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Revisiting The Linux 6.19 Performance With Some New Wins & Losses

Phoronix - Mon, 01/26/2026 - 23:24
Back at the start of the Linux 6.19 kernel cycle I ran benchmarks showing some scheduler performance regressions with the new kernel. Fortunately, two weeks out from the Linux 6.19 stable release, merged this weekend was disabling the scheduler's NEXT_BUDDY feature due to performance regressions. Here are some fresh benchmarks looking at the latest Linux 6.19 Git state with/without NEXT_BUDDY and comparing it to Linux 6.18 stable for reference.

Patch Proposed To Allow Toggling Linux Kernel VT Support At Boot Time

Phoronix - Mon, 01/26/2026 - 22:07
A patch causing a healthy technical debate today on the Linux kernel mailing list would allow the kernel virtual terminal "VT" support to be enabled/disabled at boot time rather than being limited to the current CONFIG_VT build-time option...

Initial AMD GFX13 Target Merged To LLVM 23 Git - Presumably RDNA5

Phoronix - Mon, 01/26/2026 - 21:23
Added to the LLVM 23 Git codebase minutes ago is a pull request adding the initial AMDGPU GFX13 target for their next-generation graphics core IP. AMD GFX13 is presumably for RDNA5...

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