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Linux 6.6 Features Include The EEVDF Scheduler, Shadow Stack, Intel IVSC, AMD DBC & More

Phoronix - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 23:00
With the Linux 6.6 merge window over, here's a look at the most interesting new features, hardware support, and other changes to find with this kernel that will debut as stable around the end of October.

Intel Announces Thunderbolt 5 With 120 Gbps Bandwidth Boost

Phoronix - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 21:36
Intel today announced Thunderbolt 5 as their next-gen Thunderbolt standard that will allow 80 Gbps of bi-directional bandwidth or a "Bandwidth Boost" mode of up to 120 Gbps...

Linux 6.6-rc2 Picking Up Quirk For ASUS ROG Flow X16 Tablet Mode Handling

Phoronix - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 21:00
While the Linux 6.6 merge window is over, sent out today were a set of x86 platform driver fixes that include adding a quirk so that the tablet mode switch event properly occurs with the new ASUS ROG Flow X16 laptop...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Enables Mesh Shader Support By Default

Phoronix - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 20:00
Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver used by Linux systems is now enabling by default the VK_EXT_mesh_shader extension for their graphics processors with mesh shader support...

Bcachefs Merged Into Linux-Next

Phoronix - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 18:25
While Bcachefs was not merged for the Linux 6.6 cycle with one of the concerns raised by Linus Torvalds being that it hadn't been vetted via the "linux-next" staging area, that process has now begun to raise hopes of potentially seeing the new file-system driver introduced for Linux 6.7...

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