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Running the unmodified Linux amdgpu driver on an iPad

LemonSeed Studio released a single iPad app that embeds the unmodified upstream Linux amdgpu and amdkfd driver as a PCIDriverKit extension, driving an AMD GPU in a Thunderbolt enclosure for on-device LLM inference. The app bundles the mac_linuxgpu driver, the LemonSeed Engine inference engine running on the GPU through its HSA runtime and HRX/Loom, and the amdgpu_mtopg live GPU telemetry tool, with the original code available under MIT or GPL-2.0-only at the user's option.

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Running the unmodified Linux amdgpu driver on an iPad
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An editor and IDE for iPad with on-device LLM inference on an AMD GPU.

LemonSeed Studio is a single iPad app. It bundles:

  • mac_linuxgpu: the unmodified upstream Linuxamdgpu +amdkfd driver, embedded in the app as a PCIDriverKit extension. It drives an AMD GPU in a Thunderbolt enclosure.
  • LemonSeed Engine: the inference engine, running on that GPU through its HSA runtime and HRX/Loom.
  • amdgpu_mtopg: live GPU telemetry.
third_party/mac_linuxgpu   GPU driver (submodule)
third_party/LSE            inference engine (submodule)
third_party/amdgpu_mtopg   GPU monitor (submodule)
git clone --recurse-submodules <repository>

Or, in an existing clone:

git submodule update --init

mac_linuxgpu fetches its own pinned Linux sources sparsely on first build, so its nested kernel submodule does not need to be cloned recursively.

The original code is available under MIT or GPL-2.0-only, at your option. See LICENSE. Bundled and submodule components keep their own licenses; see THIRD_PARTY.md.

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