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I wonder if these open drivers will be permitted to implement HDMI 2.1 (e.g. 8k resolution)? Apparently the HDMI Forum has told AMD they cannot support HDMI 2.1
by kentonv 2y ago
I wonder if these open drivers will be permitted to implement HDMI 2.1 (e.g. 8k resolution)? Apparently the HDMI Forum has told AMD they cannot support HDMI 2.1 in their own open source drivers, which infuriatingly means the only way to get 8k over HDMI on Linux right now is to use Nvidia's closed drivers... Are we about to lose HDMI 2.1 entirely on Linux?
(I know, this is ridiculous and we should use DisplayPort instead. I'm just curious.)
- michaellarabel 2y agoNVIDIA can handle HDMI 2.1 with open-source driver as they punt it off to firmware - https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Firmware-Blobs-HDMI-2.1 https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Firmware-Blobs-HDMI-2.1
- kentonv 2y agoThanks! Now I wonder why AMD can't do the same.
- CuriousCosmic 2y agoThey could. They probably just didn't because they didn't foresee it being a problem.