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AMD + Valve Working On New Linux CPU Performance Scaling Design

Phoronix - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 20:00
Along with other optimizations to benefit the Steam Deck, AMD and Valve have been jointly working on CPU frequency/power scaling improvements to enhance the Steam Play gaming experience on modern AMD platforms running Linux...

Debian Improves Docs To Inform Users Their Systems Might Not Work Without Non-Free Firmware

Phoronix - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 18:38
Debian 11 "Bullseye" is set to be released mid-August while out this morning is the third release candidate of the Debian Bullseye installer. With this installer update is more documentation for users letting them know the risks of modern graphics cards and the like that are often inoperable unless loading firmware that isn't considered free software...

Work Is Back Underway On A Task Isolation Interface For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 18:09
Red Hat's Marcelo Tosatti has submitted his latest patches implementing a basic task isolation interface for the Linux kernel that would be particularly useful for real-time workloads and high-bandwidth networking applications making use of user-space drivers...

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