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That’s simply false.

Lol, which part? The part where I said they would turn it on if it was in the mainline kernel?

ideally, this package should gain mainline support in Arch before being evaluated for downstream inclusion in SteamOS 3.0.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/745#issuecomment-1059296256

Or the part where I said if it was stable? Or where I explicitly acknowledged the out of tree driver that’s a PITA?

The main detail here to answer is if the package has widespread testing and support over a long term, there’s a higher chance that a mainline package will present minimal to no additional overhead to maintain by SteamOS devs compared to an AUR package.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/745#issuecomment-1059302530

I guess thanks for doing the leg work on proving me right?

Lol, no. Not at any company. If the board at any major company hears the words “CDROM kernel module” something as gone horrifically wrong.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s super cool that valve can make changes as fast as they do. But there’s no way that kind of decision makes to to the board.

– Someone who made kernel param changes at a subsidiary of Samsung.

I’m sure if you get that in as a stable mainline kernel module, they’ll turn it on.

As someone who tried to get the out of tree drivers to work reliably for years, good luck.