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Zstd Improvement For Linux 7.4 To Avoid Redundant Initialization
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (211+ words) In addition to Usama Arif's recent Linux patches for addressing a major inefficiency within the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code, he also has a separate patch series destined for Linux 7.4 to further enhance the Zstd compression/decompression performance by avoiding…...
KDE Plasma 6.8 Remote Desktop To Enjoy Lower Latency Performance
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (191+ words) Along with KDE Plasma 6.8 beta releasing this week, there were some other interesting Plasma changes this week worthy of a shout-out... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals KDE Plasma 6.8 Remote…...
Patches Ready For AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Enabled By Default With Linux 7.4 With FreeSync, VRR & ALLM
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (254+ words) Linux 7.4 is now set to reach the elusive milestone of HDMI 2.1 support for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. After the HDMI Forum previously rejected HDMI 2.1 for the AMDGPU open-source driver implementation going back years, earlier this year something changed -- widely…...
Linux's IO_uring Sees Some "Crazy" Patches That Deliver Very Nice Improvements
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (215+ words) Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel. For ending out the week he's posted some "crazy" patches delivering some significant gains......
Mesa 26.3 RADV + RadeonSI Ready With DRM Format Modifiers For Older AMD GPUs
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (186+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Mesa 26.3 RADV + RadeonSI Ready With DRM Format Modifiers For Older AMD GPUs Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded…...
OpenSSL 4.1 Alpha 1 Released With DTLS 1.3, GREASE & More AVX-512 Optimizations
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (199+ words) The first alpha release of the upcoming OpenSSL 4.1 release is now available for testing with some GREASE and DTLS 1.3 support along with more AVX-512 performance optimizations... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating…...
KDE's KWin Merges Wayland Commit-Timing Protocol Support
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (199+ words) Merged today to the latest KDE KWin compositor development code is support for Wayland's important commit-timing protocol that is useful for video playback as well as for gamers relying on Adaptive-Sync/FreeSync support... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux…...
New Patches Provide HDMI 1.4 3D Mode Support For AMD Radeon Graphics On Linux
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (247+ words) It turns out one of the feature limitations of the AMDGPU Linux graphics driver is HDMI 1.4 3D output support with frame packing, top-and-bottom, and side-by-side options for transmitting simultaneous video streams. I wasn't aware of this limitation for the lack of…...
LLVM Merges Support For AMD's RMPCHKD, RMPREAD & RMPOPT Instructions
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (216+ words) With the Linux kernel still working toward landing support for AMD's RMPOPT optimization for helping to reduce overhead on SEV-SNP enabled servers, the LLVM/Clang compiler has in turn prepped for the milestone by landing support for the RMPOPT, RMPREAD,…...
Linux Preps For New AMD Zen 6 BTB CTX Isolation Security Feature
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (187+ words) A recently posted Linux kernel patch has revealed a new security improvement with Zen 6 processors... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Linux Preps For New AMD Zen 6 BTB CTX Isolation…...