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From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@treblig.org>
To: Antoni Wanat <bondzik252014@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux support snapdragon x
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 16:53:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ahR-f6XCb2LdoM8f@gallifrey> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f6e916a1-50d0-40de-a75c-0798a42463e0@gmail.com>

* Antoni Wanat (bondzik252014@gmail.com) wrote:
> Qualcomm has effectively paralyzed itself by failing to provide any drivers
> or documentation for the Snapdragon X series processors. The only way to use
> this hardware is through Windows and its WOW64 emulator-which should be
> called 'Trash64'-or community-driven drivers, which are never good or
> stable. Furthermore, due to its limitations, Windows is ill-suited for the
> ARM architecture compared to Linux

You might want to check out some of the  available docs for running on Snapdragon X;
for example:

https://www.linaro.org/blog/linux-on-snapdragon-x-elite/
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-concept-snapdragon-x-elite/48800

(There's loads more)

It's still a bit experimental, but hey I'm running my Asus Zenbook A14
fairly happily!

dg@dragon:~$ lscpu
Architecture:                aarch64
  CPU op-mode(s):            64-bit
  Byte Order:                Little Endian
CPU(s):                      8
  On-line CPU(s) list:       0-7
Vendor ID:                   Qualcomm
  Model name:                Oryon
    Model:                   1
    Thread(s) per core:      1
    Core(s) per cluster:     8

(It's all very device dependent)

There's lots of people on #aarch64-laptops poking at them!

Dave


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  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-25 17:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-25 16:35 Linux support snapdragon x Antoni Wanat
2026-05-25 16:53 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]
2026-05-25 19:24 ` Theodore Tso

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