Rawhide aarch64: Boot loop/GRUB freeze on Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon X Elite)

Hello Fedora ARM team,

I am reporting a boot failure on the Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon X Elite) using the latest Rawhide daily compose (Fedora-Workstation-Live-Rawhide-20260316.n.0.aarch64.iso).

The Issue:
Upon reaching the GRUB menu, the system becomes entirely unresponsive. Input from both the built-in keyboard and external USB keyboards is ignored. After about 10 seconds of freezing, the hardware triggers a reset and reboots.

Tested Environment:

Kernel: 7.0-rc3 / 7.0-rc4

Device: Surface Pro 11 (X1E80100)

Firmware: Secure Boot is DISABLED.

Technical Note:
While Kernel 7.0 includes the necessary X Elite drivers and Surface-specific patches, it seems the boot process is failing at the GRUB stage. This may be related to UEFI memory attribute conflicts (NX) that have been noted on other Snapdragon X Elite platforms.

I am available to provide more logs if I can get past the bootloader, but currently, the watchdog reset prevents any manual interaction.
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