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Linux 6.14 To Introduce New DRM Boot Logger For Kernel Messages


Sent out today was the latest drm-misc-next pull request of various Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) changes queuing up ahead of the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle

Sent out today was the latest drm-misc-next pull request of various Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) changes queuing up ahead of the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle. This new DRM_Log code is just about rendering kernel messages to the screen and not handling user input or any other extra functionality better accomplished by user-space. One nice ability with this drm_log code is integer scaling support for increasing the text size as desired for dealing with modern HiDPI displays.

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