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Linux Driver Under Review For Apple Laptop Lid Events & Power Button

Following the recent Apple SMC driver upstreaming to handle rebooting Apple Silicon Macs under Linux, the latest code volleyed on the kernel mailing list for review is support for handling laptop lid events and power buttons

Among the hardware monitoring data exposed from the Apple SMC are the current, fan control mode/minimum/maximum, power endpoints, temperatures, and voltage. Lastly SMC driver support is also needed for handling the hardware power buttons and lid switch open/close events under Linux. This patch series is now out for review for working to upstream these important Apple Silicon support additions to the mainline Linux kernel.

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