Overall, probably a positive thing as the improvements made here will flow downstream. I’m actually looking forward to seeing the performance of these new Qualcomm chips in laptops.

  • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
    31·
    7 months ago

    Eh, I kinda doubt too much will come of it. There is already strong incentive for ARM support because of servers and for Qualcomm-specific hardware because of Android. That is unless they plan to use completely different architectures and drivers for their new, laptop-focused stuff (and only that).

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      If there’s actual upstream support, it would be a massive shift for Qualcomm

      Red Hat has been trying to get them to support their processors for years now with no luck

      Google gave up on Qualcomm supporting their processors and told them that they aren’t allowed to modify the kernel