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I am new here. I bought a lenovo IdeaPad 5G-14Q8X05 which has the qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 2 aka SC8180XP and as far as I know it is currently not supported by the linux kernel. While the snapdragon 8cx gen 3 aka SC8280 has complete support starting from linux 5.19+ and snapdragon 8cx gen 1 aka SC8180X should have it from linux 6.1+. Once the snapdragon 8cx gen 2 has the kernel support, what about drivers? I read about this project Porting Linux to AArch64 Laptops which supports few devices.

What is the status of Ubuntu? Are you planning to support it?

Thank you

alfredo
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  • Does this answer your question? Will my device work with Ubuntu? – karel Jan 14 '23 at 06:25
  • Thank you, I found that I have to wait the kernel 6.1. – alfredo Jan 15 '23 at 08:37
  • The 6.1 Linux kernel will not be supported in upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 except for via PPAs. – karel Jan 15 '23 at 09:02
  • I installed the latest debian unstable with kernel 6.1 and now the installation procedure works in both GUI and text mode, although the mouse and keyboard do not work. – alfredo Jan 21 '23 at 06:53
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    I discovered that the non-free debian firmware-qcom-soc https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-qcom-soc does not include drivers for SoC gen 1-2, but only those for gen 3. So to get all the drivers, I have to wait for https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/. – alfredo Jan 22 '23 at 09:08
  • Did you get it to work with 22.04? Ubuntu 23.04 incl. Kernel 6.2 is being launched this week. Would be good to know if this version also fails to support this device fully. Thx – oliver-muc Apr 16 '23 at 22:36
  • I have not yet been able to try with kernrl 6.2. However they are working on having support in the mainline kernel for the lenovo flex 5g which is the folding version twin of the lenovo IdeaPad 5G-14Q8X05 (same SoC). Excellent https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-Flex-5G-Linux-Mainline – alfredo Jul 01 '23 at 09:55

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