Abstract
This article provides a status update regarding the current support for OpenBSD on the HONOR MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon.
Current OpenBSD Support Summary
The HONOR MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon is a system on a chip based on the
Qualcomm Snapdragon platform. It is imperative to note that the utilized
firmware should be signed by a vendor for designated devices. Typically,
this firmware can be obtained from predisntalled Windows from
Windows/System32/FileRepository, via the Windows Update channel or the
HONOR support website;
you need to put qcdxkmsuc8380.mbn from Graphics Firmware archive,
qcadsp8380.mbn and adsp_dtbs.elf from Audio Firmware, and
qccdsp8380.mbn and cdsp_dtbs.elf from Protection Domain Service
Registry Device Firmware into
/etc/firmware/qcom/x1e80100/HONOR/MRO-XXX. If you downloads it from
website, you can use repeted 7z to extract required files from nested
.zip and .exe archives.
| Component | Works? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 3D acceleration | No | No driver, support unlikely |
| Audio | No | No driver |
| Battery status | Yes | Not on each boot |
| Backlight | Yes | |
| Bluetooth | No | |
| Fingerprint sensor | No | Shows up as a ugen device, no driver |
| Keyboard backlight | No | |
| Power management | Yes | |
| SSD | Yes | |
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| Touchscreen | Yes | |
| USB | Yes | USB-C ports don’t work on each boot for data |
| Webcam | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | up to 802.11n in 2.4 and 5 Ghz |
| ZZZ / Hibernation | No | Inappropriate ioctl for device |
| zzz / Suspend | No | System freezes |
The dmesg from OpenBSD-current (Build date: 1783321135 - Mon Jul 6 06:58:55 UTC 2026).
Other Systems
Fedora 42, Ubuntu 24.10, the Ubuntu Concept image
resolute-desktop-arm64+x1e-20260320.iso, and NetBSD 10.1 all fail to
boot on this machine. FreeBSD 15.0 does boot, but the lack of keyboard
and USB-C support prevents any actual testing or use.
The relevant issue in the Ubuntu Concept project: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-concept/+bug/2092406
Thus, created devicetree was sent to Linux Kernel upstream: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/87jzazzx17.wl-kirill@korins.ky/
And, finally, here a project to port Linux to this machine: https://github.com/vamanea/linux-magicbook