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Linux 6.6 Adds Support For Intel Agilex 5 FPGAs, Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 22:20
The various Arm platform and SoC changes have been submitted for the ongoing Linux 6.6 merge window...

AMD Publishes SEV Firmware As Open-Source

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 22:00
While I have been eagerly following the AMD openSIL project for open-source CPU initialization that will eventually replace AGESA, today AMD announced a new open-source firmware drop: the SEV firmware has been made open-source...

AMD Working On New OverDrive GPU Overclocking Controls For Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 19:30
AMD's open-source Linux graphics driver engineers are working on a new set of interfaces for user-space to support OverDrive overclocking. While AMD GPU OverDrive overclocking has been supported on Linux for years, the current interface isn't sufficient for all the power/overclocking controls moving forward...

Linux Sysctl Cleaning To Eventually Erase ~64 Bytes Of Bloat Per Array

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 18:30
Some code cleaning within the sysctl space of the Linux kernel will eventually eliminate around 64 bytes of bloat per array within the kernel where a sentinel can be removed...

AMD ROCm 5.6.1 Compute Stack Released With A Few Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 18:13
While we are eagerly awaiting ROCm support for more RDNA3 GPUs said to be coming later this calendar year, shipping Tuesday night was ROCm 5.6.1 as the newest point release for this open-source GPU compute stack...

MidnightBSD 3.1 Released With Ravenports Integration

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 17:59
MidnightBSD 3.1 is now available for this desktop-minded, FreeBSD-forked operating system that aims to be "the BSD for everyone" with an Xfce-based desktop and focus on ease of use...

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