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geohot opened this issue Sep 21, 2023 · 1 comment
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Can this driver be used on Mac OS X? #3

geohot opened this issue Sep 21, 2023 · 1 comment

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geohot commented Sep 21, 2023

Have you found a way to access the ANE directly through OS X? I used to have a way, but it seems Apple locked it down more.

PS: Thanks for improving my docs!

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eiln commented Sep 21, 2023

The code is for a Linux driver of the Linux accel/drm subsystem, which is incompatible with macOS. This driver in particular happens to bypass the iBoot-loaded firmware for a number of reasons, including the nasty CoreML/Xcode bloat in the firmware command interface. The driver cannot be used in macOS. And there will probably never be a way to the same in macOS.

Binary RE, hacky exploits is not the path I want to go down. Both you and I know it's only getting worse, and I have no intention of playing cat and mouse with Apple. Especially when there is already a solid working solution in Linux that is lighter, faster, and completely open source (and Linux).

I'd be happy to assist or even work together to get things working in Asahi Linux (though my focus has shifted to a new piece of hardware).

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