Linux 7.4 DRM Infrastructure Better Supporting HDMI 2.0 With New Helpers
Linux 7.4 DRM Infrastructure Better Supporting HDMI 2.0 With New Helpers Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 24 September 2026 at 05:49 AM EDT. 1 Comment Sent out today was the latest weekly pull of drm-misc-next changes of feature material to queue in DRM-Next for Linux 7.4. Most notable in this week's pull request are a number of patches for enhancing the HDMI 2.0 handling in the DRM core infrastructure and display helpers.
- ▪Linux 7.4 DRM Infrastructure Better Supporting HDMI 2.0 With New Helpers Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 24 September 2026 at 05:49 AM EDT.
- ▪1 Comment Sent out today was the latest weekly pull of drm-misc-next changes of feature material to queue in DRM-Next for Linux 7.4.
- ▪Most notable in this week's pull request are a number of patches for enhancing the HDMI 2.0 handling in the DRM core infrastructure and display helpers.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-DRM-Helpers-HDMI-2.0 |
| Publication time | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:49:36 -0400 |
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Linux 7.4 DRM Infrastructure Better Supporting HDMI 2.0 With New Helpers Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 24 September 2026 at 05:49 AM EDT. 1 Comment Sent out today was the latest weekly pull of drm-misc-next changes of feature material to queue in DRM-Next for Linux 7.4. Most notable in this week's pull request are a number of patches for enhancing the HDMI 2.0 handling in the DRM core infrastructure and display helpers. Cristian Ciocaltea of Collabora has been working on enabling HDMI 2.0 support for the Synopsys DW HDMI QP TX controller found in various Rockchip SoCs and other hardware. As part of that he's been building out more of the DRM infrastructure / display helpers around HDMI 2.0 handling, which are now set to be merged for Linux 7.4.
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