Valve is persuading the HDMI Forum to allow open source support for HDMI 2.1 on Linux (SteamOS) without restrictions 💫

This video standard brawl isn't a do-or-die problem for the Steam Machine - most won’t even notice.

The HDMI Forum holds Linux gaming back artificially tho. Society could just drop HDMI, adopting free'er DisplayPort where common sense is missing 😉

If Valve succeeds towards '26 - it'll be a huge victory for all.

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#HDMI_2_1 #HDMI #Valve #SteamOS #Linux

Valve Trying to Unblock Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support on Steam Machine

Valve is reportedly attempting to persuade the HDMI Forum—the consortium responsible for HDMI development—to allow open-source support for HDMI 2.1 on Linux, enabling the standard to function without restrictions on SteamOS.

^TechPowerUp

Want a magic box that just works? #SteamMachine is for you. Want to build your own, choose your own components, architecture, even OS? You can do that too.

Both ways are completely compatible with each other. No corporate lockdowns or gatekeeping.

That's how technology should work.

#Valve is leading the way in how you can build a polished commercial ecosystem that still lets you do what you want, and plays nice with everyone else.

#bigtech #linux #gaming #techtyranny #steamos

#Valve announ ced a new #Steam Controller,Console, and VR headset, which you all know about cause you were all awake when this dropped while my French ass was fast asleep.

Here are my thoughts!

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Quick reminder on the likely reason why Valve's New Steam Machine only supports #HDMI 2.0:

""At this time an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation is not possible without running afoul of the HDMI Forum requirements.""

This is what Alex Deucher, the maintainer of the amdgpu #kernel driver, said one and a half years ago here:

gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd…

And from the ticket it looks like the problem remains.

See also Alex's earlier comment from early 2021 in the ticket:

gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd…

""HDMI 2.1 is not available on #Linux due to the HDMI Forum.""

#LinuxKernel #Valve #SteamMachine