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Intel Submits Initial Batch Of Graphics Driver Updates Slated For Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 07:17
Now that more developers are returning from their holiday breaks, the first pull request to DRM-Next has been submitted of Intel kernel graphics driver material destined for Linux 5.12...

Radeon FreeSync Video Mode Optimization Updated For The AMDGPU Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 05:25
Last month we wrote about AMD engineers working on an experimental video mode optimization for FreeSync with the open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver. With AMD staff getting back to work following the holidays, an updated patch set was submitted today...

The Qt Company Is Tomorrow Moving Qt 5.15 To Its Commercial-Only LTS Phase

Phoronix - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 00:26
As part of their fundamental shift to restrict Qt LTS point releases to commercial customers, The Qt Company is closing the Qt 5.15 branch to the public tomorrow with future Qt 5.15 LTS point releases to be restricted to paying licensees...

AMD Performance On Linux 5.11 Remains Mixed Due To Schedutil With Frequency Invariance

Phoronix - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 23:43
Back on Christmas I wrote about Linux 5.11 regressing for AMD performance on Zen 2 and newer systems where the just-added CPU frequency invariance support was often hurting various workloads when using the default "Schedutil" scheduler utilization frequency scaling governor. Since then and through the holidays I have been carrying out many more benchmarks looking at the Linux 5.11 performance with a particular focus on the AMD desktop/server platforms.

Intel Keem Bay Accelerated Hashing Driver Positioned For Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 22:15
Keem Bay, Intel's third-generation Movidius VPU (Vision Processing Unit), continues seeing more upstream open-source hardware support within the Linux kernel. Coming to the Linux 5.12 kernel in a couple months will be more support within the crypto subsystem...

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