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by NooneAtAll3 178 days ago
what's the point of supporting HDMI?

just let this worse standard die already - and switch to DisplayPort

2 comments

I agree DisplayPort would be nice, but unfortunately, almost all currently available RISC-V SBCs only have physical HDMI and MIPI DSI connectors. We have to support the hardware that actually exists on the board.
If your board comes with a HDMI output you surely want to the that to connect e.g. a TV