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Where does it say Linux is officially supported?

smoldesu 4y ago
The chip is having mainline Linux support merged with 5.20, according to Phoronix: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.20-SoCs-8cx-Gen3-Arm https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.20-SoCs-8cx-Gen3-Arm
- sliken 4y ago
  Sure, doesn't mean that everything works though. The Thinkpad x13s has the same CPU and apparently is quite tricky to get booted. Once booted audio, sleep, bluetooth and the like has been problematic. Granted that's more of an issue with a laptop than a SFF like the DevKit. Things do seem to be improving. Releasing the Thinkpad x13s has brought attention to the 8cx gen 3 from the Linux community.
- alexellisuk 4y ago
  I've tried it. It seems like even with a 6.0 Kernel, additional DTBs are required to boot. https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1585562359254421504?s=20&t=aM3vYMh2SksCGkNDg9u5XQ https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1585562359254421504?s...
- monocasa 4y ago
  I'd wait to hear if this board has Linux support. It might have a locked bootloader.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    Specs seem to list UEFI Secure Boot, which has been unlockable on all of Microsoft's Surface devices and previous ARM outings. Shipping this with a locked bootloader would be one hell of a breach from tradition (and probably undermine it's usefulness as a dev box anyways). Regardless, the internal SOC is the same as the new ARM Thinkpad which also shipped with an unlocked bootloader. Pretty much everything suggests that this will ship unlocked.
    - monocasa 4y ago
      > Specs seem to list UEFI Secure Boot, which has been unlockable on all of Microsoft's Surface devices and previous ARM outings That doesn't quite seem accurate. For one example: https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/15/windows_fix_closes_rt_unlock_loophole/ https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/15/windows_fix_closes_rt...
      - my123 4y ago
        For all ARM64 Windows devices, UEFI Secure Boot is end-user configurable. And yes that includes Surface Pro X, Pro 9 arm and this devkit.

The chip is having mainline Linux support merged with 5.20, according to Phoronix: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.20-SoCs-8cx-Gen3-Arm https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.20-SoCs-8cx-Gen3-Arm

sliken 4y ago
Sure, doesn't mean that everything works though. The Thinkpad x13s has the same CPU and apparently is quite tricky to get booted. Once booted audio, sleep, bluetooth and the like has been problematic. Granted that's more of an issue with a laptop than a SFF like the DevKit. Things do seem to be improving. Releasing the Thinkpad x13s has brought attention to the 8cx gen 3 from the Linux community.
alexellisuk 4y ago
I've tried it. It seems like even with a 6.0 Kernel, additional DTBs are required to boot. https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1585562359254421504?s=20&t=aM3vYMh2SksCGkNDg9u5XQ https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1585562359254421504?s...
monocasa 4y ago
I'd wait to hear if this board has Linux support. It might have a locked bootloader.
- smoldesu 4y ago
  Specs seem to list UEFI Secure Boot, which has been unlockable on all of Microsoft's Surface devices and previous ARM outings. Shipping this with a locked bootloader would be one hell of a breach from tradition (and probably undermine it's usefulness as a dev box anyways). Regardless, the internal SOC is the same as the new ARM Thinkpad which also shipped with an unlocked bootloader. Pretty much everything suggests that this will ship unlocked.
  - monocasa 4y ago
    > Specs seem to list UEFI Secure Boot, which has been unlockable on all of Microsoft's Surface devices and previous ARM outings That doesn't quite seem accurate. For one example: https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/15/windows_fix_closes_rt_unlock_loophole/ https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/15/windows_fix_closes_rt...
    - my123 4y ago
      For all ARM64 Windows devices, UEFI Secure Boot is end-user configurable. And yes that includes Surface Pro X, Pro 9 arm and this devkit.