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Intel i219-LM Had Only Been Running At ~60% Of Maximum Speed Due To Linux Driver Bug

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 05:00
If you rely on an Intel I219-LM Gigabit Ethernet adapter, you will want to look forward to upgrading your Linux kernel build soon... A fix was committed today after Intel engineers discovered this particular Ethernet chipset had only been running at around 60% of its maximum speed due to a regression introduced back in 2020...

AMD Posts New Linux Patches Enabling Dynamic Boost Control

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 02:30
A new patch series from AMD today for the Linux kernel enables Dynamic Boost Control support that can be found with some Ryzen SoCs for tuning the processor for optimal performance...

Intel Posts Linux Patches Enabling LASS KVM Support

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 01:13
Back in January Intel engineers posted Linux patches for Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) as a feature being introduced with future Intel CPUs. Intel engineers today posted a set of patches extending that LASS support to the realm of KVM virtualization...

RADV Optimized By Valve For An Upcoming Game - Nearly Matching The Windows Performance

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 23:40
Valve's Linux graphics driver developers continue relentlessly optimizing the Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" and today landed an optimization for an unnamed, upcoming game where now it's able to nearly match the performance enjoyed under Windows...

Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" Now Available For Download

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 22:30
Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" release images are now available for download for those wanting to fetch the latest Ubuntu desktop or server builds or alternatively the various downstream flavors/spins...

Ubuntu 23.04 Laptop Performance Mixed Against Ubuntu 22.10

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 21:00
Today marks the release of Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" and I've already been trying it out on a number of test systems. Up today are some initial Ubuntu 23.04 vs. 22.10 laptop benchmarks. If you were hoping though for this release to improve performance, unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the case with overall across a range of workloads Ubuntu 23.04 is similar to -- or in some areas trailing -- Ubuntu 22.10 on both Intel and AMD hardware.

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