cynicalsecurity :cm_2:cynicalsecurity@bsd.network
Nov 6, 2026, 12:48 PM@brynet yes, I hoped to do precisely that and did not work… the anaemic EFI is clearly the cause, I was just hoping for a magical fix.
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Nov 6, 2026, 12:51 PM@cynicalsecurity Well, the UEFI firmware on Snapdragon might be more featureful then u-boot's EFI app support, so might be worth trying to port "machine gop" anyway. :flan_thumbs:
- cynicalsecurity :cm_2:cynicalsecurity@bsd.networkNov 6, 2026, 1:30 PM
@brynet nope… sadly, that is what had hoped.
- Nov 6, 2026, 1:36 PM
@cynicalsecurity Ah, bummer. Frustratingly the Linux drm/msm Adreno code is all GPL-2.0-only.. :flan_tired:
- cynicalsecurity :cm_2:cynicalsecurity@bsd.networkNov 6, 2026, 1:37 PM
@brynet yes :flan_sad:
It is so frustrating and ridiculous how EFI was meant to “fix things” and we ended up with half-arsed semi-implemented systems.