--- title: Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U /... description: Intel's open-source Mesa drivers for Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) on Linux now treat next-generation Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX integrated graphics... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U / H / HX As Stable | daily.dev og:description: Intel's open-source Mesa drivers for Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) on Linux now treat next-generation Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX integrated graphics... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FPfj2LeJC.png og:image:alt: Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U / H / HX As Stable og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U / H / HX As Stable **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Intel's open-source Mesa drivers for Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) on Linux now treat next-generation Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX integrated graphics as stable and enable them by default, instead of requiring the experimental force_probe override. This follows Linux kernel 7.3 marking Nova Lake Xe3P graphics as stable, and the change lands in Mesa 26.3-devel Git with a backport planned for the Mesa 26.2 stable series ahead of Nova Lake's upcoming launch. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Do I still need the force_probe kernel parameter to enable Intel Nova Lake graphics on Linux? No, as of Linux kernel 7.3 and Mesa 26.3-devel, Intel Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX integrated graphics are treated as stable and enabled by default, so the force_probe override is no longer required in either the kernel or the Mesa Iris (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) drivers. The change is also being backported to the Mesa 26.2 stable series. _daily.dev keeps hardware-enablement engineers current on driver stability changes before new silicon ships._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Mesa 26.2.2 Enables Intel Nova Lake Graphics By Default](https://daily.dev/posts/mesa-26-2-2-enables-intel-nova-lake-graphics-by-default-em2rlwqbd) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Experimental Intel Nova Lake P Device Bits Merged For Mesa 26.1](https://daily.dev/posts/experimental-intel-nova-lake-p-device-bits-merged-for-mesa-26-1-futhhqoym) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.3 Will Treat Intel Nova Lake S Graphics As Stable](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-3-will-treat-intel-nova-lake-s-graphics-as-stable-hw8i1kyzr) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.2 To Enable SR-IOV Support For Intel Nova Lake's Xe3P Graphics](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-to-enable-sr-iov-support-for-intel-nova-lake-s-xe3p-graphics-e9qbc5gi3) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel), [#vulkan](https://daily.dev/tags/vulkan), [#mesa](https://daily.dev/tags/mesa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U / H / HX As Stable","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc"},"datePublished":"2026-08-21T00:48:53.801Z","dateModified":"2026-08-21T00:49:19.562Z","description":"Intel's open-source Mesa drivers for Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) on Linux now treat next-generation Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX integrated graphics...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c201d1035fdd9b4a19cd644dc7dce187?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c201d1035fdd9b4a19cd644dc7dce187?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,gpu,intel,vulkan,mesa","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Intel Mesa Linux Drivers Now Treating Nova Lake S / U / H / HX As Stable"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stable-fpfj2lejc#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Do I still need the force_probe kernel parameter to enable Intel Nova Lake graphics on Linux?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, as of Linux kernel 7.3 and Mesa 26.3-devel, Intel Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX integrated graphics are treated as stable and enabled by default, so the force_probe override is no longer required in either the kernel or the Mesa Iris (OpenGL) and ANV (Vulkan) drivers. 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