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Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series

625 points · 273 comments · aaronday

  1. hurricanepootis · · focus · HN ↗
    I hope Qualcomm upstreams all the device tree kernel level stuff to Linux for every laptop model. One of the things I don't like about Arm Laptops is—for example—how even if a SoC is supported upstream, if the manufacturer does not upload a device tree for their device, then you're cooked.

    I read that while these Snapdragon laptops do technically have UEFI + ACPI, the information they provide is not useful for Linux and is more coupled with Qualcomm's proprietary drivers on Windows. Therefore, device trees are needed on Linux (I could be wrong about the first part).

    1. FlowingRiver · · focus · HN ↗
      This is one of those situations, even if they don't want to release specific code, they could at least release the specifications so that others could build the software stack for this.
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