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Linux 7.1 Fixes Audio For The Steam Deck OLED After Being Broken 2 Years On The Upstream Kernel (www.phoronix.com)

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[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Why does this need to be in the kernel?

Looking to learn not criticize.

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[-] sip@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago

coz it's an monolithic architecture, they all get compiled in. if you don't want it, you can compile the kernel yourself, specifically for your hardware.

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