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The PREEMPT_RT Locking Code Is Merged For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 07:30
It looks like the real-time (RT) patches for the Linux kernel are almost to the point of being fully upstream in the mainline Linux kernel. Merged for Linux 5.15 is the PREEMPT_RT locking code that represents a bulk of the outstanding RT patches...

Experimental Ray-Tracing For Open-Source Radeon Vulkan Driver Nears Upstream Mesa

Phoronix - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 04:20
It looks like within the coming days that the Vulkan ray-tracing support for Mesa's "RADV" Radeon Vulkan driver will be upstreamed for Mesa 21.3...

Linux 5.15 I/O Can Achieve Up To ~3.5M IOPS Per-Core

Phoronix - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 03:00
In addition to the block subsystem changes submitted for the Linux 5.15 merge window, Jens Axboe also sent in a separate pull request for this new kernel cycle to provide support for bio recycling. In turn this can enhance the Linux I/O limits by around 10%...

Pyston Developers Join Anaconda To Continue Their Speedy Python Implementation

Phoronix - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 01:52
Pyston began many years ago as an open-source JIT-based Python implementation developed by Dropbox. But after Dropbox dropped Pyston development, it went dormant for several years before the developers decided to create their own start-up around it and released Pyston 2.0. The Pyston developers are now joining well known Python organization Anaconda...

Linux 5.15 Block Changes From Removing LightNVM To Fixing Up The Floppy Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 01:39
Linux block subsystem maintainer and I/O expert Jens Axboe sent in his set of feature pull requests today for the Linux 5.15 kernel cycle...

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