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Linux 5.15 In 2021 Is Still Improving Intel 486 Era Hardware Support

Phoronix - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 15:00
The x86/IRQ changes for the Linux 5.15 kernel bring some unexpected improvements to old hardware...

How my team built an open source learning experience platform

opensource.com - Tue, 08/31/2021 - 15:00

Learning is based on the open exchange of ideas and experiences. By sharing, testing, and practicing what we've learned with others, we're able to develop in our lives and careers. It follows that openness is the ideal state for any successful learning organization. 


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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%...

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