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Linux 6.12 Features Are Super Exciting With Real-Time, Sched_ext, Intel Xe2 & Raspberry Pi 5

Phoronix - Sun, 09/29/2024 - 22:00
The Linux 6.12 merge window is wrapping up today with the release of Linux 6.12-rc1 in the coming hours. This is going to be a heck of an exciting kernel. There's real-time PREEMPT_RT finally in mainline, the much anticipated sched_ext code also was merged, QR codes for DRM panic messages, initial out-of-the-box support for Intel Xe2 graphics with Lunar Lake and Battlemage, initial Raspberry Pi 5 support, and a ton of other hardware support additions and new innovative kernel software features.

CachyOS Optimizing More Packages With PGO For Up To ~10% Better Performance

Phoronix - Sun, 09/29/2024 - 21:56
The Arch Linux based CachyOS operating system that is known for pursuing aggressive performance while still delivering a nice Linux desktop experience is out with its September 2024 release...

Linux 6.12 x86 Platform Drivers Brings Improvements For Laptops Plus Intel ELC

Phoronix - Sun, 09/29/2024 - 20:48
The x86 platform driver changes that were merged last week for the Linux 6.12 kernel continue to be quite lively with changes for enhancing Linux laptop support along with other Intel platform improvements...

Linux 6.12 Hardware Monitoring Supports More OneXPlayer Gaming Handhelds

Phoronix - Sun, 09/29/2024 - 18:41
The hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates for Linux 6.12 added some new drivers as well as adding new device support to some of the existing drivers...

Intel Panther Lake & Diamond Rapids Model IDs Added For Linux 6.12

Phoronix - Sun, 09/29/2024 - 18:16
Submitted today as the "x86 fixes" for the Linux kernel ahead of the Linux 6.12-rc1 release this evening is adding two new Intel CPU model numbers...

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