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AMD SB-RMI Driver Coming For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Tue, 08/03/2021 - 04:00
AMD continues pushing new code out for Linux in better exposing their platform's capabilities in the open-source world. The latest AMD driver work now queued via "-next" branches for introduction this autumn in Linux 5.15 is SB-RMI sensor support...

WireGuard Sees Native, High-Performance Port To The Windows Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 08/03/2021 - 02:13
The excellent WireGuard open-source secure VPN tunnel has been seeing growing adoption on Linux now that it's been in the mainline kernel for a while and also seeing continued progress on the BSDs. While there has been beta WireGuard for Windows in user-space, "WireGuardNT" was announced today as a native high-performance port to the Windows kernel...

FWUPD 1.6.2 Released With Exciting Improvements For Hardware Firmware Updates On Linux

Phoronix - Tue, 08/03/2021 - 01:54
While FWUPD 1.5.12 released last week with expanded support for Poly web cameras, FWUPD 1.6.2 is out today as the newest feature release in their latest series. FWUPD 1.6.2 brings several significant improvements for advancing open-source firmware update capabilities on Linux...

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