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Intel Sends in a Final Batch Of DRM Feature Updates Targeting Linux 4.19 (phoronix.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: After several big feature pull requests of new "i915" Intel DRM driver features landing in DRM-Next for Linux 4.19, the Intel open-source developers have sent in what they believe to be their last batch of feature changes for queuing this next kernel cycle. Feature activity has dwindled compared to the earlier pull requests, but this latest gathering of patches does include Intel GVT vGPU huge-page support for guests, continued Panel Self Refresh (PSR) fixes/clean-ups, GMBUS improvements for HDCP v2.2 compliance, GEM memory management improvements, and other display code improvements.

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  1. Good DRM, not bad DRM by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 5, Informative

    Before you guys get excited, this is DRM=Direct Rendering Manager (Linux's graphic driver infrastructure), and it has nothing to do with Digital Rights Managemtn.

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    1. Re: Good DRM, not bad DRM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      That is incorrect. The summary lists the features that were added, including support for HDCP v2.2. HDCP is high definition copy protection, which involves encrypting video signals while being sent to external displays. This is a key component of digital rights management systems by making it difficult to capture video signals and record them. That alone indicates that DRM does, indeed, refer to digital rights management in this context.