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Linux 5.16 KVM To Land RISC-V Hypervisor Support

Phoronix - Wed, 10/06/2021 - 02:36
Coming with the Linux 5.16 kernel cycle will be support for RISC-V virtualization with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)...

CentOS Kmods SIG Working On exFAT, WireGuard Additions

Phoronix - Wed, 10/06/2021 - 02:17
Created this year has been the CentOS Kmods special interest group for dealing with deprecated device support and out-of-tree modules. This Kmods SIG has begun crafting their initial set of extra kernel modules for use on CentOS...

Updated Zstd Planned For Linux 5.16 With Better Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 10/05/2021 - 21:10
As reported on last week, an updated Zstd implementation for the Linux kernel is being re-attempted by Zstd developer Nick Terrell at Facebook. Today he sent out the latest Zstd kernel patches to provide a much newer version of the code compared to what is currently mainlined and will provide much better performance and numerous fixes...

Mir 2.5 Released With Wayland Extension Updates For Better Handling On-Screen Keyboards

Phoronix - Tue, 10/05/2021 - 20:30
Canonical continues advancing their Wayland-based Mir stack for embedded and IoT use-cases. Out today is Mir 2.5 with the latest features as they work to provide better support for on-screen keyboards...

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