Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa

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Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa is a mobile SoC announced by Samsung in 2016. It is manufactured using a 14nm process technology. The chip powers several low-end devices.

Devices

Samsung Exynos 7870
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Exynos 7870
Architecture aarch64
CPU 8x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.6GHz
GPU ARM Mali-T830 MP1
Year 2016
Process 14nm
Mainline yes
Community Page https://gitlab.com/exynos7870-mainline
Components
CPU
Works
UART
Broken
Storage
Works
USB
Works
Display
Partial
GPU
Works
Pinctrl
Works
I²C
Works
SPI
Broken
Audio
Broken
Video
Broken
Thermal
Broken
Modem
Broken
GPS
Broken
Camera
Broken
Suspend


Device Codename Mainline
Samsung Galaxy A2 Core samsung-a2corelte Y
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) samsung-a3y17lte N
Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018) samsung-a6lte P
Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 samsung-j5y17lte
Samsung Galaxy J6 (2018) samsung-j6lte N
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) samsung-jxelte
Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime samsung-on7xelte Y
Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro samsung-j7y17lte N
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016 (SM-T580) samsung-gtaxlwifi N

Contributors

Notes

Display

There isn't any support for DECON and DSI yet, so panel drivers aren't a thing. However, display is known work with simple-framebuffer with most devices.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi behaves very erratically (practically unusable) when the SDIO is probed in DMA mode. The driver fails to communicate with the SDIO, reporting timeout errors. As a workaround, the SDIO is forced to be probed in PIO mode.

Modem

Modem is known to work with an experimental out-of-tree driver developed by sleirsgoevy.

See also