watchthelight labs

Scout run, 2026-10-22

Run: first run, target xe, window 2026-10-19 00:00 UTC to 2026-10-22 11:16 UTC. 112 GitHub API calls, 0 errors. Four readers covered the diffs and threads, and one web sweep ran.

Write-up: scout/xe/2026-10-22.md

Actionable

  • VedCloud's Meteor Lake port (same architecture as XeGfx) now composites the desktop on the GPU. It runs GuC on Linux's own MTL firmware. Their LinuxKPI lost-wake fix and stolen-memory reservation apply to XeGfx #4, #5 and #9.
  • Linux's firmware-framebuffer takeover checks (lutzbichler/drm-kmod pr/7.3) are a checklist for #9.
  • GEM backing pages stay wired: an i915 hang on the same 6.12 base when they get swapped (drm-kmod #527).
  • IP version: confirm whether 7D67 is Xe-LPG or Xe-LPG+ (12.74).

Notable

  • WhateverXe 0.4.0: Tiger Lake laptop panels; Meteor/Arrow Lake not planned.
  • WhateverXe-Graphics v0.1.0: a /Library + AuxKC installer.
  • OCLP fork: dropped its Xe root patch.
  • XPS 13 Plus on Tahoe: libxedrv v17, a scheduler resync and a boot-plane hold.
  • NootedGreen threads: the donor route stalls before a modeset.

New projects

  • Related: kitsuneislife/nmx-intel (credited), cheseecake/i3-1220p-macos-gpu, pongpan-bk/First-Custom-iGPU-Driver-for-Intel-Core-5-120U-on-macOS, Jakiewbe/honor-hackintosh-lab (NvGfx).
  • Noise: six others.

Public edits

  • Credits: XeGfx e4f73c5 and NvGfx xe 69a28c0. WhateverXe, XPS13Plus and VedCloud rows updated, nmx-intel added.
  • Comments: XeGfx #9, #4, #5

Logs

Seen elsewhere, for the next full run

  • nvgfx: NullMoth released v2.4.4, v2.5.0, v2.5.1 and v2.5.2 since 2026-10-21. NVIDIA published open-gpu-kernel-modules 615.71.10 and 580.196.07.
  • i2c: LegionI2CArrowLake#1 has no reply yet. bafcz drove a Raptor Lake ELAN touchpad with interrupts: a VoodooI2C vendor id, VoodooGPIO Raptor Lake pin data, and a _CRS GPIO rewrite.

Second run, all targets

Run: targets xe, nvgfx, mt7925-wifi, mt7925-wifi-native, mt7925-bt, legion-efi, cpu-power, audio, i2c, ite-kbd, cbmr. Windows: xe from 11:16 UTC, every other target from 2026-10-15 11:51 UTC (first scan). 242 GitHub API calls, 0 errors. Six readers and one web sweep.

Write-ups: nvgfx, mt7925-wifi, mt7925-wifi-native, mt7925-bt, legion-efi, audio, i2c, and a later-the-same-day section in xe. Nothing to report for cpu-power, ite-kbd or cbmr.

Actionable

  • NvGfx:
    • NullMoth #322 was reported on our exact machine and is fixed in 2.4.4; the fork is on 2.4.3.
    • The flip latch debug.nvrmfb_flip_latch=2 (#300) is worth trying on the 165 Hz panel.
    • For Discord (I-071), test ANGLE Metal (#348) and the async texture upload flag.
    • Port the fork to 2.5.3 in stages.
  • MtkWlan: a WFSYS reset followed by a PCIe FLR at attach (SimpleMtkWlan PR #7) is a fallback for #1. itlmt7922-wifi is the MT7922 answer for #2.
  • MtkWlanNative: qwz-macos shows how to report the current channel width (#1) and how to replay the power state after wake.
  • MtkBt: ga403wm#10 looks like the 14-byte NVRAM key case on an HP 0e8d:8c38 card.
  • VoodooHDA-Legion: upstream b320ac936 breaks jack sense on a failed verb. Keep beb415a or restore the line.

Notable

  • Our work upstream: NullMoth 2.3.7 to 2.4.4 took the submit-ahead pass, the AIR digest change and table-called functions from our side, and 2.5.2 took the boot-hold cap.
  • NullMoth's installer: 1401 now bundles LegionCbmrFix, LegionCpuPower, LegionI2CArrowLake and LegionITEKbdFix, credited correctly. It still says MT7925 has no driver.
  • Other machines on our MT7925 kexts: two machines run our Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: a Legion 5 15IRX10 on Sequoia and an HP OMEN 16 on Tahoe.
  • Sleep, for later: the UltraWake GPE fix.
  • Fan control: LenovoLegionLinux documents our S2CN fan map.
  • VedCloud: the "smooth" relabel isn't backed by a dated capture.
  • Unverified "AppleSunrise" claim: the claimed native MediaTek stack on Tahoe is unverified, and its repo ships kext binaries we can't check.

New projects

  • Related: hbyonly1/itlmt7922-wifi (credited), f0xeri/qwz-macos (credited), saspol/UltraWake (credited), johnfanv2/LenovoLegionLinux (credited), BelikPePe-UA/legion5-15irx10-hackintosh, Game-5040/hackintosh-hp-8f06-macos26, iivn1026/ASUSTXGaming6ProSequoiaEFI, wsjj-official/EFI-2025Y9000P.
  • Noise: 30 others. Each verdict and its reason is in the watchlist.

Public edits

  • Credits:
  • Comments:
    • mt7925-hackintosh-wifi #1 and #2
    • mt7925-hackintosh-wifi-native #1
    • NvGfx #6 and #5

Logs

None. No labs issue had new comments with code or attachments since the morning run.

Gaps

  • Forums: InsanelyMac and r/hackintosh are poorly indexed, and the r/hackintosh mirror didn't resolve. Nothing was indexed for Arrow Lake HX in the window.
  • VedCloud: their commit lists more than 3,000 files, so the file list we read was capped.