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Intel's Open-Source Linux Compute Stack Maturing Very Well For Arc Graphics

Phoronix - Tue, 03/14/2023 - 00:00
From early December to late February there was an absence of new Compute-Runtime updates for that open-source stack for providing OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero support for Intel graphics hardware on Linux. It was out of trend as they worked to move from a weekly~biweekly release rhythm to a monthly release cadence while taking extra time for making various other changes too. After that three month lull, they are back to pushing out new compute updates and damn it's looking nice. At least in my testing, the progress they've quietly made over the past few months has been very nice for the compute stack compatibility/support and performance.

ipmitool Repository Archived, Developer Suspended By GitHub

Phoronix - Mon, 03/13/2023 - 23:30
The ipmitool utility on Linux systems is widely-used for controlling IPMI-enabled servers and other systems. This tool for interacting with the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is extremely common with server administrators while now its development is in a temporary state of limbo due to GitHub...

Intel Meteor Lake Graphics IDs Enabled For Mesa 23.1

Phoronix - Mon, 03/13/2023 - 20:36
The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan support for Intel's next-generation Meteor Lake client processors is taking a step forward with next quarter's Mesa 23.1 release...

Linux 6.1.19 LTS & 6.2.6 Released With AMD System Stuttering Workaround

Phoronix - Mon, 03/13/2023 - 18:40
Following last night's Linux 6.2-rc2 release that brings a workaround for system stuttering on some AMD Ryzen systems, that workaround was quickly back-ported to the Linux 6.1 LTS and 6.2 stable series and spun into new releases for Monday morning...

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