Completed NTSYNC Driver Merged For Linux 6.14: "Should Make Many SteamOS Users Happy"

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67377

    Completed NTSYNC Driver Merged For Linux 6.14: "Should Make Many SteamOS Users Happy"

    Phoronix: Completed NTSYNC Driver Merged For Linux 6.14: "Should Make Many SteamOS Users Happy"

    The "char/misc" pull request was submitted today for the ongoing Linux 6.14 merge window and already merged to the Linux Git tree... As expected, the completed code around the NTSYNC driver has landed for better emulating the Windows NT synchronization primitves as a big win to Wine / Steam Play (Proton) Windows gaming on Linux...

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  • dylanmtaylor
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2019
    • 156

    #2
    This is awesome to see. Is anyone tracking the patch set in upstream wine? Has that been merged to master yet? I see a ntsync-7 branch but I don't think it landed yet, correct me if I am wrong.

    Last edited by dylanmtaylor; 27 January 2025, 09:52 PM.

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    • Espionage724
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2024
      • 385

      #3
      Is this usable with upstream Wine Vanilla or Staging as-is, or any plans for Wine to allow it?

      It sounds cool, but I mainly use Staging.

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      • shmerl
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2009
        • 3512

        #4
        Originally posted by Espionage724 View Post
        Is this usable with upstream Wine Vanilla or Staging as-is, or any plans for Wine to allow it?

        It sounds cool, but I mainly use Staging.
        It's not usable with upstream Wine as is, until Wine changes are merged too. Hopefully it will happen soon. I don't think staging has these patches in the first place.

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        • user556
          Phoronix Member
          • Jul 2019
          • 114

          #5
          Are those framerate numbers, for the games, or something else?

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          • Daktyl198
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2013
            • 1584

            #6
            Originally posted by user556 View Post
            Are those framerate numbers, for the games, or something else?
            Yes, that's FPS. Very few games will see uplifts of that amount. Many, possibly most, games won't see any improvement or minor improvement.

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            • shmerl
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2009
              • 3512

              #7
              Originally posted by user556 View Post
              Are those framerate numbers, for the games, or something else?
              Yes, compared to upstream wine, not compared to esync or fsync.

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              • AceroRomano
                Junior Member
                • Aug 2009
                • 5

                #8
                And... compared to esync or fsync?

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                • Chugworth
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2019
                  • 390

                  #9
                  Surprisingly high numbers, for sure. I had thought that Linux gaming performance had gotten fairly comparable to Windows, and even had some cases where it performed better. It would be interesting to see Windows benchmarks along side those numbers.

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                  • smitty3268
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2008
                    • 6966

                    #10
                    Originally posted by AceroRomano View Post
                    And... compared to esync or fsync?
                    Mostly flat, I believe. There may be a few games where you see an improvement. I think CP 2077 always comes up as one.

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