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FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 Released With POWER Fixes, Other Bugs Addressed

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 08:22
Last week saw FreeBSD 13.0-RC3 released as an "extra" build due to the fallout from the last minute WireGuard situation. Due to other bugs, FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 was issued today rather than going for the final release...

The Most Exciting Open-Source Graphics Driver News From Q1'2021

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 06:12
Mesa this quarter saw the release of Mesa 21.0 with many OpenGL and Vulkan improvements, a lot of work continues building up around the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation, Lavapipe continued advancing for software-based Vulkan, Intel and AMD continued with their stellar open-source hardware support, and performance optimizations in Mesa and lower down the stack are seemingly never-ending...

NVIDIA Proposes Mesa Patches To Support Alternative GBM Back-Ends

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 02:26
NVIDIA has proposed a merge request to Mesa that would lay the infrastructure for allowing alternative GBM (Generic Buffer Manager) back-ends to be loaded, such as for NVIDIA's proprietary driver should it presumably implement GBM in the future...

Linux Driver Published For FSP/3Y-Power Server PSUs

Phoronix - Mon, 03/29/2021 - 23:03
For those that happen to be running FSP/3Y-Power hot-swappable power supplies, a Linux driver is en route...

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