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Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 08:59
Intel has some terrific improvements lined up for their modern "Xe" kernel graphics driver with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. New hardware support, SR-IOV preparations for Battlemage, other Intel Battlemage work, and also preparations for the upcoming multi-device support...

NovaCustom Launching An Intel Meteor Lake NUC Box Running On Dasharo/Coreboot

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 08:14
For those interested in a small form factor PC running on the open-source Coreboot firmware, Netherlands-based vendor NovaCustom is launching an Intel Meteor Lake powered NUC box running on the Dasharo downstream of Coreboot...

OpenCL 3.0.19 Released With SPIR-V Queries & Android Hardware Buffer Extensions

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 03:23
The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.19 documentation as the latest specification for the OpenCL 3.0 compute API...

Nouveau NAK Lands A Big Improvement For NVIDIA Kepler GPUs: As Much As 2.5x Faster

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 01:14
Merged today to the open-source NVIDIA "NAK" compiler code within Mesa 25.2 is Kepler instruction scheduling. This real instruction scheduling support for GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" graphics processors can provide some significant performance benefits in select workloads...

Linux 6.15.6, 6.12.37 LTS & Other Stable Kernels Deliver TSA Mitigations

Phoronix - Thu, 07/10/2025 - 23:24
Greg Kroah-Hartman just released the Linux 6.15.6 point release as well as the Linux 6.12.37 LTS kernel and new point releases in prior-year Long Term Support kernel versions. The main headline of today's stable kernel releases are picking up the mitigations for the Transient Scheduler Attacks (TSA) mitigations that were disclosed this week for AMD processors...

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