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Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month

422 points · 290 comments · ADevWithAnIdea

MoltenMonster · 1789511027 · focus · HN ↗
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> The author was banned from Asahi Linux for hiding his extensive use of LLMs from us in another attempted contribution, and (more importantly) for concealing that he is a former Apple engineer with direct contacts to the people involved in Apple Silicon development. Make of this what you will.
1. giancarlostoro · 1789525008 · focus · HN ↗
  The LLM use wasnt the part that bothered me so much, but having had an Apple contract is bad.
  1. Danox · 1789558178 · focus · HN ↗
    Who is getting really excited about the achievement and then you read that at the end it’s just slop, and the guy who achieved it was acting smug and you find out he’s a former Apple employee oh well, he ain’t Alyssa…
    giancarlostoro · 1789648898 · focus · HN ↗
    Well, I've been in reverse engineering circles since 2007... Including Apple related ones, I don't have any issue with AI being used to clean-room a reverse engineering session, but by virtue of having been a former employee in any capacity, your code is a massive liability. I wouldn't take his code, ever, unless Apple literally hand signed by their highest layer and CEO that his code was okay for me to use for my OS or something like that, which would never happen.

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