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Compute Express Link 2.0 Support Sent In For Linux 5.12, Enabling CXL 2.0 Memory Devices

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 23:36
Immediately following the publishing of the

GCC 10 vs. GCC 11 Compiler Performance On AMD Zen 3

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 22:20
After recently looking at the early LLVM Clang 12 compiler performance on the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, in today's benchmarking is a look at how the GCC 11 compiler performance is looking in its near final state compared to GCC 10 under a variety of build CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS configurations on the AMD Zen 3 desktop.

Ampere Making Progress On Open-Source Firmware For Their CPUs/Platform

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 20:20
Ampere Computing with their 80-core Ampere Altra processors and Mount Jade reference platform continue making progress on open-source firmware support for interested parties...

Linux 5.13 Should See HP Platform Profile Support

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 19:12
Linux 5.12 is bringing the initial infrastructure around ACPI Platform Profile support and with this kernel it's implemented for newer Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad laptops. The support allow for altering the system's power/performance characteristics depending upon your desire for a speedy, quiet, or cool experience. With Linux 5.13 it looks like HP laptops with this capability will begin to see working Platform Profile support too...

Debian Launches A Debuginfod Server For Smoother Debugging Experience

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 19:01
Debian is the latest major Linux distribution deploying a Debuginfod web server so that ELF/DWARF/source-code information can be supplied via HTTP to clients on-demand when debugging...

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