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Microsoft Updates DXGKRNL Linux Driver Patches After Four Years

Microsoft has today posted a new version of its Linux kernel patches for the WSL.">DXGKRNL driver. This update comes exactly four years after the prior version, addressing the DirectX kernel driver's role i...

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AMD & Microsoft Detail DirectX ML, DirectStorage 1.4 for Windows at GDC 2026

At GDC 2026, AMD and Microsoft announced a partnership focused on new developer technologies for Windows platforms. This collaboration introduces DirectStorage 1.4, updates to the PIX development tool...

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Linux Display Drivers To Gain KMS Recovery Mechanism

A Linux kernel engineer at Microsoft, Hamza Mahfooz, is developing a Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) recovery mechanism for Linux display drivers. Mahfooz, who previously contributed to the AMDGPU Linux dis...

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Linux Kernel 7.0 Prepares to Support Microsoft's 'Turn On Display' ACPI DSM

The forthcoming Linux 7.0 kernel is being prepared to integrate support for Microsoft's "Turn On Display" ACPI Device Specific Method (DSM). This notification method was initially introduced by Micros...

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