The DRM Changes To Find With The Linux 4.14 Kernel

Among the DRM changes to look forward to with Linux 4.14 are:
- Vega 10 huge page support is one of the big AMDGPU features for Linux 4.14. This should significantly help the performance of OpenCL and Vulkan with Radeon RX Vega hardware.
- SR-IOV fixes and other minor improvements to the AMDGPU code. There's also more Raven Ridge work for the AMD APU coming out late in the year with a Zen CPU paired with Vega class graphics. (Though no DC / DAL / display code for Linux 4.14.)
- More AMDKFD upstreaming as part of AMD's HSA vision.
- Kabylake support for Intel GVT.
- Continued Cannonlake enablement for the next-gen "Gen 10" Intel graphics coming with these post-Kabylake processors but not to be confused with the Coffee Lake / Kabylake Refresh parts.
- NVIDIA GP108 support in Nouveau, but it's limited to just display/mode-setting. Nothing else really exciting for the open-source NVIDIA driver this cycle.
- HDMI CEC support within the Allwinner sun4i DRM driver as well as other HDMI improvements.
I think that covers most of the interesting work for end-users when it comes to DRM-Next changes for Linux 4.14. If I missed anything of interest, please point it out in the forums. As a reminder, the Linux 4.14 kernel will be a Long Term Support release, but that also makes it a pity that AMDGPU DC didn't happen for this LTS kernel likely to be used by Ubuntu 18.04, etc.
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