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Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Re: Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Post by jjtheblunt »

tensegrist wrote: post #69
jjtheblunt wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i'm using Linux just fine on an ARM desktop for a long time, via Apple Silicon hypervisor enabled via the UTM macos app (which wraps both Qemu, which i don't use, and Apple Silicon hypervisor, which i do use, configurable when instantiating a new image from an iso). i mention this because perhaps you'd like it too. in my case fedora 43 works just fine, and fast.

what's the battery life like? do you use macos at all, or do you do ~everything within a full-screened fedora instance?

battery life seems totally fine. i believe the benefit over Asahi, for example, is that by using Apple Silicon hypervisor and the UTM macos app wrapping such, low level device drivers (including power management) are still Apple implementations.

Re: Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Post by jjtheblunt »

speed_spread wrote: post #103
jjtheblunt wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i'm using Linux just fine on an ARM desktop for a long time, via Apple Silicon hypervisor enabled via the UTM macos app (which wraps both Qemu, which i don't use, and Apple Silicon hypervisor, which i do use, configurable when instantiating a new image from an iso). i mention this because perhaps you'd like it too. in my case fedora 43 works just fine, and fast.

How does Fedora handle the graphics and audio when running under hypervisor? Or is it strictly a command-line thing?

I'm using both fedora desktop and fedora kde and they look entirely normal, graphical desktops. i suspect (haven't verified) the UTM app wrapper is presenting access to the underlying Metal framework etc, so Fedora thinks its running on normal devices about which it already knew.

I didn't have to do _anything_ weird: just grabbed the latest Fedora iso for aarch64 ( or arm64...i forget what it was named), and voila.

Re: Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Post by noname120 »

bigyabai wrote: post #117
3836293648 wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is Asahi not native?

The drivers, while impressively reverse-engineered, are basically alpha-quality by Linux standards. Even well-studied M1 machines will have spotty support in comparison to what an OEM can provide officially.

Those that are implemented have been very reliable in my experience, I think that labeling them “alpha-quality by Linux standards” is a ridiculous claim

Re: Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Post by zelphirkalt »

While we are at Snapdragon processors ... Does anyone know what (not so technical-)user friendly distro runs without too many issues on a Snapdragon 850? I found Mobian listing Snapdragon 845, but I don't know at all, if that is almost the same or not compatible at all.

Re: Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Post by znpy »

nrclark wrote: post #119

If anybody in Qualcomm leadership is reading this thread: this is a good start, and I applaud you for it. There is also a lot more to do if you're serious about growing your market penetration beyond phones. The drivers might be up on LKML, but they're not mainlined yet. And this is just gen5. It would be great if you could fix your gen4 and 4.5 drivers, so that people building products with your chips weren't stuck…

Yeah that page smells like a pr stunt.

Go all in or go home, qualcomm.

Re: Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Post by cromka »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #135

While we are at Snapdragon processors ... Does anyone know what (not so technical-)user friendly distro runs without too many issues on a Snapdragon 850? I found Mobian listing Snapdragon 845, but I don't know at all, if that is almost the same or not compatible at all.

Tried postmarketOS yet?
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