[QUESTION] what kind of support does MT6797 has?

[Matthias Brugger]

Hi Mohammad,

On 13/02/2021 19:29, Mohammad Rasim wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an old Redmi note 4X phone with an MT6797 soc, unfortunately the vendor
> hasn't released a kernel for that device.
> 

Unfortunately the upstream support for the board is rather rudimentary.
https://mtk.wiki.kernel.org/matrix/mobile_chips

If you want to help, you can find some old BSP kernel source here:
https://github.com/mbgg/linux-x20/tree/helio-x20

But beware that you will need to use it only as reference and rewrite the
drivers from scratch.

Regards,
Matthias

> Full device specs: http://www.deviceinfohw.ru/devices/item.php?item=105501
> 
> Now I'm thinking of running Linux on it (postmarketos) using mainline kernel, so
> I want to know if i was able to build a device tree for my device for the
> mainline kernel what kind of support can i expect ?
> 
> only simplefb ?
> 
> does pmic, usb work ?
> 
> wifi support ?
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
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