Linux 6.1.19 LTS & 6.2.6 Released With AMD System Stuttering Workaround

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 6.1.19 LTS & 6.2.6 Released With AMD System Stuttering Workaround

Following last night's Linux 6.2-rc2 release that brings a workaround for system stuttering on some AMD Ryzen systems, that workaround was quickly back-ported to the Linux 6.1 LTS and 6.2 stable series and spun into new releases for Monday morning...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.1.19-LTS-6.2.6

[avis]

Spring is not only for mating, looks like it's also for a flood of stable releases

[skeevy420]

Spring is not only for mating, looks like it's also for a flood of stable releases

Well, mating releases a lot of chemicals into the brain that can cause stability...and a lot of bug reports during the instabilities of no nut November (who actually does that dumb internet crap?).

[geearf]

Wouldn't the rc2 be from 6.3 and not 6.2 Michael ?

Do we need updated bios for this or is it ok to have Linux load the latest AMD firmware?

[Michael]

Wouldn't the rc2 be from 6.3 and not 6.2 Michael ?

Do we need updated bios for this or is it ok to have Linux load the latest AMD firmware?

Yes, typo, fixed. Thanks.

[Anux]

I recommend to just disable TPM in BIOS, most linux users won't or can't use it anyway.

[skeevy420]

I recommend to just disable TPM in BIOS, most linux users won't or can't use it anyway.

That.

It's not like a thief is going to specifically gank my hard drives. They'll gank the whole PC or laptop. The only time FDE matters is if you're worried about a state sponsored actor stealing one or two disks from your server...and if they have that kind of access then there are two assumptions that are likely: 1) they probably have access to your encryption keys if they have access to your hard drives; and 2) you have horrible security and should look into fixing the hackers have physical access to the mainframe problem.

[avis]

That.

It's not like a thief is going to specifically gank my hard drives. They'll gank the whole PC or laptop. The only time FDE matters is if you're worried about a state sponsored actor stealing one or two disks from your server...and if they have that kind of access then there are two assumptions that are likely: 1) they probably have access to your encryption keys if they have access to your hard drives; and 2) you have horrible security and should look into fixing the hackers have physical access to the mainframe problem.

A state sponsored someone will simply implant a HW keyboard logger, dump your entire disk and then wait for you to enter your FDE password. Poof, all your data are belong to us.

And there are even simpler methods:

[archkde]

That.

It's not like a thief is going to specifically gank my hard drives. They'll gank the whole PC or laptop. The only time FDE matters is if you're worried about a state sponsored actor stealing one or two disks from your server...and if they have that kind of access then there are two assumptions that are likely: 1) they probably have access to your encryption keys if they have access to your hard drives; and 2) you have horrible security and should look into fixing the hackers have physical access to the mainframe problem.

No. FDE also matters in the case where someone steals my laptop, so that they can't use my data to additionally steal money from my bank account or try to extort me. (Of course, I would use a passphrase here and not a TPM.)

[mattia.b89]

version 6.2.6 fixes a bad issue with wireless connection, too

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79d1ed5ca7db67d48e870c979f0e0f6b0947944a