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AMD Readies Full Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support for Linux

40 pointsby toshtoday at 10:08 AM11 commentsview on HN

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theandrewbaileytoday at 10:24 AM

> A significant negotiation took place late last year on Valve's side. Given its use of AMD hardware and experience, Valve attempted to engage with the HDMI Forum leadership to gain approval for the open-source implementation. ... Valve's SteamOS uses open-source AMD GPU driver components because the Steam Machine runs on an AMD RDNA 3 GPU, and the company's negotiations seem to have done their part.

Gaben be praised!

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theturtletalkstoday at 1:09 PM

Isn’t Linux even supporting HDCP antithetical to what it stands for?

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ChrisArchitecttoday at 1:40 PM

Story from May OP;

Related discussion on this and additional DSC support then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48105874