MHI: Linux 5.7 Getting A New Bus From Qualcomm

[phoronix]

Phoronix: MHI: Linux 5.7 Getting A New Bus From Qualcomm

Linux 5.7 will support the MHI protocol developed by Qualcomm as part of the new kernel bus being introduced...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.7-MHI-Bus

[uid313]

Great to see Qualcomm upstream some code, I hope they upstream much more.
Often phones use very old versions of the Linux kernel with out-of-tree patches, and its not possible to upgrade to new kernels.
I would like to see much better support in the Linux mainline kernel for Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chip.

[ndec]

A bit more details about this new bus: https://www.linaro.org/blog/mhi-bus-...-linux-kernel/

[schmidtbag]

Nice! I think this will help make Wifi work easier for Snapdragon-based laptops.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Nice! I think this will help make Wifi work easier for Snapdragon-based laptops.

WiFi works now even on Linux 5.3.

[Guest]

Does this mean that the modem will just be a peripheral instead of being the main chip? Lesser vulnerabilities due to AT commands?