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Intel Panther Lake Perf Integration Ready For Linux 6.17

Phoronix - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 17:55
The Linux support for Intel's next-generation Panther Lake SoCs appears to be largely set with Linux 6.16 ahead of the Core Ultra Series 3 laptops debuting in the coming months. There are though a few stragglers of Panther Lake support such as the performance events code in Linux 6.17 only now landing the perf integration...

GNU Linux-libre 6.16 Fights Firmware In Nouveau, NOVA, Ath12k & Other Drivers

Phoronix - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 17:40
Following the Linux 6.16 kernel release from Sunday evening, GNU Linux-libre 6.16-gnu is now available for that kernel downstream that strips out driver/kernel code dependent upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load proprietary kernel modules, and carving out other bits of the Linux kernel not meeting their stringent free software standards...

Linux 6.16 Released - Better Performance, NVIDIA Blackwell Open-Source & Intel APX

Phoronix - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 05:31
As anticipated the Linux 6.16 kernel was promoted to stable. Linux 6.16 now greets the world with various performance improvements, NVIDIA Hopper and Blackwell open-source GPU driver support in Nouveau, Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) preparations, and many other exciting enhancements...

AMD Kernel Graphics Driver Exceeds 5.9 Million Lines In Linux 6.16

Phoronix - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 23:26
The modern AMD Kernel graphics driver consisting of AMDGPU, the AMDKFD compute code, and associated infrastructure continues to easily be the largest mainline open-source driver. With the Linux 6.16 kernel debuting as stable as soon as later today, the AMD kernel graphics driver cracks the 5.9 million line threshold. In comparison, the entire Linux kernel source tree comes in at..

Linux 6.17 Introducing Support For The NVIDIA Tegra T264/Thor, New RISC-V SoCs

Phoronix - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 21:55
In advance of the Linux 6.17 merge window expected to open soon following the Linux 6.16 release, all of the SoC updates have been submitted to Linus Torvalds for this next kernel version...

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