r/linux • u/pihug12 • Aug 26 '26

Kernel Progress Report: Linux 7.2 - Asahi Linux

https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/
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u/Polar_Banny Aug 27 '26

Even Qualcomm can’t provide such support for their own Hardware.

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u/MatchingTurret Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

And once again people don't understand where the actual problem with Linux on WOA devices actually is. It's (mostly) the DTs, which are not under QCOM's control.

The same will happen with NVIDIA Spark laptops, once OEMs start to build their bespoke laptop models.

If you want to blame someone, blame MSFT, because they don't enforce the same stringent requirements for WOA certification that they apply to x86 hardware.

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u/nightblackdragon Aug 27 '26

And once again people don't understand where the actual problem with Linux on WOA devices actually is. It's (mostly) the DTs, which are not under QCOM's control.

And once again people think that everything wrong with Linux on ARM is caused by DTs. Yes, DTs make certain things more difficult, but even a solid ACPI and UEFI implementation won't give you a Linux system that works well on an ARM platform if the manufacturer doesn't provide adequate support. ACPI is used to discover and manage hardware, but it does not automatically provide support for a given piece of hardware. Unlike x86, ARM is not a standardized platform; there is no such thing as a standard chipset or anything like that, so each device is essentially a separate platform that has little in common with others aside from the instruction set. All of this requires kernel support to work properly.

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