Name: ARM64 Linux Laptops Status Report - Stefan Schmidt, Linaro Ltd.
Start: 2025-06-24T14:10:00-0600
End: 2025-06-24T14:50:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 2A

In June last year a bunch of new laptops, based on the Snapdragon X Elite, have been launched. All major laptop vendors launched devices, with over three
dozen to choose from at the time of this writing. Offering a nice alternative to ChromeBooks or MacBooks for Arm enthusiasts. No matter if you are intrigued by the battery life, performance or always wanted an arm64 based system to natively
compile for your embedded targets.

The core question is, how good is the Linux support. Being designed for Windows-on-ARM there is a risk Linux support is rudimentary at best. Does boot with UEFI work out of the box? Is there a device tree description for your specific device? Which hardware features are already supported mainline?
Is the firmware for various drivers available? How is the performance?

In short, is it usable as a daily driver for a developer? Stefan set out to find out, and report here.

In this talk he will provide details on the current state of development of these devices. An in-depth view on the hardware support: what is in mainline, which patches are pending and what is missing completely.
[Target: ELC North America]

Speakers

Stefan Schmidt

Tech Lead / Senior Linux Kernel Engineer, Linaro Ltd.

Stefan Schmidt is a FOSS contributor for nearly 20 years now. During this time he worked on different projects and different layers of the Linux ecosystem. From bootloader and Kernel over build systems for embedded to user interfaces. After years as a freelancer, member of the Samsung... Read More →

Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A

Embedded Linux Conference

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

Open Source Summit North America 2025

Stefan Schmidt

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