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RISC-V Now Supports Rust In The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 05/23/2024 - 03:19
The latest RISC-V port updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.10 kernel...

Steam Deck Platform Driver In No Apparent Rush For Upstreaming Into The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 05/23/2024 - 01:46
Back in February 2022 prior to the Valve Steam Deck being released, a Steam Deck Platform Driver was posted for the Linux kernel. Sadly, more than two years later, this driver still hasn't been upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel and it looks like it could still be months before it happens...

Linux 6.10's Hardening Configuration Now Enables KCFI & Other Features

Phoronix - Thu, 05/23/2024 - 00:53
Introduced last year with the Linux 6.7 kernel was a hardening configuration to allow for "make hardening.config" as an easy way of building a security-hardened Linux kernel with sane defaults. With Linux 6.10 there are some additional security minded features now enabled...

Linux 6.10 Shows People Are Still Using USB To Parallel Port Adapters In 2024

Phoronix - Thu, 05/23/2024 - 00:10
Greg Kroah-Hartman sent out the USB/Thunderbolt changes this morning for the Linux 6.10 merge window that is wrapping up this weekend. Surprisingly, in 2024, a new USB to parallel printer port adapter variant is being introduced with Linux 6.10...

FUSE Adds VirtIO-FS Multi-Queue For ~5x Performance Win With Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Wed, 05/22/2024 - 23:11
The FUSE updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.10 kernel in supporting file-system implementations within user-space...

Alpine Linux 3.20 Released With Initial 64-bit RISC-V Support

Phoronix - Wed, 05/22/2024 - 21:02
Alpine Linux 3.20 has been released as the newest feature release to this security-minded, lightweight Linux distribution that is popular for embedded and container use. Alpine Linux continues to set itself apart from others by making use of musl libc, Busybox, and other modifications in the name of security and small footprint...

Linux 6.10 Perf Tools Brings AMD Zen 5 Events & Intel Updates

Phoronix - Wed, 05/22/2024 - 18:46
Sent out on Tuesday were all of the perf tool changes for the Linux 6.10 kernel. This includes perf event support for recent Intel CPUs as well as initial AMD Zen 5 processor support...

Linux 6.10 KVM Does More Prepping For Intel TDX

Phoronix - Wed, 05/22/2024 - 18:32
The KVM changes for the Linux 6.10 kernel were merged a few days ago for this important piece to the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

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