Asahi Linux November 2022 progress report

For those who are waiting for Linux on Apple hardware, the Asahi Linuxproject has put out a detailedreport on progress toward a working kernel and distribution.

This kind of safety model is not new: it is already commonplace onAndroid phones, where it is usually implemented in DSPfirmware. But of course, the desktop Linux ecosystem doesn't evenhave a speaker EQ database framework yet, nevermind safety models!The eternal lagging behind of Linux audio strikes again. What's theplan? While this isn't settled yet, our current idea is toimplement the safety model in a stand-alone daemon that capturesthe voltage/current feedback data from the ALSA device, and drivesthe mixer volume itself as as means of implementing soft powerlimits, together with some kind of safety watchdog interlock" withthe kernel that only enables higher volume limits when the daemonis active and running