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Google Begins Upstreaming Fuchsia OS Support Into Mesa 3D

Phoronix - Sat, 06/08/2024 - 04:45
With not hearing much about Fuchsia OS in a while and the Fuchsia OS team being hit hard by layoffs last year, coming as a surprise today is seeing Google beginning to upstream Fuchsia OS support into the Mesa 3D graphics driver stack...

Linux 6.11 To Merge Support For Running AMD SEV-SNP KVM Guests

Phoronix - Sat, 06/08/2024 - 01:35
The patches have been years in the making around AMD SEV-SNP encrypted virtualization and various elements have been upstreamed in prior kernel versions while for the upcoming Linux 6.11 cycle are finally the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) bits for launching SEV-SNP protected guest virtual machines...

Big Speed Boost For AES-GCM Performance On Intel & AMD CPUs Queued Ahead Of Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Sat, 06/08/2024 - 00:39
The patches recently covered on Phoronix for up to 162% faster AES-GCM encryption/decryption with modern Intel and AMD processors is now queued for introduction in the upcoming Linux 6.11 cycle!..

AMD Lands Support For Vendor Flavored SPIR-V Within LLVM

Phoronix - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 22:12
SPIR-V used by the likes of OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan is a common intermediate representation (IR) / intermediate language for consumption by device drivers. With code now merged into LLVM, AMD has introduced the notion of vendor "flavored" SPIR-V for containing extra information pertinent to the GPU device/driver being targeted...

Intel's Xe Driver Preps For SR-IOV Support & More Lunar Lake With Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 18:56
On Thursday the first set of Intel Xe driver feature updates were submitted to DRM-Next of material intended for merging with the Linux 6.11 kernel in July...

Python 3.13 Beta 2 Released For Testing The Experimental JIT & Other New Features

Phoronix - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 18:49
The second beta is now available for testing of the upcoming Python 3.13 release that is bringing an experimental JIT, a new interactive interpreter, and other big features for this annual Python feature release...

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