September 14, 2012 at 23:40Clover Trail will not work under Linux
Intel has confirmed that they will not provide Linux support for the new Clover Trail Atom chipset.
During IDF 2012, Clover Trail could be seen in many laptops, and Intel told a lot of details about it, confirming the number of cores and energy-saving states. However, Intel said that the Clover Trail is “a chipset for Windows 8 only” and that “This chipset cannot work under Linux.”
That it will not work under Linux is not entirely true: it is a regular x86-compatible processor, but, It seems that we will not wait for drivers and support from Intel.
Intel did not disclose the details, but simply muttered in the spirit: "You need to write a lot of software to support this OS."
And the chip is cool: it can completely turn off the cores in the last P and C states.
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During IDF 2012, Clover Trail could be seen in many laptops, and Intel told a lot of details about it, confirming the number of cores and energy-saving states. However, Intel said that the Clover Trail is “a chipset for Windows 8 only” and that “This chipset cannot work under Linux.”
That it will not work under Linux is not entirely true: it is a regular x86-compatible processor, but, It seems that we will not wait for drivers and support from Intel.
Intel did not disclose the details, but simply muttered in the spirit: "You need to write a lot of software to support this OS."
And the chip is cool: it can completely turn off the cores in the last P and C states.
Free translationthis one .