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Linux 6.10 Adds eDP/DisplayPort Support For The Snapdragon X Elite

([Arm] 5 Minutes Ago Linux 6.10 DisplayPort)


Qualcomm and their partners at Linaro have been busy working on [1]the Linux support for the Snapdragon X Elite as the high-end Arm SoC beginning to roll-out for laptops. The latest Snapdragon X Elite upstreaming is Embedded DisplayPort and DisplayPort support for the Snapdragon X Elite.

The PHY updates were sent out today for the ongoing Linux 6.10 merge window. This cycle it includes enabling support for Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) and DisplayPort (DP) sub-modes and driver handling for the Qualcomm X1E80100, which is the Snapdragon X Elite. There are also updates around new Qualcomm X1E80100 support in the Qualcomm eDP code.

As Qualcomm recently outlined in a blog post around their Snapdragon X Elite Linux support, with Linux 6.8~6.9 they have upstreamed much of the functionality while for Linux 6.10~6.11 they are working still on camera, video, memory DCVS, GPU support, suspend and resume, USB host, CPU frequency scaling, battery, external display support, and more. Further out they plan for power and performance optimizations, expanded video decoding, SoftISP camera support, firmware in linux-firmware.git, and easier ARM Linux distribution support.

The [2]PHY pull request for Linux 6.10 aside from that ongoing Snapdragon X Elite enablement also has Qualcomm QMP UFS PHY updates, Samsung HDMI PHY support for the i.MX8MP, Mediatek XFI T-PHY support for the MT7988, Rockchip USBDP combo PHY driver, and other updates.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-X-Elite

[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZkxPn_tmkPzo_T5c@matsya/


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Even if we put all these nagging thoughts [four embarrassing questions about
astrology] aside for a moment, one overriding question remains to be asked.
Why would the positions of celestial objects at the moment of birth have an
effect on our characters, lives, or destinies? What force or influence,
what sort of energy would travel from the planets and stars to all human
beings and affect our development or fate? No amount of scientific-sounding
jargon or computerized calculations by astrologers can disguise this central
problem with astrology -- we can find no evidence of a mechanism by which
celestial objects can influence us in so specific and personal a way. . . .
Some astrologers argue that there may be a still unknown force that represents
the astrological influence. . . .If so, astrological predictions -- like those
of any scientific field -- should be easily tested. . . . Astrologers always
claim to be just a little too busy to carry out such careful tests of their
efficacy, so in the last two decades scientists and statisticians have
generously done such testing for them. There have been dozens of well-designed
tests all around the world, and astrology has failed every one of them. . . .
I propose that we let those beckoning lights in the sky awaken our interest
in the real (and fascinating) universe beyond our planet, and not let them
keep us tied to an ancient fantasy left over from a time when we huddled by
the firelight, afraid of the night.
-- Andrew Fraknoi, Executive Officer, Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
"Why Astrology Believers Should Feel Embarrassed," San Jose Mercury
News, May 8, 1988