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It's really sad you have to resort to reverse engineered drivers which will always be behind because Apple won't support Linux officially. You'd think the most
by nightski 4y ago
It's really sad you have to resort to reverse engineered drivers which will always be behind because Apple won't support Linux officially. You'd think the most profitable company in the world could do better. Really sad.
Not to dismiss these efforts, incredible engineering. But I won't buy Apple hardware unless Apple officially supports Linux. I honestly don't know why they wouldn't. More developers using their hardware is a good thing imho.
- andrewmcwatters 4y agoIt’s sad you think this work is “half-baked.” The reality is Apple will probably never release drivers for Linux or Windows (the latter of which ever again). This work is the premier effort in its space and the reverse engineering skills required to accomplish it are exceptionally uncommon. I doubt you could hire for this type of position remotely easily if you wanted to find the skillset for a corporate environment.
- nightski 4y agoI wasn't trying to down play the engineering. It's going to be half baked because the developers don't have access to hardware documentation. When the next Apple chip comes out, it's back to square one. It's entirely Apple's fault. Plus while they may be able to achieve good results, we'll never know if they took full advantage of the hardware or realized it to the full potential. Because it's proprietary.
- povik 4y ago> When the next Apple chip comes out, it's back to square one. It's entirely Apple's fault. That's simply not true. Source: wrote a couple of drivers for M1 (now upstreamed in mainline Linux) that work without a single change on M1 Pro and M2
- nightski 4y agoCool I'm glad you enjoy the Apple status quo and don't want official Linux support. But it's not for me.