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Linux Adding New Control Since Its Splitlock Detector Is Wrecking Some Steam Play Games

Phoronix - Tue, 12/13/2022 - 19:30
Back in 2020 the Linux kernel added a split-lock detector since when they occur an atomic instruction spanning multiple cache lines and requiring a global bus lock is needed. This has an unfortunate heavy impact on the system and thus the detector was added to report it to the kernel log when a split-lock occurs. But earlier this year starting with Linux 5.19, kernel developers decided to "make life miserable" and intentionally slow down bad behaving apps that abuse split-locks. That in turn has caused problems for some games -- so far select Windows games running under Steam Play -- and thus a new kernel knob is being added to more easily adjust the behavior...

Linux 6.2 Expands Support For More Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs, Apple M1 Pro/Ultra/Max

Phoronix - Tue, 12/13/2022 - 18:57
All of the Arm SoC support additions and DeviceTree updates have been merged for the Linux 6.2 merge window. There is support for a number of additional Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs in the kernel as well as having the initial mainline bits for the Apple M1 Pro/Ultra/Max SoC variants...

Fedora Budgie Spin Proposed For Fedora 38

Phoronix - Tue, 12/13/2022 - 18:36
Budgie desktop lead developer (and former Solus Linux developer) Joshua Strobl has proposed a Fedora Budgie desktop spin for Fedora 38...

Intel On Demand Driver Ready To Activate Your Licensed CPU Features With Linux 6.2

Phoronix - Tue, 12/13/2022 - 18:23
What first entered the kernel as the "Software Defined Silicon" and now set to be marketed as Intel On Demand is ready to go with Linux 6.2 for this CPU license activation model appearing with upcoming Intel Xeon server processors...

Intel TDX Guest Attestation Support Merged For Linux 6.2

Phoronix - Tue, 12/13/2022 - 17:49
The Intel TDX guest support has been merged into the in-development Linux 6.2 kernel...

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