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RISC-V Memory Hot Plugging To Be Introduced With Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Sun, 06/30/2024 - 21:31
The RISC-V kernel port with Linux 6.11 is introducing the ability to handle memory hot plugging/unplugging...

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Powered ASUS Vivobook S15 Laptop Seeing Linux Patches

Phoronix - Sun, 06/30/2024 - 19:02
For those interested in laptops powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite SoC, it's looking like the ASUS Vivobook S15 model could be one of the first devices with decent Linux support. There are patches undergoing review for upstreaming the ASUS Vivobook S 15 DeviceTree support so that much of the basic functionality is working under Linux but various features are known to be broken...

Reverse-Engineered Vivante Driver Brings Improved Performance & Fixes For Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Sun, 06/30/2024 - 18:39
The Etnaviv kernel graphics driver that provides reverse-engineered open-source support for Vivante graphics (and NPU) IP has seen a fresh round of patches ready to go for queuing in DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.11 cycle kicking off in mid-July...

Kernel Optimizations, XZ, AMD ZLUDA, NOVA, EPYC 4004 & Other H1'2024 Highlights

Phoronix - Sun, 06/30/2024 - 18:20
With the first half of the year drawing to a close, here is a look back at the most popular content on Phoronix so far in 2024. Year to date there has been 1,530 original news articles so far and 78 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles written by your's truly. There has been a lot happening in 2024 from Linux kernel improvements to exciting new hardware and other open-source advances...

Linux 6.10 Lands Improved Support For LG's Latest Laptops

Phoronix - Sun, 06/30/2024 - 18:13
Merged on Saturday ahead of today's Linux 6.10-rc6 release is the latest batch of x86 platform driver changes. Notable as part of this week's fixes is improving support for the very latest (2024) LG laptop models...

Debian 12.6 Released With Many Security Updates & Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Sun, 06/30/2024 - 18:05
For those on the Debian stable train, Debian 12.6 is out this weekend as the newest point release to Debian Bookworm...

Linux Prepares New Spectre BHI Mitigation Option For Cloud Environments

Phoronix - Sat, 06/29/2024 - 20:24
For the Branch History Injection variant of Spectre (Spectre BHI) there is a patch pending to add a new mitigation option for that two year old CPU security vulnerability...

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