In addition to Intel preparing to merge their new Xe kernel graphics driver into the mainline kernel potentially for Linux 6.8, their existing open-source Intel kernel graphics driver code continues to be improved upon and receiving new features.

Sent out on Friday was the first batch of drm-intel-gt-next changes for the Linux 6.8 merge window. With this there is finally the code implementing FDINFO memory statistics printing for showing per-process vRAM usage reporting. This shows memory object utilization via this new DRM/driver-specific FDINFO interface.

This pull request also has more Intel Meteor Lake graphics workarounds, various workaround tweaks for DG2/Alchemist hardware, and random driver fixes.

There's also one new Arctic Sound M (ATS-M) device ID being added for Linux 6.8: 0x56C2. It's not yet clear what this new ATS-M device ID is for if it's a new product coming to market or just some different revision or so. It's being added to the list of Arctic Sound M150 IDs.

The full list of drm-intel-gt-next changes for this week can be found via this pull . More Intel DRM-Next GT changes are still expected ahead of the Linux 6.8 cycle kicking off in a few weeks.