Comment on Laptop Support and Usability (LSU): July 2025 ReportComments−e12e1yDoes anyone know if there's been any efforts towards running freeBSD on arm64 laptops?On Linux there's been some effort:https://www.linaro.org/blog/linux-on-snapdragon-x-elite/Ed: hn discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44699393−rjsw1yThe GPU drivers for Snapdragon are GPL 2.0 only, makes it hard to use in FreeBSD. The drivers for GPUs used in X86 systems are dual licenced so can be used outside Linux.
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Does anyone know if there's been any efforts towards running freeBSD on arm64 laptops?
On Linux there's been some effort:
https://www.linaro.org/blog/linux-on-snapdragon-x-elite/
Ed: hn discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44699393
The GPU drivers for Snapdragon are GPL 2.0 only, makes it hard to use in FreeBSD. The drivers for GPUs used in X86 systems are dual licenced so can be used outside Linux.