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Linux Ported to the M1

by clashmeifyoucan on 1/16/21, 6:23 AM with 11 comments

• by NobodyNada on 1/16/21, 6:59 AM

  Hector Martin (founder/project lead of Asahi Linux), provided more context [0]:

  > Full disclosure: @corelliumhq ported Linux to earlier iPhone chipsets a year ago, but their public code release does not meet upstream standards (nor can I certify it meets our RE policy) and I can therefore not use their work. Their CTO is mad at me for this. [screenshot of DM conversation]

  > He has now, apparently, decided to turn this into a competition. That's fine by me - if they want to race us to upstream their code and win, everyone wins

  [0]: https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1350331791584886791

• by miles on 1/16/21, 6:56 AM

  This is a different group (Corellium, which might ring a bell[1]) than the aforementioned[2] Asahi Linux[3].

  [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25573176

  [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25649719

  [3] https://asahilinux.org

• by jka on 1/16/21, 10:45 AM

  When people talk about Linux on M1, is that typically in reference to the chipset, or the entire laptop?

  The distinction could cause confusion if Asahi Linux (which looks very clean and appears to be attempting to implement support for the laptop and all associated peripherals[1]) and Corellium (which has a bootable implementation on the chipset by the looks of it) have slightly different goals in mind.

  [1] - https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Tasks