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Qualcomm is really trying to turn things around - on all fronts. Upstreaming is clearly a higher priority now than it's been in the past, e.g. "Upstream Linux

Qualcomm is really trying to turn things around - on all fronts. Upstreaming is clearly a higher priority now than it's been in the past, e.g. "Upstream Linux support now available for the the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform" [1] Disclaimer: I'm a Qualcomm employee. [1] https://www.linaro.org/blog/upstream-linux-support-now-available-for-the-the-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-gen-3-mobile-platform/ https://www.linaro.org/blog/upstream-linux-support-now-avail...

almatabata 3y ago
This part had me the most worried. Given Qualcomm's history they really need to show they mean it otherwise they will have trough convincing people to invest in their chip. With mobile and automotive Qualcomm had a habit of dropping the support after 3 years unless the OEM paid up. As an end user i do not want to own an insecure laptop after 3 years just because the manufacturer did not want to pay qualcomm. If they actually sustain this effort I can see this new chip becoming a success regardless if it beats the M2 or not. It only has to have decent performance and decent linux support. Fingers crossed, I hope they succeed.
dingi 3y ago
AFAIK that's just the bare minimum to get Linux booting. GPU and host of other things are missing.
- wyldfire 3y ago
  That doesn't correspond to what the article itself says. GPU might not be supported yet but it doesn't look like the bare minimum either. EDIT - looks like there's GPU support too. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-MSM-Adreno-A690 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-MSM-Adreno-A690 ~~~~~~~~ With the recent series of patches released by Linaro, the following features are enabled for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform: Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPUs, including DVFS (Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling) and Power Management System foundation: Clocks, Power controllers, PMICs Low-Speed I/O: I2C, SPI, RTC, Buttons, LEDs High-Density Storage: UFS 4.0, SDXC High-Speed Peripherals: PCIe Gen3 and Gen4, USB Version 3.1 Gen 2, USB-C PD Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor SubSystems: Audio, Sensors, Compute and Modem Mobile Display Subsystem + DSI Engine, Touch Controller Communication: WCN7850 Bluetooth

almatabata 3y ago

This part had me the most worried. Given Qualcomm's history they really need to show they mean it otherwise they will have trough convincing people to invest in their chip. With mobile and automotive Qualcomm had a habit of dropping the support after 3 years unless the OEM paid up. As an end user i do not want to own an insecure laptop after 3 years just because the manufacturer did not want to pay qualcomm. If they actually sustain this effort I can see this new chip becoming a success regardless if it beats the M2 or not. It only has to have decent performance and decent linux support. Fingers crossed, I hope they succeed.

dingi 3y ago

AFAIK that's just the bare minimum to get Linux booting. GPU and host of other things are missing.

wyldfire 3y ago
That doesn't correspond to what the article itself says. GPU might not be supported yet but it doesn't look like the bare minimum either. EDIT - looks like there's GPU support too. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-MSM-Adreno-A690 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-MSM-Adreno-A690 ~~~~~~~~ With the recent series of patches released by Linaro, the following features are enabled for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform: Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPUs, including DVFS (Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling) and Power Management System foundation: Clocks, Power controllers, PMICs Low-Speed I/O: I2C, SPI, RTC, Buttons, LEDs High-Density Storage: UFS 4.0, SDXC High-Speed Peripherals: PCIe Gen3 and Gen4, USB Version 3.1 Gen 2, USB-C PD Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor SubSystems: Audio, Sensors, Compute and Modem Mobile Display Subsystem + DSI Engine, Touch Controller Communication: WCN7850 Bluetooth