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Apple x86 Touch Bar Input & Apple Magic Keyboard USB-C Support In Linux 6.17


Over the past week a number of Apple device support additions have been queued up into the HID subsystem's 'for-next' branch ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle.

Over the past week a number of Apple device support additions have been queued up into the HID subsystem's "for-next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. First up, this merge brought support to the HID multitouch driver for the Apple Touch Bar found on aging x86-based Intel MacBook Pro laptops. These Apple improvements and other work are building up within hid.git's for-next branch until the Linux 6.17 merge window opens up around early August.

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