Hanrahan@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1493arrow-down1external-linkQualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comHanrahan@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前message-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 年前Why is this surprising? Qualcomm releases Linux BSPs for all their mobile SoCs.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 年前That’s Android not mainline. You can’t easily upstream the changes and you are stuck with a single kernel version.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前They regularly uplevel the kernel, and not all Android Linux code is inherently incompatible with mainline.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 年前Tell that to my phone. Its possible some are worse than others but for Android devices the track level isn’t good. Just check out the mainline status of PostmarketOS devices.
Why is this surprising? Qualcomm releases Linux BSPs for all their mobile SoCs.
That’s Android not mainline. You can’t easily upstream the changes and you are stuck with a single kernel version.
They regularly uplevel the kernel, and not all Android Linux code is inherently incompatible with mainline.
Tell that to my phone. Its possible some are worse than others but for Android devices the track level isn’t good. Just check out the mainline status of PostmarketOS devices.