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According to Hector Martin in the last progress report, the Wifi driver is up next, then some not terribly demanding work on various drivers (like adapting the
by GeekyBear 5y ago
According to Hector Martin in the last progress report, the Wifi driver is up next, then some not terribly demanding work on various drivers (like adapting the NetBSD driver for the real time clock, and getting the M1 iMac SKU with four USB ports to see all four) after which he will tackle the kernel driver for the GPU.
https://asahilinux.org/2021/12/progress-report-oct-nov-2021/ https://asahilinux.org/2021/12/progress-report-oct-nov-2021/
As an interesting aside, in the progress report he mentions that after he installed Arch Linux, even without support for the hardware GPU:
>glxgears has no right to run at >60FPS with software rendering, but it does
- Klinky 5y agoWhen has glxgears ever been demanding[1]? I would hope a modern CPU could handle a few hundred vertices(guessing) at 60fps. 1. https://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmark https://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmar...
- mappu 5y agoOn an Intel 7700k, using `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1` to force llvmpipe, glxgears reports ~3900fps, compared to ~20000fps on GPU (RX570 amdgpu).
- sudosysgen 5y agoHeck, a 3990X can run Crysis using software rendering.
- gpm 5y agoHe was livestreaming the wifi work today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kOlrBUKAfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kOlrBUKAfM I only glanced at the last minute, sounds like it's not working, but pretty close (I could have interpreted his comments wrong though).
- drewg123 5y agoWhat functionality remains to make it a viable alternative to MacOS on an M1 13" MBP or MBA? It seems like wifi is the biggest remaining hurdle?
- kelnos 5y agoParent posted a link to a blog post that has a table that lists how support for various hardware and drivers is going. From that I think you can make your own determination based on what matters to you.