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AMD HIP RT 2.4 Brings H-PLOC & New Graphics Architecture Support

Phoronix - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 22:20
AMD's GPUOpen team has released HIP RT 2.4 as the newest version of this open-source ray-tracing library built atop their HIP interface...

vDSO getrandom() Ported To Five More CPU Architectures With Linux 6.12

Phoronix - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 22:04
Linux 6.11 introduced the getrandom() in the vDSO support for faster yet secure user-space random number generation needs. Initially that was focused on Linux x86_64 while for Linux 6.12 is ported to five more architectures...

Linux 6.12 Adding HDMI CEC Driver For A 4K HDMI Splitter/Amplifier

Phoronix - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 20:47
The media subsystem updates were submitted today for the Linux 6.12 kernel merge window. Notable this cycle is a new HDMI CEC driver for a 4K HDMI splitter/amplifier for those looking for a device that can be controlled from within Linux using the HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) specification...

Linux Preparing Support For The RISC-V Framework Laptop 13

Phoronix - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 18:40
Back in June it was teased that Framework Computer in collaboration with DeepComputing would be releasing a RISC-V motherboard for the Framework Laptop 13. That RISC-V laptop motherboard has yet to be officially released but Linux kernel patches were posted today for enabling the DeviceTree support so Linux can boot on this upcoming board...

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