Kernel 7.2 - when will this be in Suse TW? (was: Re: Suse Tumbleweed and AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL?)

Peter Maffter via openSUSE Users <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.general
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Am 14.08.26 um 23:22 schrieb Peter Maffter via openSUSE Users:
> Am 11.08.26 um 22:33 schrieb Peter Maffter via openSUSE Users:
>> Hello,
>>
>> on my Ubuntu 24.04 Laptop with nVidia I can already use 300Hz with my monitor.
>>
>> On my PC with Powercolor Red Devil Radeon RX 9070 XT , Suse Tumbleweed with
>> amdgpu this is still 120Hz at max.
>>
>> https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-FRL-Disabled-By-Default
>> says that this might be corrected in kernel Linux v7.2
>>
>> Are there plans in Suse Tumbleweed to implement this right away with kernel 7.2
>> or will the Tumbleweed gods wait longer?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Pete
> There are a few things connected to VRR:
> "> VRR support will come soon, so instead of making an elaborate
>   > TMDS fallback mechanism simply default FRL to disabled, but
>   > provide a dcfeaturemask of 0x400 to enable it if anyone wants
>   > to already try it out."
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-May/145097.html
> 
> and:
> "AMD Updates HDMI 2.1 VRR & ALLM Patches But Will Miss Out On Linux 7.3"
> https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-HDMI-VRR-ALLM-v2
> 
> so I can answer my question myself: no, it won't come in kernel 7.3
> unless the Tumbleweed gods plan something different -> ?
> 
> Display port works with 300Hz on my monitor but I am using HDMI with a KVM
> and there I get only 120Hz.
> :-/

I have to correct this a bit.

Support for HDMI 2.1 FRL (Fixed Rate Link) for AMD graphic driver is in
kernel 7.2.
https://www.computerbase.de/news/betriebssysteme/linux-kernel-7-2-umfangreicher-als-ich-mir-gewuenscht-habe-sagt-linus-torvalds.98890/

https://www.techpowerup.com/348723/amd-readies-full-open-source-hdmi-2-1-support-for-linux


VRR & ALLM seem to be missing.

So the question is: when will Suse TW get this kernel 7.2?

BR
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