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Better Late Than Never: Linux 6.17 To Enable Intel DG1 Graphics By Default
Prior to the DG2/Alchemist discrete GPUs from Intel there was the DG1 graphics processor that served primarily as the initial developer vehicle for facilitating Intel's modern discrete GPU push
DG1 is an after-thought now but mistakenly or simply having not too much concern given the very limited market presence of DG1, it was never enabled by default under Linux. That force_probe option is namely reserved for experimental/pre-production enabling of new Intel graphics targets but with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel that gate is being removed for DG1. Thus good news for anyone having a Xe MAX GPU laptop or happen to have a DG1 graphics card or buying one on the likes of eBay -- but DG1 is rather old at this point and users far better off going for Battlemage, Alchemist, or other open-source friendly Linux GPUs.
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