Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 7.2
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Asahi Linux makes progress on CPU power management, hypervisor, and M3-M5 support in its 7.2 update.
The Linux 7.2 progress report details power management workarounds for Apple Silicon, including a UEFI Runtime Service PSCI conduit to handle cpuidle without EL3. The m1n1 hypervisor now emulates Apple's SPRR/GXF, letting it run with SPTM on M4+. M3 support is nearly release-ready: webcam, microphones, USB3/Thunderbolt, and DCP firmware target macOS 14.8.3. M4/M5 bringup includes NVMe and PCIe fixes. Video decoding via AVD works through a VA-API-to-V4L2 translation layer, and efforts toward direct scanout (eliminating framebuffer copies) continue.
What commenters are saying
Commenters praised the team's persistence and detailed write-up. A sub-thread debated Apple's openness: some called their accommodations the bare minimum, others argued Apple could have entirely locked down the platform and that its security design actually aids custom OSes. One commenter shared plans to dual-boot Asahi once M3 support ships. Another raised doubts about long-term power management tuning given Apple's indifference to OSS.