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Steam Deck Platform Driver In No Apparent Rush For Upstreaming Into The Linux Kernel
Back in February 2022 prior to the Valve Steam Deck being released, a Steam Deck Platform Driver was posted for the Linux kernel
The Steam Deck platform driver for the Linux kernel is used for CPU/device fan controller, accessing the DDIC registers, battery temperature measurements, display-related settings, and USB Type-C event notifications. Valve has been carrying a downstream version of this driver in their own kernel used by SteamOS and ships on the Steam Deck. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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