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HDMI Forum Kills AMD's Open Source Linux Driver

• gnabgib 3y ago
  Quite a few discussions: [0] (385 points, 5 days ago, 231 comments), [1] (30 points, 4 days ago, 5 comments), [2] (289 points, 4 days ago, 160 comments) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39543291 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39543291 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39553782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39553782 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39559318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39559318
  • mfilion 3y ago
    Oops sorry about that. The more the better I suppose!
• fddrdplktrew 3y ago
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  • saintfire 3y ago
    More accurately it is just the same evil corps colluding.
• paul_funyun 3y ago
  Hopefully there are closed source solutions on Linux. Open source is a fine thing, but only when it works.
  • redeeman 3y ago
    i think you're misundersatnding what it is that does not work here
  • Woshiwuja 3y ago
    What? This is about HDMI being a licensed connector owned by the HDMI forum. You need to pay them a fee if you want the HDMI OUT or IN inside your electronics
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• mglz 3y ago
  FFS, it seems like we need the EU again. Maybe a general law that all connectors must be accessible to third parties?
  • anotherhue 3y ago
    IDK, maybe we can all just move on to thunderbolt and be done with it.
    • cassianoleal 3y ago
      I don't see any TVs adopting Thunderbolt any time soon. For computer monitors, we already have DisplayPort which is fully supported by amdgpu. That would be a more likely candidate to have on TVs than Thunderbolt.
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