MIPS Gets A Hearty Update With Linux 4.3

Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 3 September 2015 at 08:58 PM EDT. Add A Comment
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The MIPS architecture updates have landed in the kernel Git code for Linux 4.3.

Among the MIPS updates for Linux 4.3 are Cavium Octeon CN68XX improvements, support for the I6400 64-bit MIPS processor, improvements to MSA, UProbes support, and a variety of other work.

More details on the MIPS updates for Linux 4.3 can be found via this Git merge.
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