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Lenovo Thinkbook 16 X1 Plus Laptop Sees Linux Patches But Not Yet Ready For Daily Use

Device Tree patches have been posted for enabling Linux support on the Lenovo Thinkbook 16 G7 QOY powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Plus SoC.

Device Tree patches have been posted for enabling Linux support on the Lenovo Thinkbook 16 G7 QOY powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Plus SoC. The Lenovo Thinkbook 16 G7 QOY is the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 series laptop on the road to seeing upstream Linux kernel support thanks to these patches. With the current DT, the Linux support/expectations on the ThinkBook 16 come down to:"Supported features: - USB type-c and type-a ports - Keyboard - Touchpad (all that are described in the dsdt) - Touchscreen (described in the dsdt, no known SKUss) - Display including PWM backlight control - PCIe devices - nvme - SDHC card reader - ath12k WCN7850 Wifi and Bluetooth - ADSP and CDSP - GPIO keys (Lid switch) - Sound via internal speakers / DMIC / USB / headphone jack - DP Altmode with 2 lanes (as all of these still do) - Integrated fingerprint reader (FPC) - Integrated UVC camera

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