Steam Frame VR Headset Gains Linux 7.4 Mainline Support on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
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Updated · Phoronix · Oct 27
Steam Frame VR Headset Gains Linux 7.4 Mainline Support on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2 articles · Updated · Phoronix · Oct 27
Summary
Linux 7.4 now includes initial mainline support for Valve's Steam Frame VR headset, with the Device Tree for the "Deckard" hardware merged Sunday as part of SoC updates.
Neil Armstrong of Linaro authored the patches, which add core bring-up support for reserved memory, regulators, GPIO keys, PMIC functions, UFS storage, USB gadget, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, I2C and an SD card slot.
The headset runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and the patch notes say its bootloader starts Linux in EL2, requiring some EL1 and DSP nodes to be removed and reserved-memory mapping to be defined.
Mainline support could let Linux distributions beyond SteamOS target the headset, though the most complete and polished support is still expected to remain in Valve's downstream SteamOS kernel builds.
The upstreaming arrived not long after the Steam Frame's September launch, signaling Valve hardware support is reaching the mainline kernel relatively quickly.