Linux 4.18-rc3 Kernel Released

[dwagner]

I'd say going from 60Hz -> 30Hz is a regression, where as adding 10bpc support is adding a new feature.

Yes!

And there are often other weird changes to the driver that make me wonder: For example, the idle power consumption(*) of my RX 460 more than doubles between using 4k @ 50Hz -> 60Hz refresh rate - because at 60Hz, suddenly the minimum GPU shader clock is set to the second-highest value instead of staying pretty low.

Would be interesting to know: What power consumption(*) does your system report when using
xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --mode 3840x2160 --rate 50
versus
xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --mode 3840x2160 --rate 60
?

(*) according to "echo $(( $(cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon0/power1_average) / 1000000)) W"

[xiando]

AMD's Mikita added a patch for this to bug #106959. Good job Mikita. I'd say that was pretty quickly solved, specially given that it's summer and all. Thank you.