Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by dblitt » Tue, May 14, 2024, 12:56 AM UTC

Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite
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Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by jamesy0ung » Tue, May 14, 2024, 3:25 AM UTC

This is very cool, sure the performance isn’t as good as Apple’s stuff but a reasonably performant processor with official Linux support is very cool

Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by betaby » Tue, May 14, 2024, 3:34 AM UTC

For me that list looks not that good compared to Asahi Linux for M1. No GPU, no camera, no suspend/resume.... I won't be spending my money on that platform until that sorted out. And judging from the other ARM platforms that means most likely never. Over-hyped and under-delivered.

Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by zmk5 » Tue, May 14, 2024, 3:43 AM UTC

Looks like by next LTS (for kernel 6.10 and 6.11) we'll have some good support for these chips. I wonder if any OEMs will make any Linux laptops for us to buy.

Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by csande17 » Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:08 AM UTC

betaby wrote: post #3

For me that list looks not that good compared to Asahi Linux for M1. No GPU, no camera, no suspend/resume.... I won't be spending my money on that platform until that sorted out. And judging from the other ARM platforms that means most likely never. Over-hyped and under-delivered.

Given that all those things are from the list of features they plan to ship in the next two kernel releases, "never" seems a little pessimistic. They aren't even selling laptops with this chip yet!

Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by darthrupert » Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:13 AM UTC

jamesy0ung wrote: post #2

This is very cool, sure the performance isn’t as good as Apple’s stuff but a reasonably performant processor with official Linux support is very cool

Apple Silicon is officially supported in Linux.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:15 AM UTC

darthrupert wrote: post #6

jamesy0ung wrote: post #2

This is very cool, sure the performance isn’t as good as Apple’s stuff but a reasonably performant processor with official Linux support is very cool

Apple Silicon is officially supported in Linux.

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Post by DeepYogurt » Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:15 AM UTC

zmk5 wrote: post #4

Looks like by next LTS (for kernel 6.10 and 6.11) we'll have some good support for these chips. I wonder if any OEMs will make any Linux laptops for us to buy.

I really hope system76 takes a look at them

Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by Tiberium » Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:19 AM UTC

darthrupert wrote: post #6

jamesy0ung wrote: post #2

This is very cool, sure the performance isn’t as good as Apple’s stuff but a reasonably performant processor with official Linux support is very cool

Apple Silicon is officially supported in Linux.

I think by "official" they meant support from the manufacturer.

Re: Upstreaming Linux kernel support for the Snapdragon X Elite

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Post by maven29 » Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:23 AM UTC

betaby wrote: post #3

For me that list looks not that good compared to Asahi Linux for M1. No GPU, no camera, no suspend/resume.... I won't be spending my money on that platform until that sorted out. And judging from the other ARM platforms that means most likely never. Over-hyped and under-delivered.

This is the schedule for upstreaming/"main-lining". Realistically, customers using these SoCs will be building on a forked linux BSP (Board Support Package) with all of these included.

To be fair, these might be server platforms and Chromebooks, nobody is buying ARM notebooks to run their favourite FEM package.