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Intel Uncore Frequency Linux Driver Prepares For TPMI & Cluster Level Power Controls

Phoronix - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 01:07
A set of patches to the Intel Uncore Frequency (intel-uncore-freq) Linux driver are expected for the Linux 6.5 cycle that integrate support for the TPMI interface and prepare for upcoming processors with cluster-level power controls...

Loongson Begins Posting Linux Patches For 3A6000 Series CPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 00:00
While the Loongson 3A6000 processors have yet to be officially launched, rumors since last year put it on target for launching in the first half of this year and some claims that there is such performance uplift that these Chinese CPUs could rival AMD Zen 3 or Intel Tiger Lake levels of performance. Ahead of the 3A6000 series launch, Linux patches have begun appearing for these next-gen LoongArch processors...

SQLite 3.42 Released With "Secure Delete" Command

Phoronix - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 23:30
SQLite 3.42 is now available as the newest update to this widely-used, embed-friendly SQL database option that is used by countless applications and other software for lightweight and speedy data storage purposes...

Parallel CPU Bring-Up Poised For Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 21:09
Months in the making have been the patches for x86_64 parallel CPU boot support to allow secondary CPU cores to be booted in parallel for shortening Linux kernel boot times. Over time the Linux parallel CPU bring-up patches have gone through many revisions while it looks like this work is now positioned for introduction with the Linux 6.5 kernel later this summer...

Arch Linux Prepares For Repository Changes, Discontinuing SVN Access

Phoronix - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 20:25
This Friday is the planned Git packaging migration for the Arch Linux distribution that will see some repository splits as well as discontinuing SVN access...

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