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Syscall User Dispatch Appears Destined For Linux 5.11 To Help Windows Games On Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 01:00
The Syscall User Dispatch support looks like it should be mainlined for the Linux 5.11 kernel. This functionality is important for modern Windows games running on Linux under Wine / Proton...

DXVK 1.7.3 Released With Fixes, Support For New DXGI Interfaces

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 00:08
DXVK 1.7.3 is out as the latest stable update to this project implementing the Direct3D APIs atop Vulkan for accelerating the Linux gaming experience...

Intel Begins Upstreaming Work For Their Vision Processing Unit On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 12/02/2020 - 22:13
While Intel engineers over the course of the year began upstreaming various elements of the Keem Bay SoC support, the actual Vision Processing Unit (VPU) enabling hasn't been sent out for review until now. Intel has sent out their initial patches for bringing up the Vision Processing Unit on the open-source Linux kernel...

Bcachefs Going Through Period Of More Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Wed, 12/02/2020 - 19:34
Bcachefs was sent out for another round of review at the end of October. While it doesn't look like this file-system born out of Linux's block cache code will be mainlined in the immediate near future, it's still on a nice trajectory...

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