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31 May

NVIDIA Cleans Up GSP Firmware Binary License
NVIDIA Cleans Up GSP Firmware Binary License
31 May 08:38 AM EDT - NVIDIA - Easier Redistribution - 16 Comments

With yesterday's NVIDIA R535 Linux driver beta one of the unlisted changes with this driver update is revising the driver license around the firmware handling to make it more explicit around permitting the GPU System Processor (GSP) firmware binaries to make it easier for redistribution and use by the Nouveau open-source kernel driver.

30 May

LLVM Clang 16 vs. GCC 13 Compiler Performance On AMD 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa"
LLVM Clang 16 vs. GCC 13 Compiler Performance On AMD 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa"
30 May 11:42 AM EDT - Software - 13 Comments

With the recent stable releases of LLVM's Clang 16 and GCC 13 compilers there is now initial AMD Zen 4 "znver4" support in these open-source compilers. Curious about the performance difference between these two compilers on the very newest AMD 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa" server processors, I ran some LLVM Clang 16.0 and GCC 13.1 benchmarks on the flagship EPYC 9654 2P Linux server.

29 May

Intel Posts Latest 113 Patches For Linux KVM TDX Support
Intel Posts Latest 113 Patches For Linux KVM TDX Support
29 May 08:38 AM EDT - Intel - Kernel-based Virtual Machine - Add A Comment

One of the new features of Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen "Sapphire Rapids" server processors is support for Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) but for this generation is only being activated for CPUs going to select cloud providers. Intel TDX allows better isolating virtual machines from the VMM/hypervisor and other non-TD software on the platform. This limited roll-out of Intel TDX has worked out okay with the Linux support for this security feature still being in flux. Sent out today was the 14th spin of the 113 patches needed for getting KVM TDX support wired up within the Linux kernel.

GCC 11.4 Released With 110+ Bugs Fixed
GCC 11.4 Released With 110+ Bugs Fixed
29 May 06:28 AM EDT - GNU - GCC 11.4 - 1 Comment

While GCC 13 saw its first stable release several weeks back, for those taking their time in moving to major new compiler releases and still relying on the two-year-old GCC 11 series, out today is the GCC 11.4 point release.

28 May

Linux Lands Fix For Potentially Bogus Number Of Intel Hybrid CPU HT Siblings
28 May 08:11 AM EDT - Intel - Fixed For Linux 6.4-rc4 - 2 Comments

A few days ago I wrote about a Linux kernel patch being prepared for fixing Intel hybrid CPU SMP/HT topology reporting due to the way the Linux kernel was currently counting the number of Hyper Threading siblings for each core. Fortunately, that fix which is apparently becomes more pressing for upcoming Meteor Lake processors, has now been picked up in time for today's Linux 6.4-rc4 release and is set for back-porting to stable kernel series.

Wine-Staging 8.9 Ships With The Very Latest VKD3D Code
28 May 06:20 AM EDT - WINE - Wine-Staging 8.9 - 24 Comments

Following the release of Wine 8.9 on Friday for enabling Windows games and applications to run on Linux, Wine-Staging 8.9 is now available for this more testing/development-focused flavor of Wine that more liberally picks up in-development patches.

27 May

Debian 12.0's Installer Reaches RC4 Status
27 May 07:15 PM EDT - Debian - Debian Installer Bookworm RC4 - 1 Comment

The Debian 12 "Bookworm" release is quickly approaching with an early June release date while for helping facilitate more last minute testing is a fourth release candidate of the updated Debian Installer.

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