📰 Patches Provide For Much Faster In-Kernel Zstd Due To Embarrassingly Bad Inefficiency
Patches sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list today can provide much more efficient Zstd compression and decompression by addressing a very unfortunate oversight in the existing code...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
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https://phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
Patches sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list today can provide much more efficient Zstd compression and decompression by addressing a very unfortunate oversight in the existing code...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
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Patches Provide For Much Faster In-Kernel Zstd Due To Embarrassingly Bad Inefficiency
Patches sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list today can provide much more efficient Zstd compression and decompression by addressing a very unfortunate oversight in the existing code.
📰 Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS & XFS On Linux 7.2 vs. Linux 7.3 Performance
Earlier this week I showed off some of the very nice Btrfs performance gains on Linux 7.3. For those wondering what kernel optimizations may have carried over to other file-systems or other file-system specific enhancements, here are Linux 7.2 vs. 7.3 Git performance benchmarks across Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS, and XFS on the same system.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems
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https://phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems
Earlier this week I showed off some of the very nice Btrfs performance gains on Linux 7.3. For those wondering what kernel optimizations may have carried over to other file-systems or other file-system specific enhancements, here are Linux 7.2 vs. 7.3 Git performance benchmarks across Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS, and XFS on the same system.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems
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https://phoronix.com/review/linux-73-filesystems
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Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS & XFS On Linux 7.2 vs. Linux 7.3 Performance
Earlier this week I showed off some of the very nice Btrfs performance gains on Linux 7.3.
📰 AMD Preparing To Enable HDMI 2.1 FRL Support By Default For Linux
It was back in May that the surprising event happened of AMD posting HDMI 2.1 FRL patches for their open-source AMDGPU Linux driver as part of their broader HDMI 2.1 bring-up. For years the open-source HDMI 2.1 support in AMDGPU was blocked by the HDMI Forum but whether it was due to Valve or some other event, the code was finally unblocked. While it's been part of the kernel since Linux 7.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Default
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https://phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Default
It was back in May that the surprising event happened of AMD posting HDMI 2.1 FRL patches for their open-source AMDGPU Linux driver as part of their broader HDMI 2.1 bring-up. For years the open-source HDMI 2.1 support in AMDGPU was blocked by the HDMI Forum but whether it was due to Valve or some other event, the code was finally unblocked. While it's been part of the kernel since Linux 7.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Default
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https://phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Default
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AMD Preparing To Enable HDMI 2.1 FRL Support By Default For Linux
It was back in May that the surprising event happened of AMD posting HDMI 2.1 FRL patches for their open-source AMDGPU Linux driver as part of their broader HDMI 2.1 bring-up
📰 Intel Linux Driver Orphaned For Limiting RF Exposure To Humans
Over the past year and a half a number of open-source drivers in the Linux kernel have been orphaned as a result of departures from the company. The impact has ranged from the Intel CPU "coretemp" temperature driver being orphaned without a maintainer to other lesser known Intel drivers. Another lesser known Intel driver is now being orphaned with no longer having a maintainer at the company: the Intel Specific Absorption Rate Driver...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-SAR-Driver-Orphaned
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https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-SAR-Driver-Orphaned
Over the past year and a half a number of open-source drivers in the Linux kernel have been orphaned as a result of departures from the company. The impact has ranged from the Intel CPU "coretemp" temperature driver being orphaned without a maintainer to other lesser known Intel drivers. Another lesser known Intel driver is now being orphaned with no longer having a maintainer at the company: the Intel Specific Absorption Rate Driver...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-SAR-Driver-Orphaned
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https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-SAR-Driver-Orphaned
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Intel Linux Driver Orphaned For Limiting RF Exposure To Humans
Over the past year and a half a number of open-source drivers in the Linux kernel have been orphaned as a result of departures from the company
📰 New Linux “Steal Governor” Targets CPU Contention in Overcommitted Virtual Machines
by George WhittakerLinux kernel developers are considering a new “steal governor” designed to improve performance when multiple virtual machines compete for limited physical CPU resources. The proposal uses the amount of CPU steal time observed inside a guest to dynamically reduce or expand the number of virtual CPUs on which that VM prefers to schedule work.
🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/new-linux-steal-governor-targets-cpu-contention-overcommitted-virtual-machines
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https://linuxjournal.com/content/new-linux-steal-governor-targets-cpu-contention-overcommitted-virtual-machines
by George WhittakerLinux kernel developers are considering a new “steal governor” designed to improve performance when multiple virtual machines compete for limited physical CPU resources. The proposal uses the amount of CPU steal time observed inside a guest to dynamically reduce or expand the number of virtual CPUs on which that VM prefers to schedule work.
🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/new-linux-steal-governor-targets-cpu-contention-overcommitted-virtual-machines
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https://linuxjournal.com/content/new-linux-steal-governor-targets-cpu-contention-overcommitted-virtual-machines
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New Linux “Steal Governor” Targets CPU Contention in Overcommitted Virtual Machines
Linux kernel developers are considering a new “steal governor” designed to improve performance when multiple virtual machines compete for limited physical CPU resources. The proposal uses the amount of CPU steal time observed inside a guest to dynamically…
📰 The Linux Kernel Is Approaching 2,000 CVEs Per Release
With the proliferation of AI/LLM models analyzing the Linux kernel's vast codebase, there has been a surge in the number of CVEs per kernel release. After typically being around 500 CVEs fixed per release, we are now approaching 2,000 CVEs fixed per release and perhaps will break that threshold for Linux 7.3...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-CVEs-Nearly-2000
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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-CVEs-Nearly-2000
With the proliferation of AI/LLM models analyzing the Linux kernel's vast codebase, there has been a surge in the number of CVEs per kernel release. After typically being around 500 CVEs fixed per release, we are now approaching 2,000 CVEs fixed per release and perhaps will break that threshold for Linux 7.3...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-CVEs-Nearly-2000
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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-CVEs-Nearly-2000
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The Linux Kernel Is Approaching 2,000 CVEs Per Release
With the proliferation of AI/LLM models analyzing the Linux kernel's vast codebase, there has been a surge in the number of CVEs per kernel release
📰 New Linux Patches Tune AMD Ryzen Zen 6 To Optimize Performance & Power Consumption
Ahead of the next-generation AMD Ryzen Zen 6 client processors debuting, an important patch series was posted overnight to the Linux kernel mailing list. These patches provide new Zen 6 client Energy Performance Preference "EPP" tunings that are important for optimizing performance and power consumption for these upcoming AMD Zen 6 desktop and laptop processors...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-Client-EPP-Tunings
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https://phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-Client-EPP-Tunings
Ahead of the next-generation AMD Ryzen Zen 6 client processors debuting, an important patch series was posted overnight to the Linux kernel mailing list. These patches provide new Zen 6 client Energy Performance Preference "EPP" tunings that are important for optimizing performance and power consumption for these upcoming AMD Zen 6 desktop and laptop processors...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-Client-EPP-Tunings
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New Linux Patches Tune AMD Ryzen Zen 6 To Optimize Performance & Power Consumption
Ahead of the next-generation AMD Ryzen Zen 6 client processors debuting, an important patch series was posted overnight to the Linux kernel mailing list
📰 NVIDIA Posts Linux Scheduler Patches To Further Boost SMT Performance On NVIDIA Vera
Hitting the Linux kernel mailing list today is a new kernel scheduler patch series to enable preferred SMT siblings for NVIDIA Vera with its Olympus cores...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Linux-Sched-Vera-SMT
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https://phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Linux-Sched-Vera-SMT
Hitting the Linux kernel mailing list today is a new kernel scheduler patch series to enable preferred SMT siblings for NVIDIA Vera with its Olympus cores...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Linux-Sched-Vera-SMT
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NVIDIA Posts Linux Scheduler Patches To Further Boost SMT Performance On NVIDIA Vera
Hitting the Linux kernel mailing list today is a new kernel scheduler patch series to enable preferred SMT siblings for NVIDIA Vera with its Olympus cores.
📰 Intel Graphics Driver Introducing Cold Reset Recovery For Linux 7.4, Panther Lake IBC v3
While the Linux 7.3 merge window just wrapped up this weekend, on Monday Intel already sent out their first feature pull request of new Xe kernel graphics driver material that is destined for Linux 7.4...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Linux-7.4-First-PR
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https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Linux-7.4-First-PR
While the Linux 7.3 merge window just wrapped up this weekend, on Monday Intel already sent out their first feature pull request of new Xe kernel graphics driver material that is destined for Linux 7.4...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Linux-7.4-First-PR
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https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Linux-7.4-First-PR
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Intel Graphics Driver Introducing Cold Reset Recovery For Linux 7.4, Panther Lake IBC v3
While the Linux 7.3 merge window just wrapped up this weekend, on Monday Intel already sent out their first feature pull request of new Xe kernel graphics driver material that is destined for Linux 7.4.
📰 First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.2 Is Now Available for Download
Arch Linux 2026.09.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for August 2026, powered by Linux kernel 7.2 and featuring the latest Archinstall 4.4 text-mode installer.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-2-is-now-available-for-download
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Arch Linux 2026.09.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for August 2026, powered by Linux kernel 7.2 and featuring the latest Archinstall 4.4 text-mode installer.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-2-is-now-available-for-download
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📰 Greg KH Forewarns Of "Rough" Linux 7.3 Kernel Cycle Due To Continued AI Churn
While Linux 7.3-rc1 only released this week and there are another roughly seven weeks to go until the official kernel release, Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is already warning that it's likely to be another "rough" kernel cycle given the ongoing noise caused by AI/LLM with the increase in bug reports and kernel patches...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Rough-Cycle
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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Rough-Cycle
While Linux 7.3-rc1 only released this week and there are another roughly seven weeks to go until the official kernel release, Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is already warning that it's likely to be another "rough" kernel cycle given the ongoing noise caused by AI/LLM with the increase in bug reports and kernel patches...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Rough-Cycle
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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Rough-Cycle
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Greg KH Forewarns Of "Rough" Linux 7.3 Kernel Cycle Due To Continued AI Churn
While Linux 7.3-rc1 only released this week and there are another roughly seven weeks to go until the official kernel release, Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is already warning that it's likely to be another 'rough' kernel cycle given the ongoing…
📰 AVX-512 xor_gen For Linux Updated & Looking Real Good For RAID Arrays
Being worked on the past few months for the Linux kernel has been an AVX-512 optimized version of xor_gen() that is used for generating and validating parity blocks such as with Linux's software RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays. The latest iteration of AVX-512 xor_gen() was posted today and shows some impressive results on AMD Zen 5 hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AVX-512-xor-gen-v5
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https://phoronix.com/news/AVX-512-xor-gen-v5
Being worked on the past few months for the Linux kernel has been an AVX-512 optimized version of xor_gen() that is used for generating and validating parity blocks such as with Linux's software RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays. The latest iteration of AVX-512 xor_gen() was posted today and shows some impressive results on AMD Zen 5 hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AVX-512-xor-gen-v5
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https://phoronix.com/news/AVX-512-xor-gen-v5
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AVX-512 xor_gen For Linux Updated & Looking Real Good For RAID Arrays
Being worked on the past few months for the Linux kernel has been an AVX-512 optimized version of xor_gen() that is used for generating and validating parity blocks such as with Linux's software RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays
📰 Linux Kernel 7.1 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.2
Linux kernel 7.1 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 7.2 kernel series as soon as possible.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-7-2
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Linux kernel 7.1 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 7.2 kernel series as soon as possible.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-1-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-7-2
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