Intel Submits A Final Batch Of Feature Changes For Their DRM Driver In Linux 4.14

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Submits A Final Batch Of Feature Changes For Their DRM Driver In Linux 4.14

Intel's open-source developers working on the i915 DRM driver have submitted the last of their feature work slated for the upcoming Linux 4.14 kernel by way of DRM-Next...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.14-Intel-Last-Features

[uid313]

Can it transition from boot (UEFI / POST) to Linux kernel (splash screen) to GDM to Wayland (GNOME) without any flickering or mode switch?

Does it support 10-bit?
Does it support HDR?
When will there be support for VESA Adaptive-Sync?

[Jedibeeftrix]

Can it transition from boot (UEFI / POST) to Linux kernel (splash screen) to GDM to Wayland (GNOME) without any flickering or mode switch?

Does it support 10-bit?
Does it support HDR?
When will there be support for VESA Adaptive-Sync?

good questions, and will broadwell still be a beneficiary of these majors changes, or has the drift started to newer architectures such as skylake/kabylake/cannonlake?

[Peter Fodrek]

Isn't it too late fore 4.14?


DRM Updates Submitted For Linux 4.11, Torvalds Explodes Over Code Quality
23 February 2017

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DRM-Updates-Linux-4.11

DRM Maintainers Are Running Out Of Time To Ship New Features For Linux 4.12

Red Hat's David Airlie has announced that 4.12 Git pulls will have a deadline by Linux 4.11-rc6 or else risk being postponed until Linux 4.13

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DRM-Linux-4.12-Deadline

Linux 4.13-rc6 Kernel Released
on 20 August 2017

https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.13-rc6-Released

I anticipate that rc6 DRM dealtime is mandatory for all later releases. It seems that it was only temporary state,yet.

[timofonic]

What happened to this?

[bridgman]

The changes seem to be in Dave's drm-next tree.

Looks like the pull request was only a couple of days after rc6, and I imagine Daniel probably talked to Dave before the deadline.