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bsaul • today at 10:20 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

But then how do you even make the driver install on the ipad ? Aren't drivers supposed to run under system-level privileges (which iPadOS will never let you run under)


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haunter • today at 10:59 AM

DriverKit

>the upstream Linux amdgpu driver embedded as DriverKit

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit

>The drivers you build with DriverKit run in user space, rather than as kernel extensions, which improves system stability and security. You create your driver as an app extension and deliver it inside your existing app.