New FUTEX Syscalls Back To Being Worked On For Helping Valve's ARM64 Gaming Ambitions

Going back to last year the Igalia open-source consulting firm has been working on enhancing the Linux kernel to help Steam Play gaming on ARM64 and ensuring the FEX emulator is operating efficiently for x86/x86_64 games running on the likes of the Steam Frame. After other kernel work in recent months, there's finally an updated round of the FUTEX get_robust_list2 and set_robust_list2 system call…

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New FUTEX Syscalls Back To Being Worked On For Helping Valve's ARM64 Gaming Ambitions

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