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OProfile Kernel Code Slated For Removal In Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 13:30
OProfile as a system profiler for Linux systems was started twenty years ago during the Linux 2.4 kernel days. While the user-space components are still going strong, the kernel-side support is redundant in an era of the perf subsystem and thus slated for removal with Linux 5.12...

How to Fix NTFS Partition Failed to Mount Error in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 13:09
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In this article, we will show how to fix NTFS failed to mount errors such as “Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdax’: Input/output error, NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it’s

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The x86 Platform Drivers For Linux 5.12 Have Several Prominent Additions

Phoronix - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 09:23
The "platform-drivers-x86" area of the kernel that is primarily made up of driver support around Intel/AMD laptops and other platform drivers is seeing a number of noteworthy additions for the newly-opened Linux 5.12 merge window...

Monado 21.0 Released As An Officially Conformant OpenXR Implementation

Phoronix - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 03:48
Monado, the leading open-source project implementing The Khronos Group's OpenXR specification for AR/VR devices, is now officially considered a conformant implementation and is marked by its v21.0 release...

KVM With Linux 5.12 Allows For Userspace To Emulate Xen Hypercalls, AMD Optimization Too

Phoronix - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 02:04
Even before the Linux 5.11 kernel was released on Sunday, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) maintainer Paolo Bonzini already had submitted early the initial batch of virtualization changes for Linux 5.12. There are some interesting changes on the KVM front for Linux 5.12...

Updated FUTEX2 Patches Posted For The Linux Kernel With A Focus On Helping Games

Phoronix - Tue, 02/16/2021 - 00:12
It's approaching one year since the proposal of FUTEX2 for addressing shortcomings of the existing FUTEX system call and allowing the semantics to better match that of the Windows behavior, which is of use when running Windows games on Linux via Steam Play's Wine/Proton. In the end the FUTEX2 system call can lead to lower CPU utilization and in turn allowing for greater Linux gaming performance...

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