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      Linux 6.5-rc2 Released With Some Early AMD Family 26 Bits, Fixing Up Some KCFI Assembly

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 July, 2023

    The newest weekly test version of the Linux 6.5 kernel is now available for evaluation and looking out for any bugs/regressions...
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      Linux Mint 21.2 Released With Cinnamon Enhancements, Other Desktop Polishing

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 July, 2023

    Linux Mint 21.2 has been released today as the newest update to this Ubuntu 22.04 LTS based Linux distribution known for its Cinnamon desktop environment and other Linux desktop focused refinements...
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      Intel Raptor Lake HX, System76 Adder WS 3 Added To Coreboot

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 July, 2023

    System76 has contributed Intel Core Raptor Lake HX support to Coreboot with some minor additions over the existing Raptor Lake "RPL" code as well as adding their new Adder WS 3 laptop to upstream Coreboot...
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      AMD Dynamic Boost Control Feature Set For Introduction In Linux 6.6

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 July, 2023

    Back in April I pointed out some new AMD patches at the time for enabling a new "Dynamic Boost Control" feature that hasn't been widely talked about by AMD yet for allowing more frequency/power controls around Ryzen SoCs. But making this power/performance feature controversial is that it requires authentication with the AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) for activation with user-space blobs for tapping this greater control of the hardware. This AMD Dynamic Boost Control feature now looks like it is ready for merging into Linux 6.6...
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      HP BIOS Management/Configuration Driver Coming For Linux 6.6

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 July, 2023

    Similar to the Dell WMI system management driver and Lenovo's Think-LMI driver, the HP-BIOSCFG driver now poised for introduction in Linux 6.6 allows for managing and configuring BIOS settings on capable HP laptops/desktops from under Linux itself...
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      Linux 6.6 To Add New Input Driver Used By Wearable Fitness Devices

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 July, 2023

    Queued up ahead of the Linux 6.6 cycle later this summer is a new input driver for the Azoteq IQS7210A/7211A/E controllers...
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      Cluster Scheduling For Intel Hybrid CPUs Looks Like It Will Be Ready For Linux 6.6

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 July, 2023

    For the past few months Intel has been working on a new cluster scheduling implementation for their hybrid CPUs. This rework was due to their earlier cluster scheduling code not working out so well for the likes of Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors while this new patch series can at least help some workloads in the ~1% range...
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      Btrfs Deprecating Its Integrity Checker Tool

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 July, 2023

    Btrfs has long provided a built-in integrity checker tool into the file-system driver. However, slated for Linux 6.6 is deprecating of this integrity checker...
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      Linux kCFI/FineIBT Weaknesses Addressed By Rewriting Some Assembly In C

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 July, 2023

    Ahead of the Linux 6.5-rc2 release tomorrow there was a set of x86/x86_64 kernel changes merged overnight to deal with some weaknesses in the kernel's Control Flow Integrity (kCFI) / FineIBT (Indirect Branch Tracking) code...