Exciting news for open-source graphics enthusiasts as Mesa 24.1 has been released, packed with a host of new features and improvements. Eric Engestrom recently announced the release of Mesa 24.1, the latest feature release for the Mesa OpenGL and Vulkan drivers.
One of the standout features of Mesa 24.1 is the addition of explicit sync support to the Mesa Vulkan drivers for both X11 and Wayland, marking a significant enhancement. The update also brings several improvements to the AMD RadeonSI and RADV drivers, substantial progress on the open-source NVK Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs, and ongoing optimization efforts with the Intel ANV driver, including preparations for Xe2 graphics with Lunar Lake and Battlemage. Additionally, Mesa 24.1 introduces support for Intel Arrow Lake graphics and async VM bind support.
Moreover, Mesa 24.1 includes support for upcoming Radeon graphics IP, enhanced Asahi AGX Gallium3D driver support with OpenGL 4.6 capabilities, new Arm Mali GPU support in the Panfrost driver, dynamic rendering support for the Broadcom V3DV driver on Raspberry Pi boards, continued enhancements to the Microsoft D3D12 driver, and more.
Eric has expressed confidence in the NVK driver support in Mesa 24.1, describing it as ‘ready for prime time’ and urging Linux distribution vendors to start packaging the NVK Vulkan driver for their users. For those interested in further details on Mesa 24.1, additional information is available via the mailing list.
Furthermore, Mesa 24.0.8 has also been released today, addressing numerous bug fixes for the Q1 driver series, enhancing the overall stability of the Mesa drivers.
With Mesa 24.1 bringing a wealth of improvements and new features, the open-source graphics community can look forward to an enhanced experience and better performance across a range of hardware platforms.
