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Mesa 23.1.4 Released With Intel Optimization Backported, New ANV Optimization Merged

Phoronix - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 21:37
First up the belated Mesa 23.1.4 is now available as the latest stable point release in the Mesa 23.1 series...

AMD CPU Microcode Will Be Getting Larger With Future Processors

Phoronix - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 18:45
Future AMD CPUs will be having larger microcode patches and thus the Linux kernel is now being adapted to better handle that increased microcode payload...

The Open64 Compiler Seeing Some Recent Changes, clang2whirl Clang Open64 Front-End

Phoronix - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 18:30
Prior to LLVM/Clang becoming so popular within organizations and it maturing well on x86_64, AArch64, and other architectures, Open64 was once quite popular in areas now dominated by LLVM and GCC. Open64 had been popular with academic researchers, AMD even maintained their Open64 optimized compiler a decade prior to the LLVM-based AOCC, and was quite popular in the HPC space. Surprisingly there's been some recent activity on the Open64 compiler code...

AMD EDAC Linux Driver Gets Ready For The Instinct MI300 APUs

Phoronix - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 18:12
New patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list prepare the AMD Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) driver for the upcoming AMD Instrinct MI300 APUs...

Mageia 9-rc1 Now Available For This Long-Delayed Release

Phoronix - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 17:56
The release candidate for Mageia 9 is now available for this Linux distribution that's an offshoot long ago from Mandrake/Mandriva lineage...

How to Find Difference Between Two Directories Using Diff and Meld Tools

Tecmint - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 12:35
The post How to Find Difference Between Two Directories Using Diff and Meld Tools first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In an earlier article, we reviewed 9 best file comparison and difference (Diff) tools for Linux and in this article, we will describe how to

The post How to Find Difference Between Two Directories Using Diff and Meld Tools first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux 6.6 To Deal With Unresponsive Intel QAT Devices

Phoronix - Fri, 07/21/2023 - 04:50
Linux has supported Quick Assist Technology (QAT) devices from the start whether it be QAT PCIe adapters or QAT support found within select Atom and Xeon CPUs as well as the latest-generation Sapphire Rapids CPUs. Only now though with the upcoming Linux 6.6 kernel is it adding a heartbeat feature for determining if a QAT device becomes unresponsive so that it can be acted upon...

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