Comment on Steam Hardware Announcement - (This is wild)
fonix232@fedia.io 19 hours agoDrivers aren't the issue. Keeping them up to date is.
Most of these drivers are written for specific kernel versions (and are part of the BSP), but Qualcomm only keeps them updated for a given cycle. Which is usually 2-3 years (albeit Google's recent push has resulted in longer support cycles).
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
It’s not terribly important because steam can make their own drivers and update them but they have to usually have a working driver to start from or good documentation from Qualcomm. Patching bugs isn’t all that difficult even with binaries.
fonix232@fedia.io 4 hours ago
Official support IS important, because the downstream companies can't (and shouldn't) be expected to make the support happen.
It's Qualcomm's hardware, only Qualcomm has the internal documentation that ensures the drivers are up to spec, it should be up to them to provide 6-8-10 years of continued support. They don't because they're essentially in a monopoly market.
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Well good luck getting them to do that.