Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. This ensures all of our main content remains free for everyone. Just good, fresh content! Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal. You can also buy games using our partner links for GOG and Humble Store.
We do often include affiliate links to earn us some pennies. See more here.

Mesa 23.2.1 drivers out now

By -

After a longer period of waiting than usual, the Mesa 23.2.1 driver release is out now as the first in the Mesa 23.2 series. It's tagged as a point release, since there was an accidental 23.2.0 release done previously that was removed.

No actual release announcement though, other than what was said in the last release candidate.

From the release notes the new features supported are:

  • VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state on RADV.
  • extendedDynamicState3SampleLocationsEnable on RADV.
  • VK_EXT_dynamic_rendering_unused_attachments on RADV.
  • VK_EXT_mesh_shader on lavapipe.
  • OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi.
  • OpenGL ES 3.0 on Asahi.
  • VK_KHR_fragment_shader_barycentric on RADV/GFX10.3+.
  • VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline on RADV/GFX10.3+.
  • VK_EXT_depth_bias_control on RADV.
  • VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock on RADV/GFX9+.
  • VK_EXT_pipeline_robustness on RADV.

Plus of course lots of the usual bug fixes see the release notes for all of it.

We should also be due Mesa 23.2.2 this week if the previous plan for a sped-up point release cycle continues. Going by their normal release calendar, we're also due Mesa 23.3 out mid-November.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
19 Likes
About the author -
author picture
I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly.
See more from me
The comments on this article are closed.
4 comments

t3g Oct 1, 2023
I'm looking forward to enabling ray tracing by default without having to add these flags on AMD:

RADV_PERFTEST=rt VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_2 
Shmerl Oct 2, 2023
I think RADV_PERFTEST=rt wasn't needed already for a while.
TheRiddick Oct 2, 2023
In my testing Mesa-Git is safe to use most times. Rarely do they push out a patch that breaks things, but it does happen.
axredneck Oct 3, 2023
Can Mesa with RADV and ACO be considered Black Mesa?
While you're here, please consider supporting GamingOnLinux on:

Reward Tiers: Patreon. Plain Donations: PayPal.

This ensures all of our main content remains totally free for everyone! Patreon supporters can also remove all adverts and sponsors! Supporting us helps bring good, fresh content. Without your continued support, we simply could not continue!

You can find even more ways to support us on this dedicated page any time. If you already are, thank you!
The comments on this article are closed.