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Apple M1 processor is an ARMv8-a processor which is commonly known as AArch64. There are many distros that support AArch64. If Apple had created their own prop
by fabianhjr 6y ago
Apple M1 processor is an ARMv8-a processor which is commonly known as AArch64. There are many distros that support AArch64.
If Apple had created their own proprietary ISA then it is likely that almost nothing would be ported from the get go.
- Cu3PO42 6y agoI imagine the post you are replying to is referring to actually getting the Linux kernel to boot (since there is no BIOS, UEFI, etc.) and writing drivers for all the possibly specialized hardware Apple put in there.
- fabianhjr 6y agoThe main issue might be video drivers and other non-standard hardware. There are many reports of people being able to boot into linux on the new M1 by tweaking secure boot.
- Cu3PO42 6y agoThe way I understand these reports is "it's most likely possible, but we still need to actually make it work". In particular, it seems there's not a complete boot loader. Or at least this is what this thread implies: https://twitter.com/never_released/status/1327398102983176192 https://twitter.com/never_released/status/132739810298317619...