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Plans Being Drafted To Upstream Intel's New "Xe" Linux Graphics Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 00:00
While the Linux 6.3 merge window has just begun, what you won't find in this next kernel version is the Intel Xe DRM driver as the new kernel graphics driver being worked on by the company for their modern integrated and discrete graphics processors...

Intel Sends Out "La Jolla Cove Adapter" Linux Driver Patches As Part Of IVSC

Phoronix - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 22:07
Intel this weekend submitted their Linux device driver patches for review concerning their La Jolla Cove Adapter (LJCA) hardware...

Linux 6.3 Introducing Hardware Noise "hwnoise" Tool

Phoronix - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 20:26
As part of the tracing updates sent in for Linux 6.3 is the introduction of the new "hwnoise" tool within the kernel source tree for monitoring and quantifying hardware noise...

AMDVLK 2023.Q1.2 Vulkan Driver Released With Fixes, New Extension

Phoronix - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 19:52
Out today is AMDVLK 2023.Q1.2 as AMD's second open-source Vulkan Linux driver release of the year...

EROFS Gets Low-Latency Decompression For Much Better Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 19:39
The EROFS file-system updates for Linux 6.3 include introducing a new option for per-CPU KThreads to provide low-latency decompression for speeding up use of compressed EROFS file-systems on Android devices...

Qt Safe Renderer 2.0 Released To Enhance Functional Safety UIs

Phoronix - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 19:29
The Qt Group has released Qt Safe Renderer 2.0 as the newest version of their Qt renderer focused on functional safety for rendering user interface elements of utmost importance such as critical interfaces within automobiles and airplanes...

Linux 6.3 RAS/EDAC Changes Bring New Features For Intel & AMD

Phoronix - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 19:06
Among the early pull requests for the now-open Linux 6.3 merge window are the RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) and EDAC (Error Detection And Correction) updates...

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