Initial support for M1 Pro / Ultra / Max chip, Linux 6.2 extended Arm SoC support

CTOnews.com December 14, Linux 6.2 merge window expanded support for Arm SoC and updated DeviceTree. This update adds support for seven Qualcomm Snapdragon processors in the kernel and initial support for Apple's M1 Pro / M1 Ultra / M1 Max processors in Mainline.

CTOnews.com learned that Arnd Behrman (Arnd Bergmann) updated the SoC chip during the holiday merger window of Linux Kernel 6.2, and Linus Torvalds has approved these pull requests. Some SoC highlights of Linux 6.2 include:

Seven new Qualcomm SoC models have been added:

MSM8996 Pro (Snapdragon 821)

SM6115 (Snapdragon 662)

SM4250 (Snapdragon 460)

SM6375 (Snapdragon 695)

SDM670 (Snapdragon 670)

MSM8976 (Snapdragon 652)

MSM8956 (Snapdragon 650s)

While expanding the scope of support for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, some of the new devices using these SoC are upstreamed, including:

Sony:

Xperia 10 IV

Xperia 5 IV

Xperia X

Xperia X Compact

One plus

OnePlus One

OnePlus 3

OnePlus 3T

OnePlus Nord N100

Xiaomi:

Xiaomi Mi6

Huawei:

Huawei Watch

Google:

Google Pixel 3a

Linux 6.2 also initially supports Apple's M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra SoC in Mainline. The Asahi Linux team is currently developing the relevant kernel code, and now more code is upstreamed to Linux 6.2. Currently, the best hardware support for Apple's M1 / M2 devices on Linux is to use Asahi Linux code.

Linux 6.2also adds support for a variety of Rockchip motherboards, including:

SOQuartz Model A baseboard

RK3566 Box Demo board

ODROID-M1

Anbernic RG353V and RG353VS

ODROID Go Advance Black Edition

ODROID Go Super