Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3
The gist
Asahi Linux's Linux 7.3 report makes M3 support generally available and lists macaudio and AVD drivers for upstreaming.
M5 Macs need Exclaves, which the project says may not always be bypassable.
How it unfolded
- Nov 7, 2026Asahi Linux publishes its Progress Report: Linux 7.3, covering the Linux 7.3 cycle.
- Nov 7, 2026Two major drivers, macaudio and avd, reach the upstreaming list; macaudio and Devicetree changes total about 3100 lines, while the AVD driver and related Devicetree changes are around 13000 lines.
- Nov 7, 2026Initial Devicetrees for M4 Pro and Max devices and for M5 appear, credited to Yureka; they are barebones and only enough to boot the SoC to a TTY.
Key terms
- upstreaming
- Sending changes to the original authors or maintainers of software so they can be included in the main version.
- Devicetree
- A data structure describing a computer's hardware components so the operating system kernel can use and manage them.
- SoC
- An integrated circuit combining most key components of a computer or electronic system onto a single microchip.
Source: Wikipedia