[Question] How different are Qualcomm ARM architecture than Apple M chips? And can this project be transalated used on those machines too?

[ksajan]

Given that both architectures follow the ARM base, would it be feasible to port or directly use most of the codebase from Asahi on XElite Qualcomm-based Windows PCs?

Thank you for the incredible work you are doing. I greatly admire your efforts and hope to contribute to this project in any way possible.

[DavidBuchanan314]

Generic aarch64 platform support is already provided by the linux kernel.

The Asahi project exists to add apple-hardware-specific support, with the aim of getting patches upstreamed into the mainline kernel.

Qualcomm has already announced their own intention to upstream kernel support for the X Elite https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite, so (assuming their support is adequate) no such 3rd-party project is needed.

[ksajan]

oh okay! Sorry for the stupid question.