[smoldesu]

The kernel developers and Asahi developers ultimately have the same goals, they just develop in different ways with different priorities. The kernel has always moved at a snails-pace, even for longtime contributors. Dealing with the quirks of unsupported hardware isn't their job, it's completely unsurprising that these maintainers don't take M1 support seriously in the same way they treat Intel or AMD-submitted patches.

If Apple wanted the Macbook to have quick Linux support, they should have merged the patches themselves. When you leave the community to do a corporation's job, things don't exactly move at a fast clip.