…now supports NPU offload with the MT7996 for hardware Ethernet and WiFi traffic offloading. - Many other Mediatek MT76 WiFi driver improvements . - The Qualcomm Ath12k WiFi driver now supports the IPQ5424. - The Realtek…
Linux's Power Sequencing PCIe M.2 Driver To Support M.2 Key-E Connectors Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 13 April 2026 at 05:03 AM EDT. Add A…
Linux's CrOS EC Driver To Support Custom Fan Curves - Useful For Framework Laptops Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 10 June 2026 at 09:12 AM EDT. Add A Comment…
…USB4 Connected Systems OneXPlayer Configuration Driver Merged For Linux 7.2 Along With Other New Hardware Qualcomm Posts Linux Patches For HP EliteBook X G2q X2 Elite Laptop Linux Finally Eliminates The…
…as found within the new Snapdragon X2 laptop SoCs plus various enhancements to existing Qualcomm graphics/display hardware. The MSM driver with Linux 7.1 is enabling preemption support for the X2…
Linux 7.2 Power Management Adds New Hardware Support While Dropping AMD Elan Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 16 June 2026 at 06:18 AM EDT. 1 Comment The power…
…VK_QCOM_elapsed_timer_query - This new Qualcomm vendor extension provides functionality similar to OpenGL' ARB_timery_query for being able to have a new query type to write out the elapsed…
Many USB Improvements & New Hardware Merged For Linux 7.1 Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 23 April 2026 at 06:28 AM EDT. Add A Comment Ready to go ahead…
RADV Driver Now Leveraging RDNA3+ Hardware Feature For Better Instruction Cache Prefetching Written by Michael Larabel in Radeon on 10 June 2026 at 05:49 AM EDT. 5 Comments Initially introduced in…
…Coreboot 26.03 also ships improvements to its CFR-based runtime configuration, increased SMMSTORE capacity, TPM updates, security hardening improvements, Qualcomm X1P42100 X1 Plus enablement updates, and the AMD EPYC TUrin proof…