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RISC-V KASLR Support For Linux Revised Again

Phoronix - Mon, 06/12/2023 - 23:52
While the upstream Linux kernel support for RISC-V continues to improve with new ISA features, support for more RISC-V SoCs, and other enhancements, in some areas the open-source RISC-V code continues to play catch-up with the other mature architectures supported by the Linux kernel. One of the areas still pending is enabling KASLR support for RISC-V on Linux to enhance system security...

Linux cpupower Tool Being Extended For AMD P-State Features

Phoronix - Mon, 06/12/2023 - 22:20
The cpupower tool that lives within the Linux kernel source tree can be used for easily querying and setting various CPU power-related features. This tool now has patches pending for extending it for exposing more functionality found within AMD's modern P-State CPU frequency scaling driver...

Debian GNU/Hurd 2023 Released

Phoronix - Mon, 06/12/2023 - 20:00
Following this weekend's release of Debian 12.0, the Debian GNU Hurd port has been released that rather than utilizing the Linux kernel is making use of GNU Hurd...

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