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M3 Series Feature Support

This page details currently supported features on all M3 series (M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max) Apple Silicon Macs, as well as their progress towards being upstreamed. The tables herein can be interpreted as follows:

  • Kernel release, e.g. 6.0: the feature was incorporated upstream as of this release
  • linux-asahi (kernel release): the feature is stable, available for use in linux-asahi, and should be upstream by the release indicated
  • linux-asahi: the feature is (mostly) stable and available for use in Fedora Asahi Remix and in linux-asahi
  • asahi-edge: the feature is (mostly) stable and available for use in Fedora Asahi Remix. For historical reason it is available in the linux-asahi-edge package in the linux-asahi Linux distribution
  • WIP: Development work on the feature is actively progressing, however is not yet ready for wider testing, use or distribution
  • TBA: Active work on this feature is not being undertaken at this time

If a feature is not ready, then there is no estimation on when it will be ready. Please do not ask for estimations in support channels (e.g. IRC).

Table of Contents
SoC blocks

These are features/hardware blocks that are present on all devices with the given SoC.

M3
(T8122)
M3 Pro/Max
(T603x)
DCP TBA TBA
USB2 (TB ports) WIP WIP
USB3 (TB ports) WIP WIP
Thunderbolt TBA TBA
DP Alt Mode WIP WIP
GPU WIP WIP
Video Decoder TBA TBA
NVMe WIP WIP
PCIe WIP WIP
PCIe (GE) - -
cpufreq TBA TBA
cpuidle TBA TBA
Suspend/sleep TBA TBA
Video Encoder TBA TBA
ProRes Codec TBA TBA
AICv3 WIP WIP
DART TBA TBA
PMU TBA TBA
UART WIP WIP
Watchdog TBA TBA
I2C TBA TBA
GPIO TBA TBA
USB-PD WIP WIP
MCA TBA TBA
SPI TBA TBA
SPI NOR TBA TBA
SMC TBA TBA
SPMI WIP WIP
RTC TBA TBA
SEP WIP WIP
Neural Engine TBA TBA
M3 devices
iMac
(2023)
MacBook Pro
(14-inch, late 2023)
MacBook Air
(13” and 15” 2024)
Installer no no no
Devicetree TBA WIP WIP
Main display TBA TBA TBA
Keyboard - TBA WIP
KB backlight - TBA WIP
Touchpad - TBA WIP
Brightness TBA TBA TBA
Battery info - TBA TBA
WiFi TBA TBA WIP
Bluetooth TBA TBA TBA
HDMI Out - TBA -
3.5mm jack TBA TBA TBA
Speakers TBA TBA TBA
Microphones TBA TBA TBA
Webcam TBA TBA TBA
SD card slot - TBA -
1Gbps Ethernet TBA - -
10Gbps Ethernet - - -
TouchID - TBA TBA
M3 Pro/Max devices
MacBook Pro
(14/16-inch, late 2023)
Installer no
Devicetree TBA
Main display TBA
Keyboard WIP
KB backlight WIP
Touchpad WIP
Brightness TBA
Battery info TBA
WiFi TBA
Bluetooth TBA
HDMI Out TBA
3.5mm jack TBA
Speakers TBA
Microphones TBA
Webcam TBA
SD card slot TBA
1Gbps Ethernet -
10Gbps Ethernet -
TouchID TBA

Note: Many peripherals depend on DART and PCIe support.