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KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.7 Adds LoongArch, Up To 4096 x86 vCPUs

Phoronix - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 02:30
The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes were sent out on Thursday for the Linux 6.7 merge window...

Trying Out & Benchmarking Bcachefs On Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 22:59
The biggest surprise this week so far with the Linux 6.7 merge window has been the landing of the Bcachefs file-system. Here is an early look at Bcachefs with Linux 6.7 and some preliminary benchmarks.

Linux 6.7 Networking Adds New Hardware Support, A ~20% Perf Boost For Single TCP Flow

Phoronix - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 21:48
As with each kernel cycle, the networking subsystem updates for Linux 6.7 are heavy with a wide assortment of core networking infrastructure improvements, (e)BPF features continue to be tacked on, and new wired and wireless network hardware is supported...

AppArmor Adds IO_uring Mediation & Some Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 20:33
The AppArmor Linux security system has picked up a few improvements and new features with the in-development Linux 6.7 kernel...

DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.4 Released With Intel OIDn GPU Acceleration

Phoronix - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 20:22
One of the great open-source achievements for 2023 was DreamWorks Animation open-sourcing their MoonRay renderer as the OpenMoonRay project. Since then DreamWorks along with other open-source stakeholders have continued advancing this open-source renderer and today marks the release of OpenMoonRay 1.4...

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