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NVIDIA's Open-Source Nova Driver Now Explicitly Requires 64-bit Support

Phoronix - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 18:04
As part of the Rust DRM drivers now having their own development tree, sent out today was the first pull request from the drm-rust-fixes branch...

RISC-V Zalasr Support Now Under Review For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 17:35
Linux kernel patches for supporting RISC-V's Zalasr ISA extension are now under review. This extension provides "real" load acquire/store release instructions for RISC-V processors...

How to Check Exit Status for Command in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 14:09
The post How to Check Exit Status for Command in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

When working on a Linux system, every command you run returns a status code (also called an exit status or

The post How to Check Exit Status for Command in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

GCC 16 Increasing Its Default LTO Partition Count Due To Today's High Core Count CPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 02:44
GCC's --param lto-partitions= compiler flag is used for controlling the number of partitions used during Link Time Optimization (LTO). It had defaulted to 128 for a number of years but given today's rising core counts especially for servers and HEDT/workstation processors, that default partition count is being quadrupled...

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