Core i5 6600K "Skylake" Isn't Running Into Any Troubles On Ubuntu 15.04

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Core i5 6600K "Skylake" Isn't Running Into Any Troubles On Ubuntu 15.04

15 August 2015, 01:30 PM

Phoronix: Core i5 6600K "Skylake" Isn't Running Into Any Troubles On Ubuntu 15.04

As a quick update to Intel Core i5 6600K Skylake CPU Arrives: What Linux Tests Would You Like To See?, this brand new processor is playing nicely on Ubuntu Linux...

Core i5 6600K "Skylake" Isn't Running Into Any Troubles On Ubuntu 15.04 - Phoronix

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15 August 2015, 06:52 PM

Vivid doesn't use the stock i915 driver for SKL (or CHV), but a separate backport driver (i915_bpo) from 4.2 minus some commits to aid backporting. Next kernel SRU cycle will sync the driver to ~4.2-rc6 plus bugfixes. Mesa will get a few bugfixes too, once necessary commits are identified...
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