MSM8953 drivers are part of the kernel, based on Linux 4.9 or 4.19. Key driver families include:
A critical component of the MSM8953 driver stack was the graphics processing unit (GPU) driver. The chipset integrated the Adreno 506 GPU. In the Linux kernel context—specifically within the Android operating system—support for this hardware relied heavily on the Qualcomm MSM DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) driver. msm8953 for arm64 driver