Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add initial support for BQ Aquaris X5

[Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>]

Hi Pavel,

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:01:19PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > Aquaris X5 (Longcheer L8910) is a smartphone released by BQ in 2015.
> > 
> > As part of msm8916-mainline project, this series aims to bring initial
> > mainline support for it.
> 
> Good to see another phone being supported. Can I ask you to cc:
> phone-devel@vger.kernel.org with phone stuff?
> 
> > Features added:
> >  - SDHCI (internal and external storage)
> >  - USB Device Mode
> >  - UART
> >  - Regulators
> >  - WiFi/BT
> >  - Volume buttons
> >  - Vibrator
> >  - Touchkeys backlight
> >  - Accelerometer and gyroscope sensor
> >  - Magnetometer sensor
> 
> How close are you to having useful phone calls?
> 

You can do phone calls (with audio) and you can use mobile data, if you
have the patches for that. :) I'm trying to find time to finish up the
drivers needed for that, but I've been a bit short on time lately.

Actually we have come pretty far with MSM8916-based smartphones.
Most functionality is (somewhat) working at this point, the primary
open task is optimizing suspend/power consumption. Battery/charging
and camera is also tricky but works somewhat on some of the devices.

Most of the functionality is packaged in postmarketOS [1] and you can
find a list of the devices in the postmarketOS wiki [2]. Especially
the ones in the "community" category are quite similar in terms of
working functionality.

Stephan

[1]: https://postmarketos.org
[2]: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)