Progress Report: Linux 7.3 - Asahi Linux
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Asahi Linux's Linux 7.3 progress report says M3 Macs no longer need the installer's EXPERT flag, and that the macaudio (about 3,100 lines) and AVD (about 13,000 lines) drivers are on the kernel mailing list. Thunderbolt patches are upstream too, but only USB3, XDomain and networking work, not PCIe or DisplayPort tunnelling. Google's Android P3S patch let 4 KiB-page games run without muvm, but it is hard-coded for 16 KiB hosts, so Asahi will not ship it. The figures are the project's own and were not independently verified.
Why it ranked
No. 14 of 51 with a score of 0.60. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.95) and technical depth (0.81), lowest on audience breadth (0.47). Placed No. 14, No. 26 by score alone: the placement terms moved other stories past it.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Detailed Asahi Linux progress report covering Apple Silicon drivers, GPU reverse engineering, Thunderbolt, and a licensing change; substantive technical content but niche audience and no landmark significance.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A technically detailed progress report covering upstream Linux drivers, Apple Silicon virtualization, GPU reverse engineering, Thunderbolt, page-size support, performance work, and licensing changes. It is highly relevant to Linux, kernel, hardware, and systems practitioners, though focused on one project.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.60total under rubric v2.3
- Significance0.60
- Reader interest0.72
- Audience breadth0.47
- Practical relevance0.55
- Substantiated0.74
- Technical depth0.81
- New information0.95
- Counts against: Promotional0.08
- Counts against: Overclaim0.16
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 0.33 | +0.24 | +0.143 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.54 | 0.72 | 0.90 | 0.72 | 0.36 | +0.26 | +0.187 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.05 | +0.13 | +0.061 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.32 | +0.22 | +0.120 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 0.15 | +0.05 | +0.037 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.20 | +0.05 | +0.041 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.02 | +0.05 | +0.048 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.03 | −0.19 | −0.016 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.13 | −0.11 | −0.018 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.603 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.603 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Claim check: 4 no source given · 4 couldn’t check. Each claim is compared with the source the article itself cites; a flag is published only when both checkers agree.
No source givenFirst, only or fastest
The AVD driver spent barely 3 months in Asahi's downstream tree before being submitted to the mailing list, the project's shortest turnaround for a major SoC component.
The article gives no link or citation for it.
The article says “The AVD driver has spent barely 3 months in our downstream tree and is already on the list. This is our shortest turnaround time yet for a major SoC component”
The source says No source to compare with.
No source givenNumber
The AVD driver and related Devicetree changes total around 13000 lines of code, while the macaudio driver and Devicetree changes are about 3100 lines.
The article gives no link or citation for it.
The article says “the AVD driver and related Devicetree changes are around 13000 lines of code”
The source says No source to compare with.
No source givenCausal conclusion
M3 support in the Asahi installer is now generally available without the EXPERT flag because almost no issues were received from early adopters.
The article gives no link or citation for it.
The article says “we received almost no issues from early adopters, so M3 support is now generally available without the EXPERT flag”
The source says No source to compare with.
Couldn’t checkGeneralization
The M3 GPU reverse engineering team has progressed far enough for m1n1 to initialise the GPU and draw a triangle, as presented in an XDC talk.
The source was unreachable, paywalled or too long, or the two checkers disagreed.
The article says “Work has progressed far enough for m1n1 to successfully initialise the GPU and for the team to draw a triangle”
The source says No passage could be compared.
Source cited by the article: youtube.com/live/TPwe53kCJuM
Couldn’t checkNumber
Asahi's Thunderbolt patchset has been sent to the mailing list upstream, and only USB3, XDomain and Thunderbolt Networking are supported; PCIe and DisplayPort tunnelling are not.
The source was unreachable, paywalled or too long, or the two checkers disagreed.
The article says “Currently, only USB3, XDomain and Thunderbolt Networking are supported”
The source says No passage could be compared.
Source cited by the article: lore.kernel.org/asahi/20260906-b4-apple-soc-tbt-v2-0-1f80085f93fb@kernel.org
No source givenNumber
The muvm virtual machine imposes a performance penalty of about 20% depending on the workload.
The article gives no link or citation for it.
The article says “The muvm performance penalty is quite significant for a number of reasons, about 20% depending on the workload”
The source says No source to compare with.
Couldn’t checkCausal conclusion
Google's P3S works by writing the appropriate TCR bits when switching to a process with a different page table granularity, so its performance penalty is effectively zero.
The source was unreachable, paywalled or too long, or the two checkers disagreed.
The article says “Because this is a single register write, and because this is a no-op for “native” page size processes, the performance penalty is effectively zero”
The source says No passage could be compared.
Source cited by the article: lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2630
Couldn’t checkFirst, only or fastest
Fedora Linux 45 was released on 3 November and Fedora Asahi Remix shipped the same day, the first time a new Fedora Asahi Remix version launched on the same day as upstream.
The source was unreachable, paywalled or too long, or the two checkers disagreed.
The article says “This is the first time we have been able to get a new version of Fedora Asahi Remix out on the same day as upstream”
The source says No passage could be compared.
Source cited by the article: fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-45-is-now-available
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