CD-ROM Support for Steam Deck Parity

evlaV / deckard-linux-no-oopsies Commit b68e4a1 Gabe Rowe committed 4 days ago gabe_defconfig: add support for cdrom drives for parity with steamdeck/machine sm8650-7.2 1 parent b292c2e commit b68e4a1 1 file changed arch/arm64/configs/gabe_defconfig @@ -2119,6 +2119,7 @@ CONFIG_OF_OVERLAY=y # CONFIG_PARPPORT is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NULL_BLK is not set + CONFIG_CDROM=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PCIESSD_MTIP32XX is not set

A GitHub commit adds modular CD-ROM support to a Linux defconfig, supposedly to achieve parity with a Steam Deck or machine. The joke is the absurdly specific and outdated hardware change presented with complete seriousness in a kernel commit. EN: A GitHub commit adds modular CD-ROM support to a Linux defconfig, supposedly to achieve parity with a Steam Deck or machine. The joke is the absurdly specific and outdated hardware change presented with complete seriousness in a kernel commit.

• @gentoomemes / 22353 2026-10-24