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The big set of open-source graphics driver updates for Linux 6.15 have been merged but Linux creator Linus Torvalds isn’t particularly happy with the pull request. In particular, he’s unhappy with some new “hdrtest” testing code being built as part of full kernel builds and the “turds” it leaves behind and this code “needs to die” at least from the perspective of non-DRM driver developers.

  • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    5 days ago

    Some context from the article I found helpful as a layman :)

    When seeing this mailing list post, my immediate assumption was it being some new HDR testing code that slipped under my radar from DRM-Next coverage, given all the ongoing High Dynamic Range / color management work happening recently for the Linux desktop. But when digging into the merge, it’s actually even more mundane. The “hdr” in this sense is around the C header files. The new “hdrtest” code is for the Intel Xe kernel driver and is around trying to help ensure the DRM header files are self-contained and pass kernel-doc tests. Basic maintenance checks on the included DRM header files to ensure they are all in good shape.

    Apparently this is about neither DRM, nor HDR in the sense an average user might think of those terms 😅

    • Ooops@feddit.org
      481·
      5 days ago

      Apparently this is about neither DRM

      It’s not about the DRM people think about… but the Direct Rendering Manager

    • Magiilaro@feddit.org
      16·
      4 days ago

      Kernel devs used both DRM and HDR for Direct Rendering Manager and Header years before Digital rights management or High dynamic range was a thing. So they have the older rights to this acronyms and the others are the filthy thiefs and imposters 😜

    • stravanasu@lemmy.caEnglish
      121·
      4 days ago

      IMSTOA. WDNPSEAM?

      (I’m so tired of acronyms. Why don’t people write in English anymore?)