The MSM8953 is built on a 14nm process and features eight cores. For developers working on ARM64 drivers, the core challenge lies in interfacing with its proprietary subsystems:
: Most MSM8953 devices originally shipped with older Android kernels (e.g., 3.18 or 4.9), but there is a robust mainline Linux effort that allows you to run close-to-upstream kernels. Subsystem Drivers Camera (KMD/UMD) msm8953 for arm64 driver