bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devimagemessage-square225linkfedilinkarrow-up11.84Karrow-down113cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up11.83Karrow-down1imageThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devbytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square225linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132·2 days agoI mean I have decades of doing all sorts of IT work and this is way beyond my level. Absolutely amazing.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·2 days agoI have such immense respect for people who know how the bits are physically flowing through a machine. I took classes about it but I can’t imagine doing that daily, it’s so tedious.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoyeah I remember not being able to get my voltron lion to run in basic when I was in junior high.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoYou mean you can’t just get Apple’s driver to work on Linux by turning it off and on again enough times?
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoor even by recompiling the kernel when apples driver is not part of it.
I mean I have decades of doing all sorts of IT work and this is way beyond my level. Absolutely amazing.
I have such immense respect for people who know how the bits are physically flowing through a machine. I took classes about it but I can’t imagine doing that daily, it’s so tedious.
yeah I remember not being able to get my voltron lion to run in basic when I was in junior high.
You mean you can’t just get Apple’s driver to work on Linux by turning it off and on again enough times?
or even by recompiling the kernel when apples driver is not part of it.