Linux support snapdragon x

Linux support snapdragon x

[Antoni Wanat]

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

Re: Linux support snapdragon x

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* 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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Re: Linux support snapdragon x

[Theodore Tso]

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 06:35:40PM +0200, Antoni Wanat 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

https://www.osnews.com/story/139709/qualcomm-details-linux-on-snapdragon-x-elite-and-its-looking-surprisingly-good/

						- Ted