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Mesa Adds "Block On Depleted Buffers" Option To Reduce Latency

Phoronix - Tue, 10/25/2022 - 19:00
After the idea has been discussed for about a year, Mesa 22.3 has landed a new performance option called "block_on_depleted_buffers" to wait on buffers at the end of a swap to reduce latency -- a possible one frame advantage...

Linux 6.2 Aims To Ship Updated Zstd Implementation

Phoronix - Tue, 10/25/2022 - 18:24
While various Linux kernel components are increasingly making use of the Zstandard compression algorithm, the Zstd code in the kernel has tended to trail behind upstream. Fortunately, a push is underway to get Zstd 1.5.2 in the Linux 6.2 kernel cycle that kicks off at year's end...

memtest86+ v6.0 Released As Rewritten Open-Source RAM Tester

Phoronix - Tue, 10/25/2022 - 18:12
Memtest86+ v6.0 has been released for this open-source system memory (RAM) testing utility. Memtest86+ v6.0 is the first major release of this program in nearly a decade and comes as a complete rewrite to better deal with modern hardware...

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