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Firefox 137 Release Brings VA-API Accelerated H.265 On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 03/31/2025 - 19:06
The Mozilla Firefox 137 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release set for Tuesday...

Linux 6.15 Introduces SPI Offloading, Converts More Drivers To The Faux Bus

Phoronix - Mon, 03/31/2025 - 18:54
Greg Kroah-Hartman on Sunday submitted all of the "char/misc" patches for the Linux 6.15 merge window for this random catch-all area of the kernel with small drivers and other random/obscure hardware support...

PostgreSQL Lands Batch Mode & Other Async I/O Improvements

Phoronix - Mon, 03/31/2025 - 18:39
Last week PostgreSQL merged support for IO_uring that can provide for "considerably faster" performance of this popular open-source database server. Over the weekend some additional improvements were merged to the asynchronous I/O "AIO" code to PostgreSQL, including introducing a new batch mode that can also provide a performance win...

Intel-Started Cloud Hypervisor Project Adds Experimental RISC-V Support

Phoronix - Mon, 03/31/2025 - 18:28
Cloud Hypervisor began as an open-source Intel software project more than a half-decade ago with an emphasis on security and cloud deployments while leveraging the Rust programming language. With time its scope has broadened a lot as has its industry adoption. With time it added ARM64 support and recruited AMD, Ampere Computing, Microsoft, and others as its supporters while being folded into the Linux Foundation. The latest expansion for the project is introducing experimental RISC-V 64-bit support...

Linux 6.15 Wires Up SoundWire Bulk Register Access

Phoronix - Mon, 03/31/2025 - 18:17
The in-development Linux 6.15 kernel is continuing to enhance its support for MIPI's SoundWire specification for small audio peripherals with this two-pin, low-complexity audio interface...

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