Sadly, more than two years later, this driver still hasn’t been upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel and it looks like it could still be months before it happens.
The Steam Deck platform driver for the Linux kernel is used for CPU/device fan controller, accessing the DDIC registers, battery temperature measurements, display-related settings, and USB Type-C event notifications.
Valve has been carrying a downstream version of this driver in their own kernel used by SteamOS and ships on the Steam Deck.
After being quiet on the mailing list for over a year, finally in late April a user asked about the state: "I want to run the latest mainline kernels on the Steam Deck and came across some newer patches of yours (and others) in Valve’s steamOS kernel that may(?)
They seem to be required for properly handling input, thermals, etc on this device.
Andrey Smirnov has been working for Valve going back several years on various SteamOS kernel changes and upstreaming.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sadly, more than two years later, this driver still hasn’t been upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel and it looks like it could still be months before it happens.
The Steam Deck platform driver for the Linux kernel is used for CPU/device fan controller, accessing the DDIC registers, battery temperature measurements, display-related settings, and USB Type-C event notifications.
Valve has been carrying a downstream version of this driver in their own kernel used by SteamOS and ships on the Steam Deck.
After being quiet on the mailing list for over a year, finally in late April a user asked about the state: "I want to run the latest mainline kernels on the Steam Deck and came across some newer patches of yours (and others) in Valve’s steamOS kernel that may(?)
They seem to be required for properly handling input, thermals, etc on this device.
Andrey Smirnov has been working for Valve going back several years on various SteamOS kernel changes and upstreaming.
The original article contains 309 words, the summary contains 162 words. Saved 48%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
It tried, but it missed some good context