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Linux 6.16 Enables Support For Arm Scalable Matrix Extension "SME"

Phoronix - Sun, 06/01/2025 - 18:39
The Linux kernel had not enabled support for Arm Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) due to bugs, but with the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel those issues have been resolved and so SME can now be enabled for the rare SoCs having said hardware support...

Apparent Git Scripting Issue Raised Concerns Of Possible Malicious Linux Kernel Activity

Phoronix - Sun, 06/01/2025 - 18:22
The Linux 6.16 merge window this weekend suffered an unexpected twist this weekend when Linus Torvalds noticed some unusual Git activity by a longtime Linux kernel developer. The issue is still being sorted through but it would appear that the possible malicious activity came down to some scripting issues around Git...

FreeBSD 14.3 RC1 Brings OCI Images To Docker & GitHub

Phoronix - Sun, 06/01/2025 - 18:00
The release candidate of FreeBSD 14.3 is now available for testing ahead of the official operating system release this month...

Snapdragon X Elite & AMD's Grado + Strix Halo CPUs Captured Phoronix Reader Interest In May

Phoronix - Sun, 06/01/2025 - 12:00
May was another busy month when it comes to Linux hardware and software milestones albeit depressing when looking at the ongoing state of the web/ad industry. In any event there were 25 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles and another 268 original Linux-related news articles all written by your's truly for the month. Here is a look back at what excited Phoronix readers the most during May...

OpenBMC 2.18 Released With Many More Motherboard Ports Upstreamed

Phoronix - Sun, 06/01/2025 - 08:36
OpenBMC 2.18 released on Friday as the newest version of this Linux Foundation project providing an open-source baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware stack implementation. In recent years OpenBMC has been enjoying increasing success in deploying to server platforms from the mega hyperscalers to the more prominent OEM/ODM vendors seeing increasing customer demand for open-source BMC as part of broader open-source firmware interest from the industry...

Linux 6.16 Now Enforces A Minimum Compiler Version Of GCC 8

Phoronix - Sun, 06/01/2025 - 04:48
To compile the Linux x86/x86_64 kernel has already enforced a minimum compiler version of GCC 8 while now with Linux 6.16 this requirement is in place for all other architectures. The GCC 8 and GNU Binutils 2.30 baseline for all Linux kernel architectures now allows removing a number of old workarounds from the codebase...

Linux 6.16 Enabling Support For 11 More SoCs, Sophgo SG2044 & More Snapdragon X Laptops

Phoronix - Sat, 05/31/2025 - 21:00
All of the big SoC and DeviceTree board updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.16 kernel including support for a number of new Arm SoCs as well as a RISC-V server SoC. Plus many new board additions, including continued work on bettering the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite/Plus laptop support under Linux...

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