. They offer full hardware support but are often tied to older kernel versions (e.g., 3.18 or 4.9). Building ARM64 Drivers
pr_info("MSM8953 ARM64 driver unloaded\n"); msm8953 for arm64 driver
| Feature | Downstream (4.4/4.9) | Mainline (6.x) | |--------|----------------------|----------------| | GPU | Full msm (kgsl) | Freedreno (works) | | Display | Full | Partial | | Audio | Full ALSA | Minimal | | Modem | Yes (rmnet, qmi) | No | | WiFi/BT | Yes (wcnss) | No / partial | | Camera | Yes | No | | PMIC | Full | Basic reg/hwmon | | Stability | High (but legacy) | Medium (basic I/O works) | msm8953 for arm64 driver
On ARM64, the boot flow for an MSM8953 device generally looks like this: msm8953 for arm64 driver
Before diving into drivers, we must understand the hardware’s ARM64 implementation.