AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3
AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3 Written by Michael Larabel in Radeon on 7 August 2026 at 06:08 AM EDT. 1 Comment Complementing the HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support that AMD already upstreamed to the Linux kernel, AMD engineers have been further ironing out their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver. The latest quest has been getting HDMI 2.1 variable rate refresh (VRR) support upstreamed along with HDMI Auto Low-Latency Mode (ALLM).
- ▪AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3 Written by Michael Larabel in Radeon on 7 August 2026 at 06:08 AM EDT.
- ▪1 Comment Complementing the HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support that AMD already upstreamed to the Linux kernel, AMD engineers have been further ironing out their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver.
- ▪The latest quest has been getting HDMI 2.1 variable rate refresh (VRR) support upstreamed along with HDMI Auto Low-Latency Mode (ALLM).
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AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3 Written by Michael Larabel in Radeon on 7 August 2026 at 06:08 AM EDT. 1 Comment Complementing the HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support that AMD already upstreamed to the Linux kernel, AMD engineers have been further ironing out their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver. The latest quest has been getting HDMI 2.1 variable rate refresh (VRR) support upstreamed along with HDMI Auto Low-Latency Mode (ALLM). Sent out at the end of July was AMD's AMD HDMI 2.1 VRR and ALLM support as part of the modern HDMI gaming features. And with that closer to completing the long elusive HDMI 2.1 support in this open-source AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver.
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