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

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  1. MoltenMonster · · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;AsahiLinux&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1whecn1&#x2F;comment&#x2F;pa1spia&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;AsahiLinux&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1whecn1&#x2F;comment...

    &gt; 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. ADevWithAnIdea · · focus · HN ↗
      &gt; concealing that he is a former Apple engineer with direct contacts to the people involved in Apple Silicon development

      This is false. I am a former Apple engineer. I did not conceal it (it&#x27;s the top item of my resume and my LinkedIn and I made my PR from my public Github with my name attached, as opposed to a pseudonym which is expressly allowed by Asahi policy). I also had no exposure, at all, to any internal information or code about macOS, SPTM, or Apple Silicon during my time there.

      I also don&#x27;t have connections to people involved in Apple Silicon development (and I&#x27;d add that this does not mean someone cannot contribute, the question is were they exposed to tainted information, which is absolutely not true in my case). I have many friends who work for Apple (I&#x27;m a Stanford alum) but none in Apple Silicon directly.

      I disagree with the phrasing of this entire thing, but this statement is demonstrably false.

      1. SXX · · focus · HN ↗
        FFS Linux kernel have tons of patches with &quot;Asahi Lina&quot; specified as &quot;author&quot; even though commiters are real people:

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.kernel.org&#x2F;pub&#x2F;scm&#x2F;linux&#x2F;kernel&#x2F;git&#x2F;torvalds&#x2F;linux.git&#x2F;log&#x2F;?qt=author&amp;q=asahi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.kernel.org&#x2F;pub&#x2F;scm&#x2F;linux&#x2F;kernel&#x2F;git&#x2F;torvalds&#x2F;lin...

        Just call yourself &quot;Idea Llmina&quot; or whatever and let someone else commit it.

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