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Linux 6.15 Fixes A Performance Issue For Extremely Heavy Read-Only Workloads

Phoronix - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 20:30
Completely separate from the big performance regression I noted earlier this week for the Linux 6.15 Git kernel and fixed yesterday in the upstream codebase, another significant performance issue was also uncovered and fixed this week in Linux 6.15 Git...

New Patches Get Linux Booting On The Snapdragon X1-Powered Dell Inspiron 14 Plus

Phoronix - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 18:25
New Linux kernel patches have been posted adding the necessary Device Tree files so that Linux is able to boot on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 powered Dell Inspiron 14 Plus laptop...

Mesa Falling Back To Its Multi-File Cache Due To Performance Reasons

Phoronix - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 18:08
Mesa has supported on-disk shader cache for years to help speed-up game load times and overall system efficiencies. They had shifted from a multi-file cache layout to a single file cache for greater space savings. Steam also added support for the single-file cache. But now upstream Mesa is shifting back from the single-file cache default to the multi-file cache over performance issues...

Raspberry Pi HEVC Decoder Linux Driver Updated For Mainline Kernel Attempt

Phoronix - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 17:53
At the end of last year the upstreaming efforts began for a Raspberry Pi HEVC decoder driver for getting H.265/HEVC accelerated decode working on the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers with the mainline kernel. Nearly a half-year later that effort is still ongoing but yesterday brought the third iteration of this driver...

PCIe Controller Support For The Apple M2 Pro Coming To The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 17:44
The latest bit of hardware enablement coming out of Asahi Linux and queued for introduction in the mainline kernel the next cycle is PCI Express (PCIe) support for the Apple M2 Pro SoC...

AMD Publishes Open-Source GIM Driver For GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In The Roadmap"

Phoronix - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 08:15
AMD has published as open-source their "GPU-IOV Module" used for virtualization with Instinct accelerators. It's also reported on their roadmap for bringing virtualization support to their client (Radeon) discrete GPUs...

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