Re: Linux support snapdragon x

From: Dr. David Alan Gilbert

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 13:12:59 EST


* Antoni Wanat (bondzik252014@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Qualcomm has effectively paralyzed itself by failing to provide any drivers
> or documentation for the Snapdragon X series processors. The only way to use
> this hardware is through Windows and its WOW64 emulator-which should be
> called 'Trash64'-or community-driven drivers, which are never good or
> stable. Furthermore, due to its limitations, Windows is ill-suited for the
> ARM architecture compared to Linux

You might want to check out some of the available docs for running on Snapdragon X;
for example:

https://www.linaro.org/blog/linux-on-snapdragon-x-elite/
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-concept-snapdragon-x-elite/48800

(There's loads more)

It's still a bit experimental, but hey I'm running my Asus Zenbook A14
fairly happily!

dg@dragon:~$ lscpu
Architecture: aarch64
CPU op-mode(s): 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 8
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-7
Vendor ID: Qualcomm
Model name: Oryon
Model: 1
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per cluster: 8

(It's all very device dependent)

There's lots of people on #aarch64-laptops poking at them!

Dave


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