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Intel Sends Out Meteor Lake & Sierra Forest Patches For The GCC Compiler

Phoronix - Fri, 10/14/2022 - 18:21
Intel has today sent out new compiler patches as they work to get their next-generation processors all set for the open-source GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), including the introduction of some new x86_64 instruction set extensions coming with the high core count Sierra Forest processors...

GNU Toolchain Leaders Support Moving Their Infrastructure Under The Linux Foundation

Phoronix - Fri, 10/14/2022 - 18:09
Brought up in September was the proposal of moving the GNU toolchain infrastructure under the Linux Foundation's IT services. The GNU Toolchain leaders have now come out formally in support of this proposed move...

Linux 6.1 To Allow Faster File Sharing Between Host & Guests With 9P VirtIO Optimization

Phoronix - Fri, 10/14/2022 - 17:42
The 9P network protocol is commonly used -- such as with with QEMU's 9pfs pass-through file-system -- for being able to share certain directories/files on host machines with the guest operating systems. With Linux 6.1 the 9p code has seen a nice set of optimizations that can allow for faster communication between the host and guest(s)...

Intel Publishes New Media Driver, oneVPL GPU Runtime "2022Q3" Releases

Phoronix - Fri, 10/14/2022 - 17:24
Intel has published their "2022Q3" releases for their open-source Media Driver with VA-API support as well as their Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime...

NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.7 Released For Enjoying VA-API With NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 10/14/2022 - 17:09
The NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver is the open-source, community-developed Video Acceleration API (VA-API) implementation that is built to make use of NVIDIA's NVDEC interface exposed by their proprietary Linux graphics driver stack. In turn this VA-API implementation is notable since it allows for NVIDIA GPU video acceleration with Firefox that targets VA-API but not the NVIDIA interfaces...

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