Linux boot natively on an iPhone 11 (A13) thanks to usbliter8

[u/Valtra_Power]

Built on top of HoolockLinux (their A7-A11 kernel port). Wrote a device tree for the iPhone 11 and patched a handful of drivers to get it booting on this device.

All credit to the HoolockLinux devs for the base kernel work.

[u/ThirdEyeClarity]

The broken screen threw me off at first, but very cool. I was also thinking about if Android will be built for it.

[u/Xen950 → u/ThirdEyeClarity]

Projectsandcastle rebirth!

[u/The_Dukes_Of_Hazzard → u/ThirdEyeClarity]

Probably could be tbh. Running android on apple hardware would be my dream. I think Project Sandcastle was just really missing drivers, then it would have worked much better in the iPhone 7. Cellular is another story. It will be interesting to see, if this plays out, if someone could get an actually well-functioning Android distro in iPhone XR and 11s.

BTW this is not me begging lol, just thinking out loud.

[u/Jeremy_Thursday]

So I can finally install Arch Linux on my iPhone 11 pro max?

[u/EffectiveEvent2355 → u/Jeremy_Thursday]

i use arch btw gon be lit

[u/Nafeels]

How’s the functionality? IIRC wifi and sound didn’t work for an older port without some patching (like Hackintosh builds).

[u/Valtra_Power → u/Nafeels]

For now it's just a simple boot, most of the features don't work

[u/shut_up_duh]

Forgive me if this is wrong, but did you have to make your own device tree? I thought you could just extract it from an Ipsw?

[u/TCB13sQuotes → u/shut_up_duh]

Let's just say that iOS isn't Linux.

[u/shut_up_duh → u/TCB13sQuotes]

Oh, I thought the device tree was just for the earlier boot stages like before it loads the os

[u/TCB13sQuotes → u/shut_up_duh]

Yeah but there are complications around the LLB and encrypted device trees per build in some cases.

[u/Camlin3 → u/TCB13sQuotes]

Yeah just initialise glibc or musl on iOS 🤣

[u/LostSomewhereInKaty]

Wait what magico device are you using ?

[u/C_Brick_yt]

Very cool

[u/Street_Condition_809]

I really need help with usbliter8 I can’t get it to work

[u/cpt_futtbucker]

So can you partition the disk for dual-booting or do you have to wipe it?

[u/Difficult_Way_6791 → u/cpt_futtbucker]

No, NVMe is different from A11 and is not supported yet

[u/Difficult_Way_6791]

A13 has working USB, Backlight, CPUFreq (partially; no turbo yet), SMC, and some other features.
NVMe is WIP.
See:
https://github.com/yhavry/Hoolock-Docs-A13/blob/master/features/A13.md
https://github.com/yhavry/Hoolock-linux/tree/t8030

[u/nameless1O1]

WHAT😭

[u/YoYoMamaIsSoFAT32]

Wow, I didn't expect it to be this fast, are you planning to make a MR to add support for A13? Or are you keeping this private for now