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AMD Rembrandt SoC Support For Coreboot In Place - Based Off Existing "Sabrina" Code

Phoronix - Tue, 07/05/2022 - 02:55
Today's Coreboot code now has AMD Rembrandt SoC support by splitting it out from the Sabrina SoC support that has been in the works the past several months for this open-source firmware project...

Linux 5.20 To Fix Some TUXEDO/Clevo Laptops With Touchpad/Keyboard Issues After Suspend

Phoronix - Mon, 07/04/2022 - 21:14
A patch from TUXEDO Computers that is now queued into the input subsystem's "next" branch for Linux 5.20 adds a number of quirks to fix several Clevo / TUXEDO laptops from touchpad and keyboard issues after suspending the system...

Ubuntu's Chromium Snap Finally Seeing Progress On Supporting VA-API GPU Acceleration

Phoronix - Mon, 07/04/2022 - 19:40
Those making use of Ubuntu's Chromium Snap for running the Google open-source web browser have been without VA-API support for GPU-based video acceleration within this sandboxed app. Fortunately, it looks like that will soon be crossed off the list for ensuring Ubuntu users can enjoy VA-API acceleration for lowering CPU resources and better power efficiency on Intel graphics and other Mesa Gallium3D drivers supporting VA-API...

Fedora 37 Planning For Binutils 2.38, GNU C Library 2.36

Phoronix - Mon, 07/04/2022 - 17:55
It should be hardly surprising at all for longtime Linux users aware of how Fedora Linux tends to always ship with the most modern open-source compiler toolchain support possible, but for Fedora 37 this autumn they again are planning for the latest and greatest...

KernelMemorySanitizer v4 Published While Already Having Found 300+ Kernel Bugs

Phoronix - Mon, 07/04/2022 - 17:26
Being worked on the past several years by Google engineers and others has been the KernelMemorySanitizer (KMSAN) that has already found more than 300 kernel bugs even prior to being mainlined. Sent out prior to the US holiday weekend as the fourth iteration of these patches, building off the "request for comments" sent out in 2020...

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