It looks like the Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED will be one of the first Snapdragon X Elite laptops to get proper Linux support. Patches are now being reviewed, and basic features are supposedly working. But a lot of features are reportedly not working yet.
Xilin Wu, the Linux kernel developer working on DeviceTree support for this Asus laptop, has managed to get the Adreno GPU working with the latest patch, but with additional kernel driver fixes that still need to be pushed up. Other features that are working but haven’t been merged yet include CPU frequency scaling, eDP internal display, touchpad and keyboard, and WCN7850 WiFi.
The developer was also able to get NVMe storage working, but it is currently limited to PCIe Gen 4×2 speeds instead of the expected Gen 4×4 speeds. Features that are currently not working on this Snapdragon X Elite laptop include battery monitoring, USB Type-A ports, USB4, HDMI connector, and SD card slot.
So Xilin Wu still has a long way to go to make the Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED work well with Linux. Another thing to note is that the developer is relying on DeviceTree instead of ARM64 ACPI, which probably complicates things.
Regardless, given that the Vivobook S 15 OLED (available on Amazon) is receiving these kernel fixes, it represents a great option for those looking to get a Snapdragon X Elite laptop with proper Linux support in the future.
