Linux 6.3-rc2 Introduces Stuttering Workaround For AMD Ryzen PCs Due To fTPM RNG

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 6.3-rc2 Introduces Stuttering Workaround For AMD Ryzen PCs Due To fTPM RNG

Since the Linux 6.1 kernel various users have reported system stuttering issues when using modern AMD Ryzen systems. This has been similar to an "intermittent system stutter" issuye AMD disclosed last year for Windows 10 and Windows 11 while now for today's Linux 6.3-rc2 a workaround is finally being merged that in turn will also be back-ported to the stable kernel series...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.3-Fix-For-AMD-fTPM

[tildearrow]

issuye, workwround, workaroudn

Michael, are you OK?

[Michael]

issuye, workwround, workaroudn

Michael, are you OK?

Just multi-tasking too much... The wife complaining in the background that she wanted to give son a bath while I was trying to quickly write up this article...

[tildearrow]

Just multi-tasking too much... The wife complaining in the background that she wanted to give son a bath while I was trying to quickly write up this article...

Your family is priority! You can finish the article later.

[aviallon]

Just multi-tasking too much... The wife complaining in the background that she wanted to give son a bath while I was trying to quickly write up this article...

The others are right, family first. Besides, how do you manage to write so many articles in such a short time?

[Jedibeeftrix]

"if you have a system firmware update available for your AMD Ryzen system"

this sounds mysterious (what is this magic 'firmware' that can be upgraded...?), but are we just talking about bios updates sporting the latest agesa version?

[Britoid]

"if you have a system firmware update available for your AMD Ryzen system"

this sounds mysterious (what is this magic 'firmware' that can be upgraded...?), but are we just talking about bios updates sporting the latest agesa version?

Basically.

[skeevy420]

The others I right, family first. Besides, how do you manage to write so many articles in such a short time?

ChatGPT

[aviallon]

ChatGPT

He was able to have such a writing cadence long before ChatGPT.

[pereiraalex]

wow ...

/me
- reads article
- remembers there is a 1 second freeze every 5 seconds while moving bios menus
- checks gigabyte x470 bios, sees there is a very recent update
- updates bios
- freeze gone !!

THANKS Michael (and amd and gigabyte)