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Intel Posts Newest Code For Cache Aware Scheduling On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 18:31
Intel engineers have recently been working on the notion of cache-aware scheduling / load balancing for benefiting the likes of Intel and AMD processors sporting multiple caches. Posted today was the newest iteration of these patches that are still seeking to get more feedback and testing around this potential useful addition to the Linux kernel...

FamFS Ported To FUSE For Fabric-Attached Memory File-System

Phoronix - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 18:12
One year ago we covered Micron working on FamFS as a new file-system for fabric-attached memory with an emphasis on Compute Express Link (CXL) devices. That started off as a conventional kernel driver while now the newest patches posted this weekend are morphing it into a user-space driver via FUSE...

RISC-V getrandom vDSO Ready Ahead Of Linux 6.16 With Exciting Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 17:59
Merged last year in Linux 6.11 was getrandom() support in the vDSO for x86/x86_64 and then in Linux 6.12 was extended to LoongArch and ARM64. With the upcoming Linux 6.16 cycle, this support for faster while still secure RNG for user-space is set to come to RISC-V...

Wine 10.6 Released With New Command Processor Lexer, 27 Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 12:00
After missing its bi-weekly development release regiment this past Friday, Wine 10.6 was tagged on Sunday as the newest routine update to this open-source software that enables Windows applications and games to run on Linux and other platforms...

Linux 6.15-rc3 Released With GCC 15 Build Fixes, Intel Bartlett Lake & Zen 5 Check

Phoronix - Mon, 04/21/2025 - 05:05
Easter doesn't get in the way of Linus Torvalds' weekly kernel release regiment: Linux 6.15-rc3 is now available for testing the latest kernel fixes ahead of the stable Linux 6.15 kernel release coming around the end of May...

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