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Linux 6.9 Deprecates The EXT2 File-System Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 21:20
While Linux 6.9 brings many great changes and new features / hardware support, on the deprecation side it's deprecating the classic EXT2 file-system driver...

AMDVLK 2024.Q1.3 Released With Fixes

Phoronix - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 20:57
AMD today released its third and last open-source Vulkan driver update of the quarter...

Intel Adds Linux Driver PCI IDs For Arc Graphics A750E & A580E

Phoronix - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 19:03
Intel has sent out driver patches today for adding two additional PCI IDs to the DG2/Alchemist family for their Xe and i915 Linux kernel graphics drivers...

Linux Enabling Shadow Stack Support For x32

Phoronix - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 18:43
Back in Linux 6.6 the Shadow Stack support was finally merged as part of Intel's Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET). This years-in-the-making effort allows for better defending against ROP attacks for newer generations of Intel processors. For Linux 6.10, Shadow Stack support is being extended to x32...

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