--- title: Initial Support For The Apple M4 & Apple A18 Pro Make It... description: Linux 7.4 adds basic support for the Apple M4 and A18 Pro SoCs. The M4 device trees cover the 14-inch MacBook Pro, both iMac M4 variants, MacBook Air 13-inch... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/initial-support-for-the-apple-m4-apple-a18-pro-make-it-into-linux-7-4-jnhutuu18 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Initial Support For The Apple M4 & Apple A18 Pro Make It Into Linux 7.4 | daily.dev og:description: Linux 7.4 adds basic support for the Apple M4 and A18 Pro SoCs. The M4 device trees cover the 14-inch MacBook Pro, both iMac M4 variants, MacBook Air 13-inch... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/initial-support-for-the-apple-m4-apple-a18-pro-make-it-into-linux-7-4-jnhutuu18 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jNHUtuu18.png og:image:alt: Initial Support For The Apple M4 & Apple A18 Pro Make It Into Linux 7.4 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Initial Support For The Apple M4 & Apple A18 Pro Make It Into Linux 7.4 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux 7.4 adds basic support for the Apple M4 and A18 Pro SoCs. The M4 device trees cover the 14-inch MacBook Pro, both iMac M4 variants, MacBook Air 13-inch and 15-inch, and the Mac Mini, but support only boots the kernel to a console without most features working. Qualcomm gains two new SoCs, codenamed Hawi and Nord, using custom Oryon cores, and enabling 22 boards, including seven boards using the Qualcomm Dragonwing SoC. The Google Tensor G5 used in Pixel 10 phones is mainlined, along with mainline support for the Steam Frame VR headset and the Milk-V Meles RISC-V board, which is the only new RISC-V board. Removal of old 32-bit ARM code was deferred until at least Linux 7.5. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Linux 7.4 support the Apple M4 chip? Yes, Linux 7.4 adds initial device tree support for the Apple M4 and A18 Pro, covering the 14-inch MacBook Pro, both iMac M4 variants, the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air, and the Mac Mini. Like the earlier Apple M3 enablement, this only boots the kernel to a console; most features and functionality remain unsupported. _Tracking Apple Silicon Linux progress gets easier when kernel updates like this surface on daily.dev._ ### What new Qualcomm SoCs were added to the Linux kernel in version 7.4? Linux 7.4 adds two new Qualcomm SoCs codenamed Hawi and Nord, both using custom Oryon cores, along with support for 22 new boards. Product names for Hawi and Nord have not yet been announced. Among the new boards are seven handheld gaming devices built on the Qualcomm Dragonwing SoC. _Developers following Qualcomm's Oryon-based chips can keep up with kernel support milestones on daily.dev._ ### Is the Google Tensor G5 chip supported in the mainline Linux kernel? Yes, the Google Tensor G5, codenamed Laguna and used in the Pixel 10 smartphones, is finally mainlined in Linux 7.4. 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