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Apple Touch Bar Backlight & Keyboard Mode Drivers Slated For Linux 6.15


For those making use of the Intel-powered Apple MacBook Pro laptops featuring the Touch Bar, better support for that interface is slated to land with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle.

For those making use of the Intel-powered Apple MacBook Pro laptops featuring the Touch Bar, better support for that interface is slated to land with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle. With these patches queued in "hid-next", they are set to be submitted for the Linux 6.15 merge window in March barring any last minute issues like code problems being reported. Improving the Apple Touch Bar support on Linux has been a long time coming with various out-of-tree drivers and patch efforts over the years.

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