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Apple Z2 Touchscreen / Touch Bar Driver Lands In Linux 6.15
As we close out the Linux 6.15 merge window this weekend culminating with the Linux 6.15-rc1 release, the input driver updates were merged that include introducing the new Apple Z2 driver.
The "apple_z2" driver was merged for the Linux 6.15 kernel for enabling Apple touchscreens and their Touch Bar components that rely on the Z2 protocol. In addition to adding this Apple Z2 touchscreen/touchbar driver, the input pull for Linux 6.15 adds support for Goodix Berlin-A series touch ICs series devices to the Goodix Berlin (goodix_berlin) driver. This Berlin-A series support was tested with a Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE using this IC for the touchscreen.
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