Intel Xe graphics driver compiled in 6.12.43 kernel

Forum member NNI posted about the lack of Xe GPU support in the kernel:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=15584

Yes, I did enable it in one or two releases of Easy Scarthgap; however, on my 2024 Asus Zenbook, which has a GPU that is supposed to support Xe, it didn't. So I went back to the i915 driver only in the kernel.

After the report from NNI though, have brought Xe back. Now there will be a 'xe.ko' kernel module; however, I configured the kernel to favour 'i915.ko'.

If you have a GPU that supports Xe and you want to try it, you might have to force it on the kernel command line, as explained here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1drm1ne/help_needed_with_kernel_module_change_from_i915/ 

Also have added the 'firmware-intel-graphics' .deb to the build, which has Xe firmware.   

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