Intel DG2 Archives - TechGoing https://www.techgoing.com/tag/intel-dg2/ Technology News and Reviews Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:20:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Intel Releases DG2/Alchemist Graphics Driver Package for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS https://www.techgoing.com/intel-releases-dg2-alchemist-graphics-driver-package-for-ubuntu-22-04-lts/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:20:10 +0000 https://www.techgoing.com/?p=38228 Good news for Ubuntu Linux users who want to buy an Intel Arc discrete graphics card, but don’t want to have to deal with kernel updates, Mesa, and firmware packages themselves – because Intel just released a packaged graphics driver for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS program. With this solution, Ubuntu 22.04 users can easily update the […]

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]]> Good news for Ubuntu Linux users who want to buy an Intel Arc discrete graphics card, but don’t want to have to deal with kernel updates, Mesa, and firmware packages themselves – because Intel just released a packaged graphics driver for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS program. With this solution, Ubuntu 22.04 users can easily update the Mesa driver stack and backport the i915 kernel module to the DKMS module of the 5.17 OEM kernel.

Previously, many Ubuntu 22.04 LTS users had been shunned by Intel Arc due to the lack of out-of-the-box support for DG2/Alchemist GPUs.

Now, chip giant Intel is offering a set of AMDGPU-Open-like Radeon Software for Linux driver stack options, eliminating this embarrassment for related enterprise Linux/Long Term Support releases.

"Phoronix pointed out that this set of Intel packaged drivers has the same source as the upstream open source driver stack.

Just built a Debian package for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and a DKMS module on the kernel graphics driver side.

It still uses the same open source drivers, just distributed in a more convenient binary form."

For people who prefer to do their own kernel and Mesa builds, or use 3rd party PPAs like Oibaf and the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA, it’s certainly possible to continue doing so.

Unfortunately, Intel has not disclosed how often this packaged driver will be updated or how much additional time it will take for QA/validation.

This means it’s state behind the latest upstream Mesa ANV Vulkan and Iris OpenGL drivers, as well as the latest upstream i915 kernel driver code.

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]]> Linux Kernel 5.20 to add support for Intel DG2, Alchemist Arc GPUs https://www.techgoing.com/linux-kernel-5-20-to-add-support-for-intel-dg2-alchemist-arc-gpus/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 08:43:38 +0000 https://www.techgoing.com/?p=5913 Citing Michael Larabel of the tech press Phoronix, the Linux Kernel 5.20 will add support for DG2, Alchemist Arc graphics desktop GPUs, thanks to the tireless efforts of Intel’s open-source developers. The kernel also adds support for server GPUs including Arctic Sound-M (ATS-M). During each Linux kernel development cycle, Intel’s development team has updated all […]

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]]> Citing Michael Larabel of the tech press Phoronix, the Linux Kernel 5.20 will add support for DG2, Alchemist Arc graphics desktop GPUs, thanks to the tireless efforts of Intel’s open-source developers. The kernel also adds support for server GPUs including Arctic Sound-M (ATS-M).

During each Linux kernel development cycle, Intel’s development team has updated all releases for the future. A significant amount of Intel DG2 and Arc Alchemist code is now consolidated into the i915 Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver, some of which has been integrated into the Linux 5.19 kernel.

Currently, Intel has made graphical changes to DRM-Next, as well as initial work on Ponte Vecchio Xe-HPC support for server platforms. However, Larabel reports that the “small BAR” part is still under development.

Small BAR support-related preparation is all about final under-the-hood enablement, and Intel is currently focusing on adding desktop GPU PCI IDs, as well as the server Arctic Sound-M adapter submitted yesterday. Small BAR support has now landed, which allows us to add PCI IDs corresponding to the add-on card designs for DG2 and ATS-M. An additional MB-down PCI ID (0x5698) has recently emerged, so we’ve added that as well,” Intel said.

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