Mesa 17.0.6 Is Coming Soon with Polaris 12 Support for Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver

A new maintenance update of the Mesa 17.0 3D Graphics Library stable series, which numerous GNU/Linux distributions are currently using in their default install, is being prepped these days.

We're talking here about Mesa 17.0.6, which is now in the Release Candidate stage of development, promising to bring more than 50 improvements for various supported drivers, as well as core components. The final release of Mesa 17.0.6 is expected this weekend, but let's have a look at what to expect from it.

The first thing AMD Radeon users should expect from the Mesa 17.0.6 point release, which could also be the last in the series, is Polaris 12 support in the Radeon RADV Vulkan driver, something that those privileged to use the Mesa 17.1 stable branch that was released the other day are already enjoying.

Moreover, the Rade...