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The Current State Of CXL Support On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 22:07
Immediately prior to the Linux 6.11-rc1 kernel being released yesterday, a set of Compute Express Link (CXL) patches were merged for the Linux kernel. There is some more CXL feature work this cycle but also notable is a documentation update as it now provides a concise look at the current state of CXL support on Linux...

AMD Updates DMCUB Firmware For RDNA3.5 Graphics With Strix Point

Phoronix - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 21:38
As I noted in yesterday's AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 review and in particular the new RDNA3.5-based Radeon 890M graphics, I used updated DMCUB firmware with the open-source Linux graphics driver stack to workaround some screen freezes and kernel errors initially experience while using the Linux 6.10 kernel. That updated DMCUB firmware is now public within the upstream linux-firmware.git repository for those that may be picking up a new AMD Ryzen AI laptop with RDNA3.5 graphics in the coming days...

Intel Compute Runtime 24.26.30049.6 Provides New APIs & Extensions

Phoronix - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 20:38
Intel is kicking off the new week with a new release to their open-source Compute Runtime stack that provides OpenCL and Level Zero support across Windows and Linux systems with Intel integrated/discrete graphics...

Mesa 24.3 Lands "The Juiciest Refactor Ever"

Phoronix - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 18:49
Mike Blumenkrantz of Valve landed another interesting patch series in Mesa Git for next quarter's Mesa 24.3... This is what he proclaims to be "THE JUICIEST REFACTOR EVER" for the Mesa GLX code...

TigerVNC 1.14 Allows OpenGL & Vulkan Hardware Acceleration

Phoronix - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 18:35
TigerVNC 1.14 released last week as the newest version of this high performance, cross-platform VNC client and server solution. Exciting with TigerVNC 1.14 is adding hardware acceleration support...

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