MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022)

M2 · M2 generation · SoC t8112 · board j413

features

  1. converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora15-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1)
FeatureAsahiAuroraOmarchy #1
Display coprocessor (DCP) asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
USB3 on Thunderbolt ports asahi upstream 7.0 asahi –
Thunderbolt asahi wip supported 7.1.12 –
GPU asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Video decoder asahi linux-asahi asahi – !
NVMe storage asahi upstream 5.19 asahi –
CPU frequency scaling asahi upstream 6.2 asahi – ✓
Suspend and sleep asahi linux-asahi asahi – ~
Video encoder asahi tba asahi –
Audio interface (MCA) asahi upstream 6.1 / 6.4 (dts) asahi – ✓
Secure enclave (SEP) asahi wip asahi –
Neural engine asahi out-of-tree asahi –
Device tree asahi upstream 6.4 asahi – ✓
Built-in display asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Display brightness asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Keyboard asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Trackpad asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Battery information asahi upstream 7.1 asahi – ✓
Wi-Fi asahi upstream 6.1 asahi – ✓
Bluetooth asahi upstream 6.2 asahi – ✓
3.5 mm headphone jack asahi linux-asahi asahi –
Speakers asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Microphones asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Touch ID asahi tba asahi –
External displays over USB-C (DP alt mode and USB4) aurora wip supported 7.1.12 –
Camera image signal processor (ISP) aurora linux-asahi supported 7.1.12 – ✓
Always-on processor (AOP: ambient light sensor, lid angle) aurora – supported 7.1.12 – !
Temperature sensors aurora upstream 6.18 asahi –
Fan readings aurora upstream 6.18 asahi –
Motion sensors aurora – unknown –
A driver for every hardware node aurora – unknown – ·
Kernel build options (compared with Asahi's) aurora – unknown – ✓
Bar clear of the notch omarchy linux-asahi asahi supported !
Clamshell mode (lid closed with an external display) omarchy linux-asahi supported 7.1.12 supported
Automatic keyboard backlight omarchy upstream 6.4 asahi supported ~
Speaker protection omarchy linux-asahi asahi supported ✓
First join to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network omarchy upstream 6.1 asahi supported ✓
First-boot hardware setup omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Boot chain omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Disk encryption omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Package repositories omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Vendor firmware omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
System services omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported !
Snapshots omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported
iwd Wi-Fi backend omarchy upstream 6.1 supported 7.1.12 supported !
Microphone mapping omarchy linux-asahi asahi supported !
Firmware for every driver that asks omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported !
Battery charge limit kept across reboots omarchy upstream 7.1 asahi supported !

Solid once 2 machines agree or a tester confirms. Hover a square for details.

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benchmarks

BenchmarkStack / versionScoreMachinesTool
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora15-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1) 1,548 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora15-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1) 8,135 points 1 vkmark 2025.01

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reports

UploadedMacStack / versionBuildKernelResults
2026-11-09 21:45 UTC MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022) converged 4.5.0 4.5.0-3 7.2.11-15-1-ARCH 39 pass 12 fail 2 gap 20 skip community