▲ 775 ▼ HDMI Forum is unwilling to disclose the 2.1 specification for open-source (Linux): according to AMD, they had submitted a functional, HDMI 2.1-compatible driver [for linux?], which the Forum rejected. (www.heise.de) submitted 10 months ago by VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 178 comments fedilink hide all child comments I do not really have a body for this. I was not aware that this is a thing and still feel like this is bs, but maybe there is an actual explanation for HDMI Forum's decision that I am missing.
[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) An example I randomly picked: https://www.amazon.de/Messger%C3%A4t-Strommessger%C3%A4t-Multimeter-Strommesser-Leistungskapazit%C3%A4t/dp/B0DK5GGVLM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) I have something like this myself, it's useful for knowing the power delivery of the cable/port combination, but I'm not sure if that really helps when it comes to determining the speed of the data transmission that the cable/port is capable of, or other features like displayport support, or which version of USB4 it might be supporting (I believe they have the same power delivery, even though the transfer speed is double). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, functionality between these varies, I know some of them can tell you what capabilities the cable's chip spits out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) I have something like this myself, it's useful for knowing the power delivery of the cable/port combination, but I'm not sure if that really helps when it comes to determining the speed of the data transmission that the cable/port is capable of, or other features like displayport support, or which version of USB4 it might be supporting (I believe they have the same power delivery, even though the transfer speed is double). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, functionality between these varies, I know some of them can tell you what capabilities the cable's chip spits out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, functionality between these varies, I know some of them can tell you what capabilities the cable's chip spits out. permalink fedilink source parent