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Intel IAA Crypto Compression Driver To Be Merged For Linux 6.8

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Set to be merged for the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle is the IAA crypto compression driver for allowing users of the Linux kernel’s compression API to make use of the Intel Analytics Accelerator (IAA) found with Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids Xeon server processors…

Source: Phoronix – Intel IAA Crypto Compression Driver To Be Merged For Linux 6.8

Arcan Display Framework Receives Funding As Innovative Wayland Alternative

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While much of the focus by Linux desktops as we roll into 2024 is polishing off their Wayland support, there does exist a rather innovative display server out there that’s been in the works for years: Arcan. Arcan is the open-source project built atop a game engine and provides a display server paired with a real-time multimedia framework for audio and video. Arcan can be used from embedded purposes through full desktop solutions and can also interact with Wayland and X11 as well as embracing VR. Arcan 0.6.3 was released today along with the announcement that they’ve taken on some funding…

Source: Phoronix – Arcan Display Framework Receives Funding As Innovative Wayland Alternative

Intel Gaudi2's Linux Driver Support Is "Very Stable At This Point", Gaudi2C Device Added

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By now you’ve likely heard how Intel’s Gaudi2 accelerator hardware is standing up very well against the NVIDIA competition especially in value. There’s nothing new there but an important part to keep in mind — and where Intel is the hands-down winner — is the open-source ecosystem with having a fully open-source and upstream Linux kernel accelerator driver as well as their SynapseAI open-source components in user-space. The Gaudi2 open-source kernel driver support is now considered “very stable at this point” with the upstream state fairing well…

Source: Phoronix – Intel Gaudi2’s Linux Driver Support Is “Very Stable At This Point”, Gaudi2C Device Added

Intel 5th Gen Xeon Performance Benchmarks: Impressive Efficiency Gains With "Optimized Power Mode"

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With the new Intel 5th Gen Xeon “Emerald Rapids” processors there is a new feature called the Optimized Power Mode (OPM). This Optimized Power Mode can be enabled via the system BIOS for Emerald Rapids for helping to reduce the CPU power consumption when not running at full utilization. With Intel claiming that up to 110 Watts of server power savings can be conserved when running at 30~40% utilization, I was curious and set out to run my own Optimized Power Mode benchmarks with the Xeon Platinum 8592+ processors. Here is a deep dive on Intel Optimized Power Mode benchmarks.

Source: Phoronix – Intel 5th Gen Xeon Performance Benchmarks: Impressive Efficiency Gains With “Optimized Power Mode”

RADV Vulkan Video Encoding Still Being Worked On

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For Mesa 23.1 earlier this year initial RADV Vulkan Video decode support was merged for supporting GPU-based video acceleration with this Khronos video API. As we approach the end of the year, RADV’s Vulkan Video encode support remains a work-in-progress but hopefully won’t be too much longer before being upstreamed…

Source: Phoronix – RADV Vulkan Video Encoding Still Being Worked On

The First Rust-Written Network PHY Driver Set To Land In Linux 6.8

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Since Linux 6.1 when the very initial Rust infrastructure was added to the Linux kernel there’s been a lot of other plumbing and house keeping merged since for enabling kernel drivers to be written in the Rust programming language. With the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle, the first Rust network driver is set to be introduced…

Source: Phoronix – The First Rust-Written Network PHY Driver Set To Land In Linux 6.8

AMD Enables VCN Region Of Interest "ROI" Video Encoder Support For Linux GPU Drivers

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While not talked about as much as the AMD open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers for Linux, AMD’s multimedia stack on Linux continues to be improved upon for supporting new use-cases with AMD-based Linux deployments continuing to come up in the embedded space for all different applications like in-vehicle infotainment systems. The newest AMD video acceleration feature to now be wired up to their open-source Mesa code is enabling region of interest (ROI) encoding functionality…

Source: Phoronix – AMD Enables VCN Region Of Interest “ROI” Video Encoder Support For Linux GPU Drivers

For At Least One Game, Mesa's NVK Driver Can Outperform NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver

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In at least one game running on Linux via Proton Experimental, the Mesa NVK open-source Vulkan driver paired with the latest Nouveau reverse-engineered kernel driver is delivering better performance than NVIDIA’s proprietary Linux graphics driver…

Source: Phoronix – For At Least One Game, Mesa’s NVK Driver Can Outperform NVIDIA’s Proprietary Driver

Cloud Hypervisor 37 LTS Released With Faster VM Restoration From Snapshots

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A new Long-Term Support version of Cloud Hypervisor was released this week, which is the open-source project originally started by Intel as a cloud-focused and Rust-written VMM that now has wide industry backing including from multiple other CPU vendors…

Source: Phoronix – Cloud Hypervisor 37 LTS Released With Faster VM Restoration From Snapshots

Sophgo SG2380 RISC-V SoC To Now Support Up To 96GB RAM, Additional PCIe & 25 GbE

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Back in October the Milk-V Oasis mITX board was announced with this RISC-V board being powered by a 16-core Sophgo SG2380 SoC featuring SiFive-designed cores: 12 P cores and four E cores. While that Milk-V Oasis board isn’t expected to ship until Q3’2024, Milk-V shared this week that the SG2380 RISC-V SoC has been revised with additional capabilities…

Source: Phoronix – Sophgo SG2380 RISC-V SoC To Now Support Up To 96GB RAM, Additional PCIe & 25 GbE