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Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Released With The Newest Hardware Enablement Stack

Phoronix - Thu, 02/13/2020 - 04:04
After a one week delay, Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS is available today as the newest long-term support point release...

Benchmarking Linux 5.5 vs. Linux 5.6-rc1 On A Few Systems So Far

Phoronix - Thu, 02/13/2020 - 01:44
Since the release of Linux 5.6-rc1 that is coming in as a very feature-packed kernel, here are benchmarks of Linux 5.5 stable up against Linux 5.6-rc1 on a few of the systems tested so far while more results are in-progress...

Whoops, Linux 5.5 Missed Some "Critical" Intel Graphics Driver Patches

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2020 - 23:38
While Linux 5.5 is out in the wild now as the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, it turns out some Intel kernel graphics driver patches were overlooked and this can spell trouble for some users...

AMD Volleys Third Revision To Sensor Fusion Hub Linux Driver

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2020 - 20:01
One of the letdowns of the forthcoming Linux 5.6 kernel is that AMD's long-awaited Sensor Fusion Hub "SFH" open-source driver wasn't ready in time for merging this cycle, but it continues moving forward with hopes of seeing it in Linux 5.7...

Linux Kernel Continues Prepping For RISC-V's Updated Supervisor Binary Interface

Phoronix - Wed, 02/12/2020 - 19:30
RISC-V's Supervisor Binary Interface "SBI" is the interface between the platform-specific firmware and the running operating system or hypervisor for interacting with the supervisor execution environment in the higher privileged mode. The Linux kernel has been working to support a newer version of the SBI that is more extensible moving forward...

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