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Intel Xe Graphics Driver Preps More SR-IOV Code For Linux 6.18


In addition to the SR-IOV work for the Intel Xe driver that landed in Linux 6.17 with a focus on Battlemage, additional SR-IOV work is coming for the Linux 6.18 cycle

Sent out a few days ago was the initial batch of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes intended for Linux 6.18. - The Xe driver now handles firmware-reported hardware errors and can notify user-space using the device wedged event. More details on this initial batch of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes targeting Linux 6.18 can be found via this pull request.

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