--- title: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno... description: The MSM DRM kernel driver receives updates for Linux 7.0, adding display support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and enabling the older Adreno... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/snapdragon-8-elite-gen-5-display-support-old-adreno-225-enablement-for-linux-7-0-dnqrxkik7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno 225 Enablement For Linux 7.0 | daily.dev og:description: The MSM DRM kernel driver receives updates for Linux 7.0, adding display support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and enabling the older Adreno... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/snapdragon-8-elite-gen-5-display-support-old-adreno-225-enablement-for-linux-7-0-dnqrxkik7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DNqRxkIK7.png og:image:alt: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno 225 Enablement For Linux 7.0 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno 225 Enablement For Linux 7.0 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The MSM DRM kernel driver receives updates for Linux 7.0, adding display support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and enabling the older Adreno 225 GPU. Rob Clark submitted these Qualcomm display and graphics enhancements ahead of next month's merge window. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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