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Updated FUTEX2 System Call Patches Posted For Helping Wine/Proton, Other Use-Cases

Phoronix - Wed, 04/28/2021 - 08:21
It's been several months since the last round of FUTEX2 patches for this system call to address the shortcomings of the current FUTEX system call. FUTEX2, which is designed in part with Wine/Proton in mind for better matching Windows semantics, has now seen a third iteration of the patches...

Intel Bus Lock Detection Merged For Linux 5.13

Phoronix - Wed, 04/28/2021 - 01:35
Intel's code for Linux kernel bus lock detection that works in conjunction with newer Intel CPUs has landed in the Linux kernel...

The Qt Company Publishes 2021 Roadmap

Phoronix - Tue, 04/27/2021 - 23:33
With Qt 6.1 being released next month, The Qt Company has published their 2021 road-map outlining some of their plans for the remainder of the calendar year...

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