Re: Installation of debian unstable on Lenovo IdeaPad 5G 14Q8X05

Hi,
the latest version of kernel 6.5 supports the Lenovo Flex 5G SoC SC8180X https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5. I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 5G 14Q8X05 with SoC SC8180XP which is the evolution of the Flex one with the same CPU-GPU, but at higher frequency, with BT 5.1 and WiFi 6 instead of BT 5 and WiFi 5. Do you think it will work? If not, are you going to add support for SC8180XP?
Thank you

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On Monday, January 23rd, 2023 at 11:19 AM, alfredo.nodo alfredo.nodo@protonmail.com wrote:

Use the network console mode of the Debian installer, which will likely
let you SSH in from another device so that you can check logs etc. All
of the Debian installer wiki pages are outdated so I'm not sure if
these are correct/useful, but it should be possible somehow.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will try even though the device does not have an ethernet interface, only wifi which surely requires drivers.

Download the Debian Linux kernel image binary package and check if it
has the build config options for SC8180X enabled in /boot/config-*.

If not, try to rebuild it with that enabled and boot that.

You are right, they are not set. I will try to rebuild the kernel even though it is my first time :)
# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SC8180X is not set
# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SC8280XP is not set
# CONFIG_INTERCONNECT_QCOM_SC8180X is not set
# CONFIG_INTERCONNECT_QCOM_SC8280XP is not set

Contact the folks who worked on mainline Linux kernel support for
SC8180X and ask for help figuring out where/if the support for SC8180XP
landed and how to debug the issue.

OK, I will report any updates here.

I see a lot for SC8180X in mainline Linux, but no device tree curiously
and nothing for SC8180XP either.

Right, I am not an expert, but I came to the same conclusion.

Best Regards,
Alfredo