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Qualcomm Posts Initial Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 800 Series

Phoronix - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 23:04
Qualcomm engineers have posted the initial patches for bringing up the newest Adreno 800 series graphics IP within the open-source MSM Linux kernel Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver...

Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See More Fixes With Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 22:09
In addition to the IEEE-1394 Firewire support still being maintained within the Linux kernel, another Apple tech still seeing code churn within the Linux kernel years later are the HFS and HFS+ file-systems. For the Linux 6.18 kernel are more fixes to the HFS/HFS+ support...

NVIDIA 580.95.05 Linux Driver Released

Phoronix - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 21:25
Debuting today is the newest NVIDIA 580 Linux driver series release...

Linux's New "Transitional" Feature A Long Overdue Improvement For Kernel Configurations

Phoronix - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 20:57
Merged as part of the kernel hardening updates for Linux 6.18 is not a direct hardening improvement but rather a long overdue enhancement to the kernel configuration "Kconfig" system. The introduction of this new "transitional" keyword for Kconfig options can ease the process of renaming Kconfig options across kernel versions with less breakage/headaches for those maintaining their own kernel configurations/builds...

XFS Removes Some Old Mount Options & Enables Fsck By Default For Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 20:12
The XFS file-system updates have been merged for the Linux 6.18 merge window...

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