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Re:Asahi Linux for M1 Macs Progress October-November 2021 by monocasa on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @03:34PM (#29571284)
Does apple use psci too, hence that smc redirects to el2 extension they have?
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Re:Asahi Linux for M1 Macs Progress October-November 2021 by marcan_42 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:58PM (#29572649)
I'm guessing that's so they can implement VMs that support PSCI but believe they're using the SMC mechanism instead of HVC.
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Re:Asahi Linux for M1 Macs Progress October-November 2021 by monocasa on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:48PM (#29573047)
Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Maybe also running older iPhone kernels expecting EL3 in VMs for their own internal dev too.
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