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Re:How We Ported Linux to the M1 by Reason077 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:38PM (#25866217)
> "I think there's probably some sort of understanding between them and Apple which allows them to do their thing as long as they don't publish too much publicly."

You know the macOS kernel for M1 hardware is open source, right? This stuff isn't exactly a proprietary secret.

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Re:How We Ported Linux to the M1 by dapids on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:08PM (#25866500)
Yes, the core of the kernel is, the majority of drivers are not. XNU is a hybrid kernel, not monolithic.
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