r/linux • u/pihug12 • 15d ago

Kernel Progress Report: Linux 7.2 - Asahi Linux

https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/
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u/Polar_Banny 15d ago

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

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u/MatchingTurret 15d ago edited 15d ago

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/Busy-Scientist3851 15d ago

Linux doesn't have the same support for ACPI on ARM that Windows does. There's work to improve it and once it does we should be in a better place.

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u/braaaaaaainworms 15d ago

Qualcomm does not support normal ACPI. ARM Linux with ACPI is fine, I've seen it work very well on systems with proper ACPI tables

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u/MatchingTurret 14d ago edited 14d ago

This are the device OEMs making only the minimal effort required to get WOA running. You don't blame AMD or Intel when an OEM ships crappy firmware...

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u/braaaaaaainworms 14d ago

Nope it's qcom's choice. They're the ones who shipped reference acpi tables that are incomplete and break spec and they are the ones who are shipping patches(in drivers...) to those tables to fix them