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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