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Phoronix reports that Intel Sandy Bridge speed up on Linux 3.1 kernel



Last week the DRM pull went in for the Linux 3.1 kernel. For the Intel DRM graphics driver in the Linux kernel there is frame-buffer compression clean-ups, high color support, ring frequency scaling, shared LLC support, and hang-check module disabling. Compared to the Linux 3.0 kernel, the driver improvements significantly boost the open-source graphics performance for Intel Sandy Bridge hardware.
  Intel Sandy Bridge Speeds Up On Linux 3.1 Kernel