Hacker News with Generative AI: Graphics Drivers

Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 (github.com/PluMGMK)
This is a rewrite of the Windows 3.1 SVGA driver, designed to support ALL available 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit graphic modes on any system providing the VESA BIOS Extensions (hence the VBE in the name). It is based on the Video 7 SVGA driver included in the Win16 Driver Development Kit, with most of the hardware-specific code gutted out, and with support added for multi-byte pixels.

Windows 3.1, Programming, Open Source, Legacy Software, Graphics Drivers

49 points by rcarmo 12 days ago | 7 comments

NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for Nvidia hardware, now supports Vulkan 1.4 (freedesktop.org)
Closes: #10770 (closed)

Open Source, Vulkan, Nvidia, Graphics Drivers

12 points by mfilion 46 days ago | 1 comments

Latest graphics driver for your Surface devices powered by Snapdragon X Elite (qualcomm.com)

Graphics Drivers, Microsoft Surface, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Mobile Devices

19 points by xgdgsc 59 days ago | 20 comments

An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers (lwn.net)
The kernel graphics driver for the Apple M1 and M2 GPUs is, rather famously, written in Rust, but it has achieved conformance with various graphics standards, which is also noteworthy.

Graphics Drivers, Apple Hardware, Open Source

625 points by MrBuddyCasino 78 days ago | 266 comments

Arm Exploring io_uring for Graphics Drivers (phoronix.com)
The IO_uring asynchronous I/O API for Linux is quite novel and has proven performance benefits.

Linux, Graphics Drivers, Asynchronous I/O

12 points by mfiguiere 99 days ago | 0 comments

Linux 6.12 Lands QR Code for DRM Panic Messages, Intel LNL, BMG Graphics Enabled (phoronix.com)
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display driver updates have been submitted and already merged for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel.

Linux Kernel, DRM, Graphics Drivers, Intel

3 points by rbanffy 120 days ago | 0 comments

Whither the Apple AGX graphics driver? (lwn.net)

Graphics Drivers, Apple, Hardware

14 points by todsacerdoti 136 days ago | 0 comments

The Open-Source AMD GPU Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Nears 5.8M Lines (phoronix.com)