SteamOS brewmaster update 2.63 pushed to brewmaster_beta

[jvert]

Notable changes are an updated NVIDIA driver (355) with Vulkan support and the glibc security fix that has been getting a lot of publicity.

==== SteamOS build 63 2016-02-18 ====

• glibc - CVE-2015-7547[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2015-8776[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2015-8778[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2015-8779[cve.mitre.org]
  
• curl - CVE-2016-0755[cve.mitre.org]
  
• iceweasel - CVE-2016-1523[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2015-7575[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-1930[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-1935[cve.mitre.org]
  
• krb5 - CVE-2015-8629[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2015-8630[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2015-8631[cve.mitre.org]
  
• libgcrypt20 - CVE-2015-7511[cve.mitre.org]
  
• mysql-5.5 - CVE-2016-0505[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0546[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0596[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0597[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0598[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0600[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0606[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0608[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0609[cve.mitre.org] CVE-2016-0616[cve.mitre.org]
  
• glx-alternatives - latest required by nvidia stack 355
  
• nvidia-graphics-drivers - NVIDIA driver 355

[liberodark]

Thank for support vulkan :D

[UnkendTech]

Vulkan support in SteamOS :)

[ProfessorKaos64]

https://youtu.be/Cr2vj87DRKM

[dubigrasu]

We need to be ready for Talos :)

[blackout24]

Great nothing is stopping Valve now from releasing the Dota 2: Reborn Vulkan branch... ;)
With 2 games out (Talos Principle and Dota) Vulkan would already have 2 more games than games that support DirectX 12.

[Coucouf]

:-D

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by blackout24:

Vulkan would already have 2 more games than games that support DirectX 12.

You sure about that?

[blackout24]

Originally posted by TinMan1325:

Originally posted by blackout24:

Vulkan would already have 2 more games than games that support DirectX 12.

You sure about that?

Which games support DirectX12? Ark: Survival Evolved DX12 patch was supposed to come out next Friday 6 months ago. They took Valve Time to a whole new level.
http://wccftech.com/ark-survival-evolved-dx12-patch-performance-boost/

Fable Legends is only a benchmark at the moment just as Ashes of the Singularity iirc.

[TinMan1325]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_support
Released games

Ashes of the Singularity 2015-10-22 Stardock Stardock RTS Game is currently available on Steam and GOG, via the Early Access program.

Caffeine 2015-10-12 Incandescent Imaging Incandescent Imaging First-person adventure The first DirectX 12 game.

The Isle 2015-12-02 Unknown Unknown Dinosaurs Simulation Early Access Steam states DirectX 11 not 12

Descent: Underground 2015-10-22 Descendent Studios Descendent Studios 6DOF ship shooter DirectX 12 enabled via launcher options menu

Squad 2015-12-15 Offworld Industries Offworld Industries Multiplayer first-person shooter Game is currently available on Steam, via the Early Access program.

Originally posted by blackout24:

Fable Legends is only a benchmark at the moment just as Ashes of the Singularity iirc.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/228880/discussions/1/412446292752222707/#c412446292752305760

[blackout24]

Originally posted by TinMan1325:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_support
Released games

That makes it 4 at best. For the The Isle it says that it states DirectX11. The rest are early access games. Nothing like DOTA or Talos Principle.

[UnkendTech]

so now we just need some games also you forgot to add a list of supported GPU's

[blackout24]

Originally posted by Unyieldingly:

so now we just need some games also you forgot to add a list of supported GPU's

The NVIDIA driver supports everything from 400 series and newer but Vulkan is only supported on Kepler and Maxwell.

https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver

If you want them to keep their promise of Fermi Vulkan support that they made last SIGGRAPH you can tell them here:
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/917161/vulkan/fermi-support-/
There is halfsupport for 400/500 series cards. It allows you to query the Device Features and Limits but is missing Texture Formats.

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by blackout24:

That makes it 4 at best.

...ooookay. But you implied there are zero

[Dekonega]

Vulkan support, nice!

[powerarmour]

Now please add the Vulkan Intel driver, so that we IGP'ers can have some love too.

(Tbh, even working VA-API decoding would be nice)