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Linux Gets Patches For Threaded Console Printing

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 08:20
There has been a multi-year effort to overhaul the Linux kernel's printk() code and as part of that the newest patch series out is providing threaded console printing support...

Fwupd 1.7.5 Adds New Hardware Support, Prepares For EOL/Alternative Firmware

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 03:30
Fwupd 1.7.5 is out as the latest feature update to this open-source solution for updating system and component firmware under Linux that is easily distributed by the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)...

Intel Joins RISC-V International, Will Help With RISC-V Open-Source Software

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 02:56
Intel Foundry Services already courted SiFive as a customer and there were even those talks last year of Intel reportedly trying to acquire that leading RISC-V chip designer while today Intel has announced it joined RISC-V International as its latest move around this open-source processor ISA...

Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit vs. 64-bit Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 01:00
Last week marked the long awaited release of a 64-bit spin of Raspberry Pi OS. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has now made available a 64-bit build of their default Linux OS build derived from Debian for all recent Raspberry Pi hardware supporting AArch64. For those curious, here are some benchmarks looking at the performance improvement by switching from Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit to 64-bit.

AMD Is Hiring Again For Their Linux - Client - Effort

Phoronix - Mon, 02/07/2022 - 22:26
After establishing a new organization within AMD last year focused on improving AMD client platforms on Linux, they are now hiring again for this endeavor...

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