--- title: Steam Frame VR Headset Sees Mainline Support With Linux 7.4 description: The mainline Linux 7.4 kernel gains support for Valve's Steam Frame VR headset, codenamed Deckard. The Device Tree patches were upstreamed on a Sunday as part... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/steam-frame-vr-headset-sees-mainline-support-with-linux-7-4-lqavbv1bn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Steam Frame VR Headset Sees Mainline Support With Linux 7.4 | daily.dev og:description: The mainline Linux 7.4 kernel gains support for Valve's Steam Frame VR headset, codenamed Deckard. The Device Tree patches were upstreamed on a Sunday as part... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/steam-frame-vr-headset-sees-mainline-support-with-linux-7-4-lqavbv1bn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lqaVBV1BN.png og:image:alt: Steam Frame VR Headset Sees Mainline Support With Linux 7.4 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Steam Frame VR Headset Sees Mainline Support With Linux 7.4 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The mainline Linux 7.4 kernel gains support for Valve's Steam Frame VR headset, codenamed Deckard. The Device Tree patches were upstreamed on a Sunday as part of the SoC merge, authored by Linaro engineer Neil Armstrong. The headset runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC (SM8650) and the patch provides initial support for reserved memory, regulators, GPIO keys, PMIC functions and ADC channels, UFS storage, USB gadget mode, WCN7850 Wifi7 plus Bluetooth, I2C peripherals, and an SD card slot. The most polished support will still come from SteamOS's downstream kernel builds, not mainline. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does the mainline Linux kernel support Valve's Steam Frame VR headset? Yes, mainline Linux 7.4 includes initial Device Tree support for the Steam Frame, codenamed Deckard, upstreamed by Linaro engineer Neil Armstrong. It covers the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (SM8650) SoC, reserved memory, PMIC functions, UFS storage, USB gadget mode, WCN7850 Wifi7 and Bluetooth, I2C peripherals, and an SD card slot, though SteamOS's downstream kernel remains more full-featured. _Developers eyeing alternative distros on Steam Frame hardware can track kernel support milestones like this on daily.dev._ ### What SoC does the Valve Steam Frame VR headset use? The Valve Steam Frame VR headset is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, identified as SM8650 in the kernel patch adding its Device Tree. The bootloader starts Linux in EL2 exception level, requiring removal of certain EL1 and DSP related device tree nodes. _Anyone porting Linux to Snapdragon-based hardware can follow SoC enablement details like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Valve is welcoming Android games into Steam](https://daily.dev/posts/valve-is-welcoming-android-games-into-steam-ztlqmwtoh) · The Verge · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.0 Brings An EFI Framebuffer Quirk For Valve's Steam Deck](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-0-brings-an-efi-framebuffer-quirk-for-valve-s-steam-deck-v9sga3lyw) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.1 brings new NTFS driver, Steam Deck OLED audio fix \+ more](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more-jfil3igpw) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 17 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#arm](https://daily.dev/tags/arm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-frame-vr-headset-sees-mainline-support-with-linux-7-4-lqavbv1bn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Steam Frame VR Headset Sees Mainline Support With Linux 7.4","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/steam-frame-vr-headset-sees-mainline-support-with-linux-7-4-lqavbv1bn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/steam-frame-vr-headset-sees-mainline-support-with-linux-7-4-lqavbv1bn"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T00:45:15.164Z","dateModified":"2026-10-31T20:46:22.635Z","description":"The mainline Linux 7.4 kernel gains support for Valve's Steam Frame VR headset, codenamed Deckard. 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