Intel asks for your input on their GPU drivers (on reddit)

[chithanh]

I think that saving memory wasn't even the main motivation for x32, it was saving memory bandwidth.
Especially on mobile platforms which have comparable...

[chithanh]

Head over to reddit if you want to tell Intel where their Linux graphics drivers still have room for improvement:

https://www.reddit.com...

[chithanh]

All the tested titles seem to stress the GPU not a whole lot.

Could Phoronix maybe test more demanding titles like Deus Ex:MD? Or is that...

[chithanh]

Unfortunately, DiRT 4 is a weak entry in the series. I am eagerly awaiting DiRT Rally 2.0, hopefully it will come with same-day Linux support.

[chithanh]

But something must be special about the AMD platform, given that Linux boots and works fine on Lenovo Thinkpad E480 and HP Envy x360 with Intel CPU. The...

[chithanh]

Could AMD provide a test suite to OEMs which tries to validate the ACPI CRAT/IVRS/etc. tables? Or is any validation that OEMs do completely independent...

[chithanh]

But Intel have given up trying to get Linux running on them. They now run MINIX....

[chithanh]

I think AMD originally said that all GCN chips support FreeSync. However, the 1st gen GCN parts (tahiti, pitcairn, etc.) only support FreeSync for video...

[chithanh]

It needs hardware support, but NVIdia chips are clearly capable of Adaptive-Sync. Because G-Sync in notebooks is just Adaptive-Sync (they don't have any...

[chithanh]

Seems that nothing has changed since a few years ago.

Back then we did some testing on a KVM host, with guests running Apache web server....

[chithanh]

You have seen some stats that compare anti-malware vs. no anti-malware? Surely they can be incorporated into a peer reviewed scientific paper, but until...

[chithanh]

Could be for spectre. AMD was behind in releasing microcode update files, even after some UEFI/BIOS shipped it already.

https://twitter....

[chithanh]

During the Black Friday Weekend, a RX 570 4GB was 109€ including 2 (Windows) games here. At that price it is basically a no-brainer which will hold...

[chithanh]

What?

Anti-virus and other anti-malware software does not have a demonstrable security benefit.
In many cases, it makes your system...

[chithanh]

Also many of the Android TV boxes are AMLogic based, for example the Mini M8S....

[chithanh]

Won't run Linux at present. amdgpu driver doesn't even know about the PCI ID (15ff).


PS5 will have 8-core Ryzen if reports are correct....

[chithanh]

The attack surface is still huge. If the gaming user account has high privileges, such as direct access to graphics hardware (needed for gaming I guess)...

[chithanh]

Most importantly, the price needs to be not more than it is now. What else is important:

• 8+-core A53/A55 or RISC-V CPU
• 4 GB RAM
• 802.11ac Wifi /

...

[chithanh]

What kind of patch would be needed? Mainline VLC supports OpenMAX.

[chithanh]

I guess the price has been decided by spreadsheet accountants. The game bundle does increase the value somewhat, but probably not enough to be sufficiently...