From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx.treblig.org (mx.treblig.org [46.235.229.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E9883F54AE for ; Mon, 25 May 2026 17:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=46.235.229.95 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779729172; cv=none; b=WwWUiBdyOxijK00DqZPoA0jJWq+8aIeHjfEjx1hcQbfsVxSfTj2k9vwpmfvCRBqC+ItBOFNUk/0XAdAYEEMTljr6nLbXtrr53MlIYVXRcH6jGIZ7spjtiB48RjfVBvwdE/sc14WGmHOnCx3/20qNoD+nzu8+++RCsbyCkdgDt+8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779729172; c=relaxed/simple; bh=neHwyyjNPrVZTJVeHzaeOkqVQYQ/JWX8BH9h4oQrCCo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=aDvspqRi0tcS2skv8os2pqxRkn767pxS42HW95Elf57dcSwowjY9CN93cxyBL+rAWIwo2PUcQ7F9WtFO3dqlvy70y1HlC+g58hlKTveyUD0bcWB9CPKBkM49jExLwUfQWWLnjar3IbUaT21Yg3hGt8bqIyy1icbZe98FTEAryqg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=treblig.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=treblig.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=treblig.org header.i=@treblig.org header.b=qTxmESpx; arc=none smtp.client-ip=46.235.229.95 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=treblig.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=treblig.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=treblig.org header.i=@treblig.org header.b="qTxmESpx" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=treblig.org ; s=bytemarkmx; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject:From:Date:From :Subject; bh=2QmCVy4zxGYIsJwYmXCPlqziuYkXbFSgYI1s6T6A1lk=; b=qTxmESpxTHp+DJUD t/9S7XBsjkUTOqpCZHrouclIDsK/4SzmofxPt6njvI5IUp7dBzzYlJX3LsIikGBwM4N+lXBDmOWGX OyzfJkQC1Z2u9DiIsgsbr1c+68sPVCWXd+zm10vXqeynbKrvmWiJX6+MuBtfcWhwXyBosARKIG4jY 3ala53QgkJ8NhSHhafU9dkQCnv1AHv7MzQKaTqGxZAOYVPfZXWpkLcKamDnyIW7YX9dkN/S2u/0PF a7mmPvASB2sAZHridRkgtWogLRUo8RFGi1OmH0yiiyHnoLV66HgYhBbPO4yZ6ixYAD21AFK0tkhaW K476DiX/H/rJBTV/9g==; Received: from dg by mx.treblig.org with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wRYYJ-00000002Tvk-423r; Mon, 25 May 2026 16:53:19 +0000 Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 16:53:19 +0000 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" To: Antoni Wanat Cc: Linux Subject: Re: Linux support snapdragon x Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Chocolate: 70 percent or better cocoa solids preferably X-Operating-System: Linux/6.12.88+deb13-amd64 (x86_64) X-Uptime: 16:49:11 up 9 days, 20:01, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.01 User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.13 (2024-03-09) * 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 -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux | Happy \ \ dave @ treblig.org | | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/