Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 7.2
The Asahi Linux project has released a progress report detailing improvements in power management for Apple Silicon hardware. The team is working to align with Linux kernel standards for CPU power states to improve battery life.
Why it matters
This work is critical for enabling full Linux support on Apple's proprietary M-series chips, which is a major milestone for open-source hardware compatibility.
Linux 7.2 has been released! That was fast. Let's dive in to yet another Asahi Linux progress report. We've got a lot of interesting developments for you today, so make yourself a cuppa and enjoy.
The Apple Silicon platform's power management infrastructure is complicated. Responsibilities are divided between multiple hardware blocks, including the SMC, PMGR, and PMP, all of which have featured before on this blog. While supporting these blocks is important for power use, one of the biggest obstacles to improving battery life has been the application cores themselves.
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