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It's Looking Like Bcachefs Won't Be Merged For Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Sun, 07/09/2023 - 18:28
Today the Linux 6.5 merge window is expected to be closed and one of the lingering issues has been whether the BCacheFS file-system driver will be merged following its pull request having been finally sent in...

HarfBuzz 8.0 Released - Introduces Shaper For WebAssembly Within Font Files

Phoronix - Sun, 07/09/2023 - 17:57
HarfBuzz 8.0 was released on Saturday as the newest feature release for this text shaping library used by many open-source software projects from GUI toolkits to desktop environments and other prominent applications...

Mesa RADV Driver Re-Enables Ray-Tracing Pipelines For AMD VanGogh APUs / Steam Deck

Phoronix - Sun, 07/09/2023 - 03:38
Last month The RADV ray-tracing pipelines support was enabled by default but then later disabled for VanGogh APUs, notably the Steam Deck. Now though with the latest ray-tracing code in Mesa 23.2-devel the RADV driver is no longer blocking the support for VanGogh...

Intel Speed Select Updates, x86 Android Tablet Updates For Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Sat, 07/08/2023 - 23:43
Last week all of the x86 platform driver feature updates were merged for the Linux 6.5 merge window which is wrapping up tomorrow...

Mesa's Rusticl Implements OpenCL Subgroups

Phoronix - Sat, 07/08/2023 - 18:50
Red Hat's Karol Herbst who has done a remarkable job on Rusticl as a modern OpenCL implementation written in Rust for Mesa Gallium3D drivers has another achievement under his belt: OpenCL subgroups are now in place for Mesa...

Linux Lands Fix For Intel Hybrid CPU Frequency Scaling When Disabling E-Cores

Phoronix - Sat, 07/08/2023 - 18:23
The Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling driver for the Linux kernel has received a fix to an issue that could lead to inadequate CPU frequency scaling behavior when running on a hybrid processor with E cores disable...

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