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Mesa 22.3 Lands New "Rusticl" OpenCL 3.0 Implementation

Phoronix - Mon, 09/12/2022 - 18:25
Karol Herbst of Red Hat has seen his new "Rusticl" implementation merged into mainline Mesa! Mesa 22.3 next quarter will introduce this new Rust-written OpenCL 3.0 implementation that will hopefully be more successful than the existing Gallium3D "Clover" OpenCL driver...

Rust UEFI Firmware Targets Look For A Promotion To Tier-2

Phoronix - Mon, 09/12/2022 - 18:07
David Rheinsberg of Red Hat who is a contributor to systemd, BUS1, KMSCON, and other projects over the years is leading an effort seeking to get Rust's UEFI firmware targets promoted to a tier-2 class...

Aquacomputer High Flow Next To Be Supported With Linux 6.1

Phoronix - Mon, 09/12/2022 - 17:53
Added to the mainline Linux kernel last year was a Aquacomputer HWMON driver for initially supporting the German company's water-cooling pump under Linux with access to the fan speed, power, voltage, current, and coolant temperature. Since then that open-source driver developed by the community has been extended to cover an Aquacomputer fan controller and different models. For the Linux 6.1 cycle coming up there are more additions to the Aquacomputer driver...

Vulkan-Using X-Plane 12 Flight Simulator Now Available In Beta Form

Phoronix - Mon, 09/12/2022 - 17:37
Last week Laminar Research promoted X-Plane 12 to its early access public beta phase. This realistic flight simulator continues to natively support Linux -- and doing so well for many years -- and now with X-Plane 12, the Vulkan steps up past their long-used OpenGL renderer...

Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 Livestream

Phoronix - Mon, 09/12/2022 - 17:13
The Linux Plumbers Conference has returned to being an in-person event and is running today through Wednesday in Dublin, Ireland...

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