Intel’s Nova Lake Xe3P graphics gain SR-IOV support in Linux 7.2
Intel software engineers are preparing to enable SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) support for Intel Nova Lake's Xe3P Graphics in Linux 7.2. This update will allow the upcoming Nova Lake processor's integrated graphics to be virtualized, enhancing resource allocation for tasks like video processing.
Key Takeaways
- Intel’s Xe kernel graphics driver updates for DRM-Next include SR-IOV support for Nova Lake’s Xe3P Graphics.
- SR-IOV stands for Single Root I/O Virtualization and allows the integrated graphics to be virtualized.
- The update is tied to Linux 7.2, the next release mentioned in the article.
- The article cites video processing as one workload that can use the virtualized graphics resources.
Why It Matters
This gives Nova Lake’s integrated Xe3P graphics a virtualization path before Linux 7.2 arrives, which matters for workloads that need to share or allocate GPU resources more flexibly. It also shows Intel continuing to land Xe driver work in DRM-Next for upstream Linux graphics support. The concrete signal to watch is whether the Linux 7.2 release actually includes SR-IOV enablement for Xe3P, confirming the feature made it through the queue.
Read full article at phoronix.com
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