Alder Lake graphics driver in Ubuntu 20.04

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Alder Lake graphics driver in Ubuntu 20.04

How can I get Alder Lake graphics drivers? I’m running 20.04 with the HWE-edge kernel (5.13), but I’m not able to use the igpu for hardware acceleration.

$ sudo lshw -c display
  *-display UNCLAIMED       
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:46000000-46ffffff memory:50000000-5fffffff ioport:4000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:48000000-4effffff

With other new unsupported hardware (like a 2.5GBE) I’ve been able to download drivers from the manufacturer’s website. Does nothing like this exist for intel?

Asked By: D34DC3N73R

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Answer 1

Eventually, the HWE-edge kernel was updated to 5.15 and included the intel drivers. You can see that now the i915 driver is shown with sudo lshw -c display.

$ sudo lshw -c display
  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:144 memory:46000000-46ffffff memory:50000000-5fffffff ioport:4000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:48000000-4effffff

Answered By: D34DC3N73R