Windows 11 chipset drivers

[bogdi1988]

The AMD chipset drivers for laptops from the AMD's website successfully install the PSP driver. So the only thing leftover that is missing is the audio driver, a 5 PRP drivers which seem to be related to some Chromebook stuff (was this just the standard Van Gogh Chromebook platform repackaged in a smaller form factor?), ACPI controller driver (seems to be a Valve design), an SPI driver and a Nuvoton driver that seems to be audio related.

[Taktloss]

Is this a question?

[Marlock]

AMD carved a place for it in game consoles by offering custom APU design services for specific applixations, and managed to grab hold of the Xbox One series and of the PS4 and PS5.

I'm pretty sure the Steam Deck is the result of one such effort too (definitely not just a chromebook), but I expect it not to be so different from a normal APU in the next unreleased gen for laptops/desktops... as an example, AMD developed a solution for direct GPU access to SSD storage to save a roundtrip through RAM in the PS5 and same-gen Xbox, which a bit later appeared in PCs if you matched the correct gen of AMD CPUs and GPUs

It will take a while to bring up proper support for those components, because on Linux where the entire OS is opensource, anyone can in theory create and submit the necessary changes...

...while on Windows tipically that would be in the hands of the hardware manufacturer (AMD) and in their custom APU range likely that would be done under Valve's contract money, akin to a notebook manufacturer bringing up the drivers for a laptop in their website instead of each component's brand...

...and therein lies a possible problem, because reversing the usual industry trend, Valve invested on Linux instead of letting the community do a 3rd-party mostly-after-launch reverse-engineering effort to support the Deck... and they already said they are not going to officially support Windows on the Deck, having done the basics to ensure it will at least run, but not across the finish line with all the polish that usually goes into this.

For linux users this is... a bit cathartic... we've seen Linux get the second-hand treatment a zillion times, and it doesn't feel great. But eventually most things end up being well-supported regardless of this.

For Windows, where random interested 3rd-parties can't make direct code contribuitions, it might be a lot harder if not impossible to help.

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Originally posted by bogdi1988:

Nuvoton driver that seems to be audio related.

Nuvoton driver? It's multicontroller, generation 5V, 3.3V and 1.3V voltages on board. Maybe, audiochip manufactured by Realtek, Texas Instruments, Creative or Conexant?