Rewritten Apple Silicon CPUFreq Driver Posted For Linux

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Rewritten Apple Silicon CPUFreq Driver Posted For Linux

A new Apple SoC CPUFreq driver has been posted by Asahi Linux's Hector Martin with the CPU frequency scaling driver, of course, being important for achieving optimal performance and power/thermal management...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Apple-SoC-CPUFreq-Driver-v2

[anarki2]

Nice. Full support can't come soon enough.

OTOH it's funny OpenBSD already "supports" it, although I don't know what that entails.

[Eirikr1848]

Well, time to run some benchiedoodles today then to have the before-and-after results for fun!

Yey for the M1 Air turned tinker toy 😅

[discordian]

Kinda torn between buying some apple M2 thingy or one with a rk3588.

[jaxa]

Kinda torn between buying some apple M2 thingy or one with a rk3588.

The RK3588 should be well supported long before Apple Silicon is.

[discordian]

The RK3588 should be well supported long before Apple Silicon is.

Yeah, but to what extend (GPU is still a blob AFAIK). How much work is done on Rk3288 or Rk3399 nowadays, Apple Silicon will stay highly compatible and in the limelight (industry leading perf and efficiency) unlike most ARM-fire-and-forget-Socs.

For tinkering I am leaning towards RK3588, but for working/using/x86-replacement I am leaning towards a Mac.
(Might end up with both TBH )