Add experimental MacBook Neo kernel build support #1

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chrono merged 50 commits from feat/macbook-neo-support into main 2026-10-18 16:33:35 -04:00

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Summary

• Add a pinned ARM64 kernel and J700 device tree build path for experimental MacBook Neo bring-up.
• Document the build workflow, source baseline, hardware support gaps, and verification status.
• Add image configuration and Neo wrapper checks to GitHub Actions.
• Refine disk image setup, retained package repositories, and systemd-boot cleanup.

Testing

• ./scripts/check-image.sh
• ./scripts/check-neo.sh
• ./scripts/build-rpms.sh
• Full ISO or disk image build and Neo hardware boot: Not run by CI.

## Summary - Add a pinned ARM64 kernel and J700 device tree build path for experimental MacBook Neo bring-up. - Document the build workflow, source baseline, hardware support gaps, and verification status. - Add image configuration and Neo wrapper checks to GitHub Actions. - Refine disk image setup, retained package repositories, and systemd-boot cleanup. ## Testing - `./scripts/check-image.sh` - `./scripts/check-neo.sh` - `./scripts/build-rpms.sh` - Full ISO or disk image build and Neo hardware boot: Not run by CI.

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-16 10:47:35 -04:00

Add image checks and refine disk image setup ... d42a65ca4b

- Add CI checks for KIWI configuration and Flux RPM builds
- Enable first boot user setup and retain update repositories
- Switch the browser package to Helium and preserve shared boot files

Add experimental MacBook Neo kernel build support ... a7733021f4

- Add a pinned ARM64 kernel build path and artifact checks
- Document Neo bring-up requirements and integration gaps

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 10:58:25 -04:00

Use Fedora CI runner image for image checks ceb76027cc

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 11:09:01 -04:00

Separate RPM builds and avoid duplicate PR checks 1bd3c134d7

chrono added 10 commits 2026-10-16 21:51:11 -04:00

Prepare and validate integrated Gravity Neo stack ... 5467fc30e9

Pin the bootloader integration and maintainer kernel updates, preserve source checkouts, and record RAM-only Neo userspace validation.

Assisted-By: LLM

Record updated Neo input failure and DART interrupt warning ... 6fd2b9f1b8

Assisted-By: LLM

Record inconclusive PMGR test after early console handoff ... bfb79a578f

Assisted-By: LLM

Record reproduced PMGR panic and targeted checkpoint diagnostic ... cd87f5f311

Assisted-By: LLM

Add live Neo Linux USB console through m1n1 hypervisor ... 31137f3adf

Launch Linux directly with isolated guest memory, one CPU, and an emulated UART. Add framed shell calls with remote exit status and pseudo-terminal checks. Record native bootloader installation and verified hardware round trips.

Assisted-By: LLM

Record USB disconnect after successful Neo console tests ... 0bd01ff4e6

Assisted-By: LLM

Confirm Neo USB console recovery after operator boot transition ... d479407b1c

Assisted-By: LLM

Enable targeted Neo MTP startup and preserve verified keyboard experiment ... 08dd317dbe

MTP DAPF setup restores RTKit replies. Aliasing the announced mtp management interface to stm lets the experimental guest register its keyboard; a physical test captured 88 presses and 88 releases. Device identity queries remain unsupported.

Assisted-By: LLM

Support Neo MTP management and build input development artifacts ... 332a795e94

Preserve the mtp management interface name and skip unsupported STM identity queries. Apple keyboard driver typing is verified with 15 presses and releases. Expose the trackpad and include magicmouse; it registers but opening times out, so firmware availability remains under investigation. Replace the temporary alias experiment with a reproducible patched stack build.

Assisted-By: LLM

Bring up Neo trackpad firmware and touch reports ... 2fb6a60139

Collect the J700 C1FE0,0 firmware through the pinned Gravity converter, select the extended MTP reset sequence without enabling DMA-ring transport, and parse validated 32-byte-header reports with 30-byte contacts and an 8-byte trailer. Keep the existing MTP framing for other reports.

Hardware test: 59 keyboard presses/releases, X/Y trackpad motion, two concurrent contacts, two clicks with matching releases, no active contacts at the end, and no SYN_DROPPED markers. USB control remains responsive. Firmware binaries remain outside Git.

Assisted-By: LLM

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-16 22:17:42 -04:00

Add Neo graphics build and RAM-only desktop workflow ... 1bc96a3e21

Document the Fedora/Mesa build, staging, and hardware results. Add
opt-in GPU handoff and firmware compatibility testing, including
GPU-only power-domain probing.

Remove metadata from the Neo GPU patch file 9fa39fccb5

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:19:50 -04:00

Add Neo graphics build guide and GPU smoke test ... 5dea9bf4c2

Document the graphics development image and add coverage for GPU memory
reservations and power-domain isolation. Also ensure build containers
are
removed immediately.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:21:01 -04:00

Build the Neo GPU smoke test in the sysroot 628508722e

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:22:55 -04:00

Test GPU framebuffer rendering in smoke check ... 080f92dddb

Also clarify Neo GPU voltage-bin requirements and hardware
validation notes.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:32:39 -04:00

Reserve Neo's Mesa context heap and apply its patch during builds ... 5e7a378b72

Document GPU testing results and explain that hardware rendering remains
unverified.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:43:11 -04:00

Document successful native GPU rendering while qualifying compatibility ... 6fe3f6d9e4

and stability claims

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:51:08 -04:00

Add a Niri desktop build for Neo graphics stacks ... 369694db96

Pin desktop sources, stage Niri and Noctalia configuration, and document
how to build and run the RAM-only development image.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 22:55:21 -04:00

Add full-system kernel build support for Neo diagnostics 57ae813af3

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 23:05:35 -04:00

Add Neo runtime packaging and Fedora Asahi image prep 8f89249d0f

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-16 23:14:16 -04:00

Document component repositories and tighten Neo runtime packaging and ... 593e3525fb

image preparation

Add full Fedora Asahi image build workflow for Neo 3bf6a941f9

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-16 23:22:06 -04:00

Fix Neo kernel selection and Mesa package dependencies ... 9723ba9050

Add the kernel image symlink KIWI expects, set the installed-system
kernel policy to Neo, and provide architecture-specific Mesa
capabilities.

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-17 00:59:23 -04:00

Add native Noctalia 5 desktop and Neo image guidance ... a2b180a632

Document the Fedora KIWI image workflow, installer integration, and
remaining
boot validation. Add migrated desktop defaults and tighten build
artifact checks.

Document Neo native SMP idle diagnostics ... 99811cf0f0

- Record the six-core WFI failure and the polling and yield baselines
- Describe the opt-in register-preserving WFI diagnostic and pending hardware test

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-17 11:39:58 -04:00

Add Fedora image input diagnostic, U-Boot boot path and Neo development ... ace8f31dd3

notes.
Need commit summary likely broad. Changes include image builder native
host create, Uboot integration, kernel config, docs extensive. Subject
imperative capitalized <=50. "Add Neo U-Boot and image input
diagnostics" 43. Imperative Add. Could mention image tooling.Add Neo
U-Boot and image input diagnostics

Document Gravity M4 stack audit and boot findings bf19e5e7d5

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 11:40:05 -04:00

Add a MacBook Neo installer and boot diagnostics ... 15c6406730

Prepare the Fedora image with matching J700 trackpad firmware in its
initramfs. Add a device-specific migration for the existing development
stub, plus U-Boot checks and USB diagnostic tools. Document native
input findings without asserting an unproven root cause.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 11:41:32 -04:00

Relabel files created during Neo image finalization ... e6f6e2f821

Document the supplied Apple Silicon research and its limitations.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 11:44:33 -04:00

Preserve clock epoch in generated initramfs config ... 9abfd511b7

Set dracut's archive timestamp from the clock floor so generated
initramfs images retain a useful system time. Document the installed
system consolidation and remaining boot and input issues.

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 11:47:49 -04:00

Document Neo initramfs and clock-floor verification 4aa78f90f5

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 11:56:46 -04:00

Add U-Boot handoff and MTP tracing options to USB console 62e864bd3c

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 12:58:16 -04:00

Add U-Boot MTP handoff diagnostics and release 8 e4d99f658a

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-17 13:36:28 -04:00

Enable RAM-only Fedora Niri testing and softpipe fallback ... 0f6696c438

Update Neo GPU handoff handling to replace existing properties instead
of
duplicating them, and document the real-image desktop test and native
boot
activation.

Add MCP server for m1n1 USB proxy operations ... 940a67b9da

Provide a stdio MCP server to detect proxy arrival and run
verified, one-shot operations, with cancellation and deadlines.
Add offline tests and Neo Mesa allocation regression check.

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-17 13:50:34 -04:00

Add persistent m1n1 sessions and boot experiments e7093e539a

Add persistent MCP sessions and Neo boot experiments ... c43ae4ae30

Retain proxy connections for interactive debugging, guest control,
console
capture, and reproducible boot experiment records. Document the workflow
and
clarify current GPU acceleration findings.

chrono added 2 commits 2026-10-17 13:58:01 -04:00

Manage session jobs and clean up cancellations 719b5dafbc

Add regression check for Neo geometry scratch admission 7f12d9ca49

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 13:58:38 -04:00

Ignore Python bytecode cache files in scripts fe833fc6d8

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 14:15:26 -04:00

Add SMP support for Linux guests with private spin-table slots 16d4c85b58

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-17 18:45:20 -04:00

Enable Apple watchdog support on MacBook Neo 9d39e2c538

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-18 16:09:23 -04:00

Limit Actions triggers and group superseded runs [skip ci] ba8bfe01e3

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-18 16:15:29 -04:00

Merge main and regenerate repository configuration [skip ci] 38d91f6c17

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-18 16:16:19 -04:00

Allow manual image verification before merging [skip ci] 47244e0092

chrono added 1 commit 2026-10-18 16:30:13 -04:00

Keep validation dependencies lean and explicit [skip ci] f647814e7b

chrono merged commit 52df0ab2d0 into main 2026-10-18 16:33:35 -04:00

chrono referenced this pull request from a commit 2026-10-18 16:33:36 -04:00

Merge pull request 'Add experimental MacBook Neo kernel build support' (#1) from feat/macbook-neo-support into main

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