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Linux 6.7 Adding New Feature To Btrfs For The Steam Deck

Phoronix - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 03:08
Queued up into the Btrfs file-system driver's "for-next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.7 cycle is the Temp-FSID (Same-FSID) feature that is being pursued for use by Valve's Steam Deck game console. The functionality is to overcome a limitation of allowing Btrfs to mount two different devices holding the same file-system image and therefore the same file-system ID...

Intel Continues GCC Compiler Preparations For AVX10 & APX

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 23:28
Since announcing the Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and AVX10 back in July, Intel's open-source compiler engineers have been busy preparing the GCC and LLVM/Clang compiler toolchains for these major CPU extensions to be found with future Intel processors...

The Downfall Mitigation Impact For Xeon E-2300 Series On Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 22:40
Last month the Downfall CPU security vulnerability was disclosed that impacts various AVX/AVX-512 workloads. Now that there's been a few weeks for the Linux kernel code to settle around the mitigation and the latest Intel CPU microcode becoming more broadly available, here is a fresh look at the performance impact of the Downfall mitigation on affected AVX workloads.

Firefox 118 Available With Performance Improvements, Automated Translations

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 22:05
Ahead of the formal announcement on Tuesday, Mozilla today uploaded the Firefox 118.0 release binaries as the latest monthly update for this cross-platform web browser...

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