Updated Windows NT Sync Driver Posted For The Linux Kernel
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A month and a half after the v2 patches of the NTSYNC Linux driver, the third round was posted on Thursday night. The v3 patches bring some minor changes but nothing major. The driver's focus is on exposing a new char device /dev/ntsync that can be used by user-space like Wine for Windows NT synchronization primitives. The performance benefits of NTSYNC can be very appealing:
With just a few minor changes over the v2 patches, we'll see now the new v3 patches are reviewed and if this could be accepted into the mainline kernel soon for helping the entire Linux gaming ecosystem.
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