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Linux Patch Posted For Syncing The Kernel Code With Zstd 1.5.7
13 March 2025 - Zstd 1.5.7 For The Linux Kernel

The Zstandard (Zstd) compression code sadly hasn't been regularly synced with the latest upstream Linux kernel sources but a patch posted this evening goes ahead and syncs the in-kernel Zstd code against the Zstd 1.5.7 state.

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IGT GPU Tools 2.0 Released For Helping To Develop DRM Drivers
14 March 2025 - IGT GPU Tools 2.0

IGT GPU Tools began as a set of tools by Intel for working on their Linux Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel driver but with time has been broadened by the open-source community to support non-Intel drivers/hardware. IGT GPU Tools 2.0 was released on Thursday with new enhancements for these tests and other tools incorporated into the project.

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Mediatek DRM Driver Adding MT8365 "Genio 350" Support In Linux 6.15
14 March 2025 - Mediatek MT8365

On top of the big features for the Intel graphics driver code and new AMD hardware support coming for Linux 6.15 along with the initial NOVA driver stub, the smaller Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) drivers have also been lining up their changes for this next kernel version. With the Mediatek DRM driver for Linux 6.15 it's set to add MT8365 SoC support, perhaps better known as the Genio 350.

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Linux 6.14-rc7 To Support A Few More Gaming Controllers
16 March 2025 - XPad Additions

Ahead of the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel release later today, a set of input subsystem updates were merged overnight that add in support for a few more gaming controllers.

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Linux 6.14-rc7 Released With v6.14 Final Expected Next Weekend
16 March 2025 - Linux 6.14-rc7

Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel with expectations of releasing Linux 6.14 stable next weekend.

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Linux Kernel's Zstd Code Gets A Co-Maintainer
18 March 2025 - Zstd Co-Maintainer

Hopefully leading to more timely updates to the Zstd compression code within the Linux kernel is a decision to add on a co-maintainer of the in-kernel Zstandard code.

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DRM Sync Object Optimizations Show Minor Benefit On The Steam Deck
19 March 2025 - DRM drm_syncobj

Tvrtko Ursulin of Igalia has been working on some optimizations to the DRM synchronization object "drm_syncobj" code for slightly more efficient use on the CPU side.

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Clash Verge Rev Update
2025-03-20
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Clash Verge Rev v2.2.0

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DAMON Self-Tuned Memory Tiering Shows Nice Improvement For Linux Servers
20 March 2025 - Little Tuning Needed

Linux developer SeongJae Park has posted a set of patches for the Linux kernel's wonderful DAMON code to provide for self-tuned memory tiering that "just works" and is racking up some nice performance wins.

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The Most Interesting Linux 6.14 Features From NTSYNC To AMD Ryzen AI & Rust Abstractions
20 March 2025 - Linux 6.14 Changes

Barring any last minute issues or hesitation by Linus Torvalds, the Linux 6.14 kernel is aiming for releasing as stable this coming Sunday on 23 March. Here's a reminder about some of the most interesting changes to find with Linux 6.14.

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New Intel/AMD GPU Features, Apple Touch Bar Drivers & Other Likely Changes For Linux 6.15
21 March 2025 - Linux 6.15 Likely Features

With the Linux 6.14 stable kernel likely debuting on Sunday, the Linux 6.15 merge window will then open for kicking off the next development cycle. There's a lot of exciting changes and new features building up ahead of the Linux 6.15 merge window.

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Linux 6.14 Sees Last Minute Fix For A Two Year Old Regression Causing A 30% Performance Drop
21 March 2025 - Linux 6.14 Performance Fix

Submitted today ahead of the Linux 6.14 stable release expected Sunday is a lone scheduler fix for the kernel. This patch is for reverting a change made to the Linux kernel two years ago that ended up regressing some workloads with a significant performance hit.

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Linux Security Hardening Cache Randomization Was Inadvertently Using The Same Seed
21 March 2025 - slab Fix For Linux 6.15

Ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle a few early pull requests have already been sent in to Linus Torvalds in advance of the anticipated v6.14 release on Sunday. Among those early changes for Linux 6.15 are the SLAB allocator updates that include a fix for cache randomization with kvmalloc inadvertently being inadequate due to accidentally using the same randomization seed.

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Linux 6.15 Plans To Drop Support For A Useless CRC-32 Checksum In The Kernel Image
22 March 2025 - Removing Useless CRC32 Bits

Ingo Molnar began sending out the pull requests today for the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window of code areas he oversees for the Linux kernel. Among those early pulls are of the x86/build updates, which includes removing some seemingly useless CRC-32 checksum code from the kernel.

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