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A Number Of Exciting RISC-V Improvements For Linux 5.13

Phoronix - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 21:07
From bringing up the PolarFire ICICLE SoC to adding support for KProbes, FORTIFY_SOURCE, and other new kernel features for the RISC-V architecture, the Linux 5.13 kernel changes are exciting for this open-source processor ISA...

Qt 6.1 Released With More Modules Ported To Qt6

Phoronix - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 19:08
Qt 6.1 is out today as the second major feature release to Qt6 following its stable introduction at the end of last year. Ahead of Qt 6.2 being the first planned Long-Term Support release later this year, Qt 6.1 brings more Qt5 modules over and other improvements in making Qt6 more viable...

Turnip Vulkan Driver Continues Maturing, Correctly Rendering More Games

Phoronix - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 18:40
Turnip is the open-source Mesa Vulkan driver aligned with the Freedreno effort for Qualcomm Adreno support. Turnip has been in fairly good shape but fixes and other improvements keep flowing in as new Vulkan games/apps continue to be tested on this open-source Adreno Vulkan driver...

AMDGPU Driver Gets Initial Fixes For Linux 5.13 - Polaris 12 32-bit, Suspend/Resume Fix

Phoronix - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 18:09
With the in-development Linux 5.13 kernel there are some notable AMD Radeon driver additions. But with the 5.13 merge window set to close this weekend, an initial batch of post-feature-work fixes was sent in overnight...

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