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Linux 7.0 Better Segregates Legacy CardBus Code To Avoid On Modern PCs

Phoronix - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 22:16
The PCI subsystem updates for Linux 7.0 are aplenty as usual and contain a wide assortment of different fixes and code improvements...

Firmware Upstreamed For Supporting The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2's Adreno GPU

Phoronix - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 20:35
Upstreamed last week to the linux-firmware.git repository by Qualcomm was the GPU firmware files needed for enabling the Adreno GPU on the new Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop SoC...

OpenRISC With Linux 7.0 Improves Out-Of-The-Box Support For More FPGA Dev Boards

Phoronix - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 19:35
While the OpenRISC project began ten years before RISC-V was started, it hasn't enjoyed the hardware ecosystem successes of the latter but still the upstream Linux kernel support continues moving forward and the ability to run OpenRISC on FPGA developer boards...

InputPlumber 0.74 Released With Hardware Support Improvements

Phoronix - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 19:20
InputPlumber 0.74 is now available for this open-source input routing and control daemon for Linux systems. InputPlumber enables combining of multiple input devices, emulating different inputs, and a variety of other features particularly of benefit for Linux gaming...

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