GCC Compiler Adds Arm AGI CPU Target
…In any case, this patch adds the -mcpu=armagicpu target to the GCC Git codebase ahead of the upcoming GCC 16.1 stable release. Arm Preparing The Linux Kernel For 128-bit…
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Linux 7.2 Showing Some Unexpected & Nice Performance Gains On AMD EPYC Sorano
…It will be interesting to see in the upcoming tests if these improvements carry over similarly on other hardware too. Outside of xfr, the Sockperf network socket benchmark was showing lower latency…
GNOME 51 Retires Legacy NVIDIA Driver Support With Removing EGLStreams
…Jonas Ådahl has removed the EGLStreams/EGLDevice support from Mutter for the upcoming GNOME 51 release. This eliminates legacy NVIDIA driver support but allows for a cleaner codebase in focusing on just…
Linux Enables Auto Counter Reload "ACR" For Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids
…Add A Comment Merged as part of the perf subsystem fixes overnight is enabling Auto Counter Reload (ACR) functionality for upcoming Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids processors. This ACR enabling for Diamond Rapids…
Linux 7.0 Ready For Release With Many Exciting Changes
…hardware enablement for some upcoming AMD Radeon graphics hardware. - Continued enablement work on Intel Crescent Island and Nova Lake graphics support. - Autonomous self-healing capabilities for XFS. - Improved EXT4 write performance for…
Wine 11.6 Begins Reviving Its Android Driver
…We'll see if this revived Android driver work for Wine is part of a larger effort with more improvements over upcoming releases. Also significant with Wine 11.6 is updating the…
Linux 7.1 KVM Adds "Very Experimental" Support For pKVM Protected Guests
…the Bit Matrix Multiply instructions coming with upcoming AMD Zen 6 processors. Plus there are some minor AMD SEV-SNP changes, various hardening improvements, and other minor changes. The full list of…
Intel To Support DRM Background Color Property With Linux 7.2
…With the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel cycle, the Intel DRM driver will begin supporting this background color property. For solid backgrounds rather than painting the background, setting the DRM BACKGROUND_COLOR…
KTransformers Adds AVX2 MoE Support For Viable Performance On CPUs Without AMX/AVX-512
…KTransformers 0.5.3 also brings NUMA-aware deployment improvements for finer-grained NUMA mapping in multi-socket environments, lower idle CPU overhead, speculative decode enhancements, and various other improvements. Those interested…
gkh_clanker_t1000 & gkh_clanker_2000 Continue Uncovering Linux Kernel Bugs
…Among the fixes are for fixing stack leaks, improving safety checks like bounds checking, and better validation in drivers. Many of the fixes are marked for back-porting to the Linux kernel…