Graphics Driver Changes Begin Lining Up For Linux 5.18

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Graphics Driver Changes Begin Lining Up For Linux 5.18

The first set of feature updates have been submitted to DRM-Next for staging until the Linux 5.18 kernel cycle begins around the end of March...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.18-DRM-Misc-Next-1

[aufkrawall]

Would be nice if Intel fixed super broken EDID modeline handling. i915 ignores every modeline/resolution that isn't marked as preferred in the EDID for lots of, if not every display. So I'm forced to jerk around with multiple bootloader entries that each point to a custom EDID only including exactly one resolution, so I can have multiple refresh rates. Bug is reported and rots, i915 bugtracker seems to be maintained by bots that spam shiploads of non-human-friendly debug logs. What a mess...

[tuxd3v]

Would be nice if Intel fixed super broken EDID modeline handling. i915 ignores every modeline/resolution that isn't marked as preferred in the EDID for lots of, if not every display. So I'm forced to jerk around with multiple bootloader entries that each point to a custom EDID only including exactly one resolution, so I can have multiple refresh rates. Bug is reported and rots, i915 bugtracker seems to be maintained by bots that spam shiploads of non-human-friendly debug logs. What a mess...

Wasn't i915 to be dropped?

[tuxd3v]

Nice to see support will come to multicore ARM gpus

[aufkrawall]

Wasn't i915 to be dropped?

The name of the kernel driver is still i915, also for recent and upcoming Intel GPUs.

[X_m7]

- The open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" driver now supports higher bit-rates for DisplayPort / eDP connections.

Don't have any use for this myself but it's nice to see that someone is still working on Nouveau, even if only bits of it.