The Big DRM Pull Request Made It Into Linux 4.17

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Big DRM Pull Request Made It Into Linux 4.17

Last week David Airlie sent in the big DRM feature update for Linux 4.17 prior to going on holiday. For those wondering whether there was going to be any drama with the DRM updates increasing the size of the Linux kernel by another one hundred thousand lines of code, in large part due to Vega 12 header additions, Linus pulled it in without any fuss...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Big-DRM-Makes-It-In-4.17

[Raja]

So HDCP support is added to 4.17. Does this mean in future services like Netflix, Prime Video, Google Play Movies can support 1080p or 4K in Linux?

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

I have the same question: Will HDCP content now be playable on Linux? It's stated "Intel HDCP" - is there only an implementation for Intel coming or will all graphics cards work? Will Raspberry Pi 3 + LibreElec benefit from that?

[agd5f]

I have the same question: Will HDCP content now be playable on Linux? It's stated "Intel HDCP" - is there only an implementation for Intel coming or will all graphics cards work? Will Raspberry Pi 3 + LibreElec benefit from that?

No. It just enables people to build drm capable devices. Secure content playback requires a lot more in addition. At the moment it's Intel only.

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

No. It just enables people to build drm capable devices. Secure content playback requires a lot more in addition. At the moment it's Intel only.

Thank you for your info! So could a SoC like UP running with HDCP then? It's an x86 SoC with an Intel GPU.