Proposal Raised To Finally Standardize Video Memory Stats Reporting Under Linux
The idea has been talked about before but in 2026 still hasn't made it to the mainline Linux kernel....
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What happened
The idea has been talked about before but in 2026 still hasn't made it to the mainline Linux kernel.... Standardized reporting of video memory statistics that would work across different vendors / kernel graphics drivers. A new proposal was raised today in an effort to get a standardized interface established...
How this story arrived
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