News Steam Proposes Linux Kernel Changes To Improve Multi-Threaded Games

[Admin]

Steam developers have proposed some changes to the Linux kernel that would reduce the CPU load for multi-threaded Windows games that run on Linux via the WINE-based Proton utility.

Steam Proposes Linux Kernel Changes To Improve Multi-Threaded Games : Read more

 

[coolitic]

And people say that Valve just sits on their asses

 

[bit_user]

Proton 4.11 already includes the fsync() patches that will replace the older esync

Um, I assume it has nothing to do with patching this fsync():

fsync(2) - Linux manual page

If not, that's a pretty bad name. They should've just called it fusync.

 

[bit_user]

And people say that Valve just sits on their asses

They also recently wrote a new shader compiler for AMD GPUs.