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Does the T2 break Linux somehow?
by dividedbyzero 3y ago
Does the T2 break Linux somehow?
- hs86 3y agohttps://wiki.t2linux.org/state/ https://wiki.t2linux.org/state/ Before these T2 chips, Intel Macs were very close to regular PC hardware. That's why I suspected better Linux support on those older models. The list of still open issues on that wiki seems to confirm this.
- goosedragons 3y agoYes. The T2 is in charge of a lot, keyboard/trackpad input on laptops, the SSD, etc. To get keyboard/trackpad input working you need a custom kernel as drivers still aren't in the mainline kernel.
- solarkraft 3y agoIIRC T2 changed Macs from largely being IBM PC/EFI compatible to being closer to the architecture they now use on their ARM processors.
- pantalaimon 3y agoIt deviates from the standard PC architecture, so generic drivers won't work anymore. Since those machines were otherwise rather boring from a hardware perspective (rather expensive x86 machines that didn't even have the latest hardware) there wasn't much incentive to write those drivers so development is rather slow.