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Linux 6.13 Performance For 250Hz vs. 1000Hz Timer Frequency Comparison

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 23:05
Given the recent patch proposal to raise the Linux kernel's default timer frequency from 250Hz to 1000Hz, I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at the 250Hz vs. 1000Hz comparison on some modern desktop hardware...

GNU Shepherd 1.0.2 Service Manager Delivers Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 23:00
In addition to the recent release of SysVinit 3.14 and systemd continuing to tack on new features, the GNU Shepherd system/user service manager written in Guile Scheme is out today with a new release...

Linux 6.15 To Bring More Improvements To DRM Panic "Screen of Death"

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 19:52
Now that the Linux 6.14 merge window has passed, new feature material aiming for the Linux 6.15 kernel is beginning to get ready for staging in DRM-Next ahead of that next merge window opening up around the end of March. Sent out today was the first batch of drm-misc-next changes for Linux 6.15 that include more work on DRM Panic for that Linux equivalent to Microsoft Windows' "Blue Screen of Death" as well as changes to the other smaller Direct Rendering Manager drivers...

Intel C1 Demotion Knob Proposed For The Linux Kernel To Help Newer Xeon CPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 19:35
A patch has been proposed for the Linux kernel to add a C1 demotion knob via /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/c1_demotion for more control over lower power state handling for recent Xeon Scalable processors. This C1 demotion knob can help with the performance of some workloads for Intel Xeon servers but at the cost of increased power consumption...

Open-Source Qualcomm Adreno Vulkan Driver Matures To Default AArch64 Mesa Driver List

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 19:30
The open-source Qualcomm Adreno Vulkan driver within Mesa known as "TURNIP" has now matured enough that it's going to be built by default when compiling Mesa for ARM64/AArch64 hardware...

Intel Thermal Daemon 2.5.9 Prepares For Panther Lake

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 19:21
Intel on Tuesday released Thermal Daemon 2.5.9 as their newest feature release of this open-source daemon to help monitor and control the CPU/SoC temperature within laptops and other modern Intel hardware...

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