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<li>The light sensor is doing stuff whenever the screen is on, so processing its
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output should be as efficient as possible</li><li>The light sensor should be able to be calibrated for maximum accuracy</li><li>There are multiple models of light sensor in use, and the OS should not
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have to care <em>too</em> much about that</li><li>The light sensor has to have a three letter acronym like every other piece
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of hardware on this platform (ALS)</li></ul><p>Naturally, this sounds like a job for the Always-On Processor[^1] (AOP)!</p><p>We’ve had a working AOP+ALS driver set for a while thanks to chaos_princess,
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of hardware on this platform (ALS)</li></ul><p>Naturally, this sounds like a job for the Always-On Processor<supid=fnref:1><ahref=#fn:1class=footnote-refrole=doc-noteref>1</a></sup> (AOP)!</p><p>We’ve had a working AOP+ALS driver set for a while thanks to chaos_princess,
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however the raw data AOP reports back from ALS is rather inaccurate without
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calibration. That calibration is a binary blob that must be uploaded to the AOP
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at runtime. It is essentially firmware. Since we cannot redistribute Apple’s
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upstream Mesa and virglrenderer packages provided by the upstream Fedora repositories.</p><h2id=until-next-time>Until next time!</h2><p>As always, we would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who continues to support
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our work on <ahref=https://opencollective.com/asahilinux>OpenCollective</a> and <ahref=https://github.com/sponsors/AsahiLinux>GitHub Sponsors</a>.
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We would also like to thank <ahref=https://bunny.net>Bunny</a>, who have supported us with
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free CDN and hosting services since the project’s first days.</p><p>[^1] We cannot stress enough just how misleading this name is; the Processor is <em>not</em> Always-On</p><divclass=post-bottom>James Calligeros · <spanclass=publishdate>2026-04-26</span></div></div></div></section><footerid=footer>
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free CDN and hosting services since the project’s first days.</p><divclass=footnotesrole=doc-endnotes>
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<p>We cannot stress enough just how misleading this name is; the Processor is <em>not</em> Always-On <ahref=#fnref:1class=footnote-backrefrole=doc-backlink>↩︎</a></p></li></ol></div><divclass=post-bottom>James Calligeros · <spanclass=publishdate>2026-04-26</span></div></div></div></section><footerid=footer>
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