The team Red has started laying the groundwork for the RDNA 5 lineup on Linux by introducing initial support for DCN6. Early AMDGPU Patches Introduce Display Core Next 6, Tied to the Upcoming GFX13 Graphics Architecture AMD has taken one more step toward enabling support for its next-generation RDNA architecture on Linux. A new batch of AMDGPU patches has been submitted to the Linux Kernel mailing list and has begun laying the foundation for Display Core Next 6, aka DCN6, which is the display engine expected to power the RDNA 5 graphics chips. These patches are part of AMD's regular […]

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AMD has taken a major step toward enabling native open-source HDMI 2.1 support on Linux by submitting new patches for its AMDGPU driver. AMD Moves Closer to Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support on Linux With New AMDGPU FRL Patches It appears that the HDMI 2.1 support is finally arriving to Linux as AMD has submitted the new Fixed Rate Link (FRL) patches for its AMDGPU driver. This has been one of the longest-standing limitations that affected Radeon GPUs on the platform. There have been years of restrictions tied to the HDMI Forum (Org behind the HDMI standard) policies that prevented upstream […]

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With Linux 7.1, the focus will be more on improving and optimizing modern architectures. Early Linux 7.1 Patches Reveal a Major Cleanup and Modern CPU Enablement, and Driver Improvements for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA Hardware With the Linux 7.0 release, the merge window for Linux Kernel 7.1 has opened, and the new kernel is already getting readied through subsystem pull requests and feature-branch activity. The patches show that there will be another substantial update for the desktop and server users. While Linux 7.0 is just landing, developers are quickly moving toward the next merge window with changes that bring various […]

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