Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add initial support for BQ Aquaris X5

From: Stephan Gerhold
Date: Sun Jan 24 2021 - 16:58:39 EST


Hi Pavel,

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:01:19PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Aquaris X5 (Longcheer L8910) is a smartphone released by BQ in 2015.
> >
> > As part of msm8916-mainline project, this series aims to bring initial
> > mainline support for it.
>
> Good to see another phone being supported. Can I ask you to cc:
> phone-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with phone stuff?
>
> > Features added:
> > - SDHCI (internal and external storage)
> > - USB Device Mode
> > - UART
> > - Regulators
> > - WiFi/BT
> > - Volume buttons
> > - Vibrator
> > - Touchkeys backlight
> > - Accelerometer and gyroscope sensor
> > - Magnetometer sensor
>
> How close are you to having useful phone calls?
>

You can do phone calls (with audio) and you can use mobile data, if you
have the patches for that. :) I'm trying to find time to finish up the
drivers needed for that, but I've been a bit short on time lately.

Actually we have come pretty far with MSM8916-based smartphones.
Most functionality is (somewhat) working at this point, the primary
open task is optimizing suspend/power consumption. Battery/charging
and camera is also tricky but works somewhat on some of the devices.

Most of the functionality is packaged in postmarketOS [1] and you can
find a list of the devices in the postmarketOS wiki [2]. Especially
the ones in the "community" category are quite similar in terms of
working functionality.

Stephan

[1]: https://postmarketos.org
[2]: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)