I have a new Samsung Book4 Edge with a SnapDragon Elite X1E84100 3.8 processor.

I completed the following steps using an install of OpenBSD 7.6 running in 
VMware running on a MacBook M1
downloaded the OpenBSD 7.6 ARM64 install76.img and the SHA256 file.
ran the signify -Cp command to verify the signature.
ran the dd command to create the create the installation media on a usb drive

I inserted the usb drive in the Samsung Book4, booted the machine and accessed 
the boot memory. An entry for UEFI USB ScanDisk 3.2Gen 1 appeared in the boot 
sequence. I selected that entry. The machine paused for about 4-5 seconds and 
then booted into Windows.

I repeated this process three times to ensure I did not miss something and got 
the same result each time. The Edge4 boot process does not read the OpenBSD 
install image, as far as I can see.

I did note in the notes on the OpenBSD ARM64 webpage that support for the 
SnapDragon Qualcomm SnapDragon X Elite (X1e80100) was added after OpenBSD 7.6 
was released.

Does anyone have insight as to why a Book4 Edge with this SnapDragon processor 
will not boot into / install OpenBSD 7.6?

Are the bits required to perform the install included in the 7.6 install files?

Any insight is appreciated.

Thank you,
Jim

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