MSM Open-Source Driver Continues On Qualcomm Adreno 640/650 Series Bring-Up

[phoronix]

Phoronix: MSM Open-Source Driver Continues On Qualcomm Adreno 640/650 Series Bring-Up

The open-source MSM DRM driver developed by Google, Qualcomm's Code Aurora, and other parties as what started out as part of the "Freedreno" driver initiative is continuing to see better support for the newer Adreno 640 and 650 series...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MSM-More-A640-A650-Linux-5.9

[loganj]

any snapdragon 8xx soc (raspberry like) out there?

[droidhacker]

loganj I presume you mean SBC ("single board computer"). Look at dragonboard 820c and dragonboard 845c.

[bemerk]

I am wondering when all this work on qualcomm devices will become part of the AOSP and released Android versions.
It could prolong a devices lifecycle quite a bit and allow for recent android versions for a longer period of time. Apart from the fact that manufacturers like to sell new devices of course.