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Linux 7.3 To Support The Qualcomm Adreno 704 & Adreno 722 GPUs

([Hardware] 5 Hours Ago Linux 7.3 MSM)


Sent out on Saturday were the Qualcomm MSM DRM kernel graphics/display driver updates to land for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window.

This MSM driver feature pull going to DRM-Next adds support for the Adreno 704 and Adreno 722 GPUs. The Adreno 704 is the GPU found with some embedded platforms like the UNO-Q. The Adreno 722 meanwhile is the more powerful sibling found with the likes of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC.

The MSM driver pull also adds Device Tree bindings for supporting the upcoming Qualcomm Shikra SoC. Qualcomm Shikra has been seeing lots of Linux enablement patches as of late and now the GPU support for it will also be in position for mainline Linux 7.3.

The MSM updates for this next kernel version also bring improvements for FBDEV emulation, teardown fixes, and a variety of other fixes. The full list of Qualcomm MSM kernel driver patches for Linux 7.3 can be found via [1]this pull request . The Linux 7.3 merge window is expected to get underway during the second half of August.



[1] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/CACSVV00Qo3Ercwm5NOcDtifB8JV36No7zQnShNZSj=OBfW=9cg@mail.gmail.com/


Invasion of the Dancing Penguin

Those annoying, dancing cartoon characters embedded in software applications
are no longer confined to Microsoft programs. They have entered the realm
of Linux. A new Linux distribution under development, called LinTux,
promises to provide a more "user-friendly" environment through its "Dancing
Penguin" assistant.

Dancing Tux will "guide" users through the installation process and will be
a permanent fixture of the X root window. The LinTux staff demonstrated a
prototype version of the Dancing Tux program to this Humorix reporter. It
was certainly impressive, but, like the Dancing Paper Clip in Microsoft
Office, it becomes annoying very fast.

The one redeeming feature of LinTux is that, when the system is idle,
Dancing Tux becomes a make-shift screen saver. The animations included in
the prototype were quite amusing. For instance, in one scene, Tux chases
Bill Gates through an Antarctic backdrop. In another animation, Tux can be
seen drinking beers with his penguin pals and telling Microsoft jokes.