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NVIDIA 595.44.03 Linux Driver Released With VK_KHR_device_address_commands

Phoronix - Sat, 03/14/2026 - 02:42
Less than a week after their prior NVIDIA Vulkan beta driver in the R595 driver series, today NVIDIA released another new Vulkan beta driver for Linux and Windows systems...

Panther Lake Tuning For The Intel Idle Driver In Linux 7.1

Phoronix - Sat, 03/14/2026 - 01:25
While the Linux support for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake is largely in good shape as shown in my numerous articles over the past month and a half, there are occasional missing remnants landing in the kernel. As the latest example, or the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel, the unified Panther Lake C-States table is being added for the Intel Idle driver...

Linux Kernel API Specification Framework Advances Past RFC Stage

Phoronix - Sat, 03/14/2026 - 00:18
After going through five rounds of review under a Request For Comments (RFC) flag, today the latest round of Kernel API Specification Framework patches were sent out with the RFC flag removed...

Linux 6.12 Through Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks For EXT4 + XFS

Phoronix - Fri, 03/13/2026 - 22:00
Earlier this month were various Linux 7.0 file-system benchmarks showing how XFS is leading the race in the overall upstream Linux file-system performance on this forthcoming kernel. Stemming from that testing some premium supporters requested a fresh look at the historical performance of XFS as well as EXT4. So today's article is a look at how XFS and EXT4 have performed on every kernel release going back to Linux 6.12 LTS.

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