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The File Struct Is Smaller In Linux 6.12 - May Help File Heavy Workloads

Phoronix - Mon, 09/16/2024 - 18:30
The file structure is one of the most widely-used data structures by Linux kernel drivers. The file struct represents an open file and thus obviously very important and ubiquitous throughout the kernel. With the Linux 6.12 kernel the file struct has been adjusted so it's smaller than before and in turn could help with performance for file-heavy workloads...

TamaGo Allows Executing Go Language Code Bare Metal On ARM/RISC-V SoCs

Phoronix - Mon, 09/16/2024 - 18:00
Presented earlier this month at the Open-Source Firmware Conference was TamaGo as a means of running Go programming language code bare metal on Arm SoCs as well as eyeing RISC-V too. TamaGo can allow for "0% C and 100% Go code" for ARM/RISC-V device firmware to enhance security...

Linux 6.12 EDAC Prepares For Address Translation On Future AMD Platforms

Phoronix - Mon, 09/16/2024 - 17:00
The Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) driver updates were among the early pull requests submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel cycle in advance of this week's Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit in Austria. Among the EDAC work this cycle is preparing memory address translation support for future AMD platforms...

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