[wyldfire]

> When I last checked, the mainline kernel support for the 8cx was EXTREMELY limited.

Is that the case? I would've thought the devices present in 8cx are similar to the other Snapdragon 8 series which would probably be well supported upstream? Or do they linger in a GKI tree before landing upstream?

Maybe the exclusivity between QCOM/MS is mutual and they'll be able to partner with vendors like Canonical in the future.

Personally - I would love an XPS13 ARM linux laptop, hopefully Dell decides to jump on the bandwagon. I have owned i5/i7 XPS13s for several years now and am looking forward to ARM if they can make one that performs well.

[sspiff]

Some 8xx series are well supported, but mostly 835 and 845. QC does release better quality sources for mainlining AFAIK, but I haven't seen any efforts related to newer chips land.