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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...

Open-Source TPDE Can Compile Code 10-20x Faster Than LLVM

Phoronix - Tue, 06/03/2025 - 00:43
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have announced TPDE as a fast and adaptable compiler back-end framework. The code is now open-source and they are talking up some very wild compile time improvements... Compiling code for x86_64 and AArch64 with TPDE can be ten to twenty times faster than using the LLVM Clang compiler...

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