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AMD Posts HDMI 2.1 FRL Patches For Their AMDGPU Linux Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 05/01/2026 - 22:44
It's not complete HDMI 2.1 support but to much surprise hitting the mailing list today were official patches from AMD for implementing HDMI Fixed Rate Link "FRL" support for their kernel graphics driver. HDMI FRL as part of HDMI 2.1+ allows for higher bandwidth to support higher refresh rates and resolutions...

Linux Support Coming For The ASUS ROG RAIKIRI II: A $160 High-End Gaming Controller

Phoronix - Fri, 05/01/2026 - 21:12
The ASUS ROG RAIKIRI II is a recently-launched wireless gaming controller for both PC and Xbox gaming. This is a premium controller priced at $160 USD and has been receiving positive reviews under Windows while now it will soon be seeing mainline Linux support...

Intel Making More GPU Driver Improvements For Crescent Island With Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Fri, 05/01/2026 - 18:29
Intel's upcoming Crescent Island product as a reminder is a new inference-optimized Xe3P graphics card with 160GB of vRAM and targeting enterprise AI workloads. Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver engineers continue to be very busy enabling the driver support for Crescent Island as well as making broader Xe3P improvements...

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