · 2022-04-22 · in Using Asahi Linux as a developer workstation

…they took extra steps to make sure the door was left wide open. See this writeup for details: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by brundolf · 2022-04-22 · in Using Asahi Linux as a developer workstation

…to say this, but Apple's proprietary, vertically integrated solution might be near optimal. [1]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by mwcampbell · 2022-04-21 · in Fedora considers deprecating legacy BIOS

…it could be usable if you're okay with the limitations. See their feature support page: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by goosedragons · 2022-04-16 · in Apple’s risky, yearslong effort to design its own silicon is paying off

…to the public which support third-party OSes, in terms of resistance to attack by non-owners. [0]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by yzmtf2008 · 2022-04-15 · in StarBook 14-inch

…If you _need_ it, I'm sure they wouldn't mind you contributing a driver to check it off this page: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Tasks

comment by Raymonf · 2022-03-19 · in Asahi Linux alpha release

…about his project and his hardware. Lots of other people are also excited, which is awesome! [0]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/%22When-will-Asahi-L...

comment by camgunz · 2022-03-18 · in Linux on an M1 Mac

Not all but a most. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by rowanG077 · 2022-03-18 · in Linux on an M1 Mac

See also their Introduction to Apple Silicon for alternative OSes: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by pthariensflame · 2022-03-17 · in Open OS Ecosystem on Apple Silicon Macs – Asahi Linux Project

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story by Aissen · 2022-03-16 · 5 comments

…stage of iBoot is in NOR flash. The rest is all on NVMe. There is a detailed description here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-vs.-PC-Boot

comment by danieldk · 2021-12-29 · in How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs

He’s talked about this quite extensively in the past. Here’s a link to the Asahi project docs: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-vs.-PC-Boot > iBoot is the main bootloader on M1 machines. It is small. It cannot understand external…

comment by NobodyNada · 2021-11-02 · in Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed

…into mainline Linux and is already much further along in development than Corellium’s demo. [0]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Developer-Quickstart... [1]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/asahi-installer

comment by NobodyNada · 2021-08-31 · in NetBSD/Evbarm on Apple Silicon

Have you seen Asahi’s documentation? https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Developer-Quickstart

comment by ArgyleSound · 2021-08-31 · in NetBSD/Evbarm on Apple Silicon

…more about them [0] [1] [2] [0] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/m1n1/blob/main/tools/apple_reg... [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW%3AARM-System-Regi... [2] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW%3AARM-System-Regi...

comment by marcan_42 · 2021-05-26 · in M1racles: An Apple M1 covert channel vulnerability

That was one thing, and still undocumented. Suddenly you can also access all of these other things: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW:Apple-Instruction... Plus their funky intel-emulation related CPU features which introduce…

comment by marcan_42 · 2021-03-27 · in Speculating the entire x86-64 instruction set in seconds with one weird trick

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story by withinboredom · 2021-03-11 · 0 comments

…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tg7KSSUl8Q [4] https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/AES_Engine [5] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW:AIC

comment by marcan_42 · 2021-03-11 · in Asahi Linux Progress Report: January/February 2021

…a non-documented platform, especially the specifics of Stage 1 (LLB)? [1] It blows my mind. [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/SW:Boot

comment by protoman3000 · 2021-03-11 · in Asahi Linux Progress Report: January/February 2021

…low-level design is much closer to an embedded device like a Raspberry Pi, minus the SD card slot. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-vs.-PC-Boot It's hard to truly brick these things (you need to wipe NOR flash for that, and even…

comment by marcan_42 · 2021-02-18 · in Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode

…do a clean shutdown, and boot again the same way. More info on what's on the SSD of these things: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/SW:Storage

comment by marcan_42 · 2021-02-18 · in Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode