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A Detailed Explanation On Intel's DOIT Mode, Possible Options For Linux's Handling

Phoronix - Sun, 02/05/2023 - 05:24
Following last week's article about Linux developers eyeing a new "DOITM" security mitigation for latest Intel CPUs based on guidance from Intel around Data Operand Independent Timing (DOIT) instructions and then it coming to light that the DOIT mode shouldn't always be on, a lengthier statement from one of Intel's Linux engineers has been published summing up the current beliefs and Linux kernel possibilities around DOIT(M)...

Asahi Gallium3D Driver Enables Mesa Shader Disk Cache Support

Phoronix - Sat, 02/04/2023 - 20:46
A number of patches were merged this week to Mesa 23.1 around the Asahi "AGX" Gallium3D driver that continues progressing on open-source OpenGL support for Apple Silicon M1/M2 graphics...

AMD Makes Progress On Their RDNA3 User-Mode Queues For Linux Driver

Phoronix - Sat, 02/04/2023 - 20:14
Just prior to Christmas there was a "request for comments" (RFC) patch series sent out working on RDNA3 user-mode queue support for their AMDGPU kernel driver. That work has now advanced post-RFC with an updated patch series having been sent out on Friday...

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Adds GPL Group Handles To Help VKD3D-Proton DXR

Phoronix - Sat, 02/04/2023 - 19:56
NVIDIA on Friday released the v525.47.07 Linux driver beta with their latest Vulkan driver enhancements along with the NVIDIA 528.50 driver on the Windows side...

Servo Web Engine Publishes Its 2023 Roadmap

Phoronix - Sat, 02/04/2023 - 19:40
Back in 2020 Mozilla moved Servo to the Linux Foundation for the Rust-written web engine after it laid off the Servo developers. Servo development is now community/volunteer-driven and a road-map was published yesterday outlining some of their hopes for this calendar year...

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