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AMD Ryzen AI Halo Box RGB LED Driver Inches Closer To The Mainline Kernel

AMD engineers have submitted the eighth revision of the Ryzen AI Halo Box RGB LED driver for Linux kernel review, bringing it closer to mainline inclusion. The driver, which controls the RGB light strip on the $3,999 mini PC, is expected to be upstreamed in the Linux 7.3 merge window in late August.

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AMD Ryzen AI Halo Box RGB LED Driver Inches Closer To The Mainline Kernel
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Since April there have been

The new version brings mostly minor code changes as a result of the previous round of code review. From my monitoring, it's looking like the code review is about wrapped up and nearing the stage of being queued into the x86 platform driver's "-next" branch.

Barring any last minute surprises I am suspecting that this AMD Ryzen AI Halo RGB LED driver will be ready for upstreaming in the Linux 7.3 merge window in late August. Those with one of these $3,999 USD mini PCs right now can try out the driver if wanting to control the light bar via

AMD Ryzen AI Halomini PC powered by Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" began shipping this week. It features very nice Linux support out-of-the-box with theDebian-based Ryzen AI Developer Platformoperating system. For those wishing to run their own x86_64 Linux distribution, one of the only caveats in the Linux support is quite small... No mainline kernel support yet for controlled the RGB LED light strip on the driver. But that driver is coming and will hopefully be mainlined soon.Since April there have been

AMD engineers working on this Halo Box RGB LED driverjust not for turning the light strip on/off but also manipulating the RGB color of the driver. As of today that driver is up to its eighth revision for code review.The new version brings mostly minor code changes as a result of the previous round of code review. From my monitoring, it's looking like the code review is about wrapped up and nearing the stage of being queued into the x86 platform driver's "-next" branch.

Barring any last minute surprises I am suspecting that this AMD Ryzen AI Halo RGB LED driver will be ready for upstreaming in the Linux 7.3 merge window in late August. Those with one of these $3,999 USD mini PCs right now can try out the driver if wanting to control the light bar via

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