Kernel (Linux) and Graphics: Mesa, Intel, and AMD
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Turnip Vulkan Driver Lands Transform Feedback Support
The Turnip Mesa Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics processors can now handle transform feedback.
With Freedreno Gallium3D being in good standing for open-source OpenGL support on Qualcomm Adreno hardware developed by Google engineers and the open-source community, the attention more recently has been focused on the related "Turnip" driver for Vulkan support.
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Intel Bay Trail Continues To See Linux Fixes In 2020 - This Time For Time Drifting
It's been seven years since Intel launched the "Bay Trail" Atom processors and the Linux fixes for it and the succeeding Cherry Trail continue to materialize for the kernel.
Over the years we have seen Intel Bay Trail support on Linux seeing quite a number of fixes. The Bay Trail work has included belated items like fixing hibernation support, Bay Trail quirky behavior on varying kernels, improved clocking behavior, performance fixes, and other items. Bay Trail continues to stand out as one of the buggier Intel platforms when it comes to the Linux driver support.
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More AMD Family 19h (Zen 3) Code Trickling Into Linux 5.7
We continue to see bits here and there of AMD Family 19h / Zen 3 support coming together for the mainline Linux kernel.
For Linux 5.6 has been some Family 19h PCI IDs being added to existing AMD Zen support code paths. Last month were a few 19h patches for the perf subsystem.
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Peer-To-Peer DMA-BUF Support Being Ironed Out, Patches Pending For AMDGPU
One of the latest patch series being worked on by long-time open-source AMD Linux graphics driver developer Christian König is P2P DMA-BUF support.
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