--- title: Patches Posted To Improve Linux Media Acceleration On... description: A merge request has been opened to add HuC micro-controller support for Intel Arc A-Series (DG2/Alchemist) GPUs on the Xe open-source kernel driver. HuC... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/patches-posted-to-improve-linux-media-acceleration-on-intel-alchemist-gpus-zbpal7pkv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Patches Posted To Improve Linux Media Acceleration On Intel Alchemist GPUs | daily.dev og:description: A merge request has been opened to add HuC micro-controller support for Intel Arc A-Series (DG2/Alchemist) GPUs on the Xe open-source kernel driver. HuC... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/patches-posted-to-improve-linux-media-acceleration-on-intel-alchemist-gpus-zbpal7pkv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zbPAL7pkv.png og:image:alt: Patches Posted To Improve Linux Media Acceleration On Intel Alchemist GPUs 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. # Patches Posted To Improve Linux Media Acceleration On Intel Alchemist GPUs **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A merge request has been opened to add HuC micro-controller support for Intel Arc A-Series (DG2/Alchemist) GPUs on the Xe open-source kernel driver. HuC support is required for GPU-accelerated media codecs like H.265/HEVC, which previously only worked on the older i915 driver. Developer Daniil Seliverstov implemented DG2-specific GSC/MEI handling, HuC firmware parsing, loading and authentication improvements, and related engine updates. The patches are pending review and upstream inclusion, which would unblock users who have been unable to switch from i915 to Xe due to missing media acceleration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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