Msm8953 For Arm64 Driver (2025)

Analysis of "msm8953 for arm64 driver"

2.5 Wi-Fi (WCN – Qualcomm Pronto/WLAN)

Summary

• Simple framebuffer (simplefb)
• SDHCI (eMMC)
• GPIO and pinctrl
• UART console

make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- defconfig

• ✅ 64-bit Kernel (4.9.337)
• ✅ Full Adreno 506 acceleration (64-bit KGSL + Turnip driver)
• ✅ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (WCNSS in 32-bit compat mode)
• ✅ Fingerprint (Goodix – after porting 32-bit HAL to android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint@2.1-service)
• 🟡 Camera (only basic functionality with OpenCamera; no 4K or HDR)
• ❌ FM Radio (requires 32-bit fm_qsoc_patches)
• ❌ Dirac / AudioFX (fails due to 32-bit effect libraries)

4. Common Pitfalls for ARM64 Driver Porting

module_init(dummy_init); module_exit(dummy_exit); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); msm8953 for arm64 driver