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Bcachefs Submitted For Review - Next-Gen CoW File-System Aims For Mainline

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 02:00
In development for over a half-decade already has been Bcachefs as a copy-on-write (CoW) file-system born originally out of the Linux kernel's block cache code. On Tuesday the Bcachefs patch series was sent out for review and hopeful inclusion into the kernel by lead developer Kent Overstreet...

AMD GFX941 & GFX942 GPU Targets Added To LLVM Compiler

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 01:39
Going back to last year there's been AMD GFX940 work within the LLVM compiler for its AMDGPU compiler back-end. That AMD GFX940 should align to the Instinct MI300 while introduced to the latest LLVM compiler code today are new GFX941 and GFX942 targets...

Linux 6.5 To Boast Improved Handling For Intel Hybrid CPUs With Hyper Threading

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 22:36
Going back to last August were Intel patches to help Intel hybrid CPU handling on Linux by avoiding unnecessary task migrations within SMT domains. Coming this summer those Intel patches are finally set to arrive with the Linux 6.5 kernel cycle...

Lighttpd 1.4.70 Adds Native Windows Build Support, Faster CGI Spawning

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 22:09
A new version of Lighttpd is out today, the BSD-licensed, open-source web server that focuses on being very speedy and lightweight on CPU and memory resources...

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