Fixing the Linux Graphics Kernel for True DisplayPort Compliance, Or: How to Upstream a Patch

Posted by bob on Mar 31, 2017 1:04 AM CST
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If you’ve ever hooked up a Linux computer to a DisplayPort monitor and encountered only a flickering or blank screen, we’ve got good news for you. A graphics kernel developer at Intel's Open Source Technology Center has solved the problem with a patch that will go into Linux 4.12. Manasi Navare’s patch modifies Atomic Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) technology to gracefully drop down to a lower resolution to display the image.

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