Get the latest tech news
AMD Bringing SmartMux Support To Linux 6.17 For Better Hybrid GPU Laptop Support
For the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle AMD already queued fixes for GPU compute on some older AMD hardware, improved debugging support for AMDGPU, and other enhancements
Sent out today was a final batch of feature changes for AMDGPU/AMDKFD expected for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window. AMD SmartMux already works with current/recent hardware and is supported under Microsoft Windows drivers it seems. Thus SmartMux can help with better graphics performance on such systems by avoiding a buffer copy from the dGPU to iGPU/APU or also to help manage manage power efficiency by ensuring the multiplexer is going to the iGPU (APU).
Or read this on Phoronix
