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NVMe FDP Block Write Streams, IO_uring DMA-BUF Zero Copy Receive Land In Linux 6.16

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 18:32
Merged last week for the Linux 6.16 kernel coming later this summer were the many block subsystem updates as well as the IO_uring feature updates...

FUSE Improvements Merged For Linux 6.16 To Enhance File-Systems In User-Space

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 18:18
The FUSE improvements have been merged for the Linux 6.16 in enhancing the capabilities for file-systems implemented in user-space...

June 3, 2025 - Hackaday

Google News - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 16:03
June 3, 2025  Hackaday

New Rust Abstractions Added In Linux 6.16 For More Core Areas

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 08:38
More Rust programming language abstractions for core code of the Linux kernel continues to land for the ongoing Linux 6.16 merge window...

Updated Steam Client Beta For Linux Fixes Slow Install Speeds For Updates

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 08:27
One day after Steam on Linux set a recent high with the Steam Survey, a new Steam client beta is out today to fix an excruciating annoyance affecting some Linux gamers...

More Intel Panther Lake Graphics Device IDs Added To Open-Source Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 04:24
Intel's Linux graphics driver engineers continue working on enabling support for the Xe3 integrated graphics premiering with next-gen Core Ultra "Panther Lake" SoCs. Today a number of additional PCI device IDs have been merged to the Mesa 25.2 code to reflect the growing family...

Kexec HandOver "KHO" Merged For Linux 6.16

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 02:57
Kexec HandOver "KHO" was merged for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel as part of all the memory management "MM" changes. Kexec HandOver is providing the basis for some nifty low-level features moving forward...

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