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Linux 6.6 Delivers Some Impressive Gains For AMD EPYC 9754 "Bergamo" Server Performance

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 21:33
From my early testing thus far of the Linux 6.6 kernel in its very early state, some of the most impressive gains are happening on AMD's high core count server processors, the EPYC 9754 "Bergamo" in particular is enjoying some stellar improvements for various server workloads on this forthcoming kernel.

Linux 6.7 To Make It Easier To Toggle Support For x86 32-bit Programs

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 20:14
The Linux kernel currently allows disabling support for 32-bit programs and 32-bit system calls at compile-time, but a new option expected to be introduced with Linux 6.7 this winter will provide a new "ia32_emulation" boot time option to allow unconditionally disabling support for 32-bit programs and system calls...

GNU Assembler Starts Getting Ready For Intel AVX10.1

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 18:32
Back in July Intel announced AVX10 as the future of AVX-512 and how they ultimately plan to support more Advanced Vector Extensions capabilities on both future P and E cores. Since then they've begun making preparations to the open-source compiler toolchains around enabling AVX10...

AMD To Enable Seamless Boot Across Modern Radeon Graphics Hardware

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 18:17
The past two years AMD's AMDGPU Linux kernel driver has supported Seamless Boot on Van Gogh APUs notably used by Valve's Steam Deck. AMD Seamless Boot is for a seamless or flicker-free boot experience by aiming to avoid redundant/unnecessary mode-sets by the driver. After a few years being limited in its scope of supported hardware, new patches are aiming to open up Seamless Boot usage to more AMD Radeon graphics hardware...

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