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Linux 5.19 Features: AMD SEV-SNP + Zen 4 Prep, Intel TDX + IFS, LoongArch, Big TCP, Apple M1 NVMe   Software   2022-06-06

LoongArch Linux & Open-Source News

LoongArch Adds ACPI BGRT Support & Other Improvements For Linux 6.12   Hardware   2024-09-28
Linux 6.12 Adds Driver For PixArt PS/2 Touchpad Found In Some Laptops   Hardware   2024-09-27
Mold Linker Decides To Drop DEC Alpha Support: Likely Broken & No Actual Users   Programming   2024-09-25
vDSO getrandom() Ported To Five More CPU Architectures With Linux 6.12   Linux Kernel   2024-09-23
ARM / RISC-V / LoongArch KVM Updates Submitted For Linux 6.12   Virtualization   2024-09-17
LoongArch KVM To Speed-Up ARM/x86 Binary Translation   Virtualization   2024-09-13
getrandom() vDSO Coming To More Architectures With Linux 6.12   Linux Kernel   2024-09-05
QEMU 9.1 Released With AMD SEV-SNP Support & Intel IAA Acceleration During VM Migrations   Virtualization   2024-09-04
New Patches Bring Rust Linux Kernel Support To MIPS   Linux Kernel   2024-09-03
Linux 6.11-rc3 Released - Boosts Intel EMR Performance, Fixes 32-bit PTI For Meltdown   Linux Kernel   2024-08-11
OpenBLAS 0.3.28 Brings More Optimizations, Meteor Lake & Emerald Rapids Support   Programming   2024-08-08
Mold 2.33 Adds New Flag To Further Speed Up The Linker   Programming   2024-08-07
GNU Binutils 2.43 Released With Intel APX Assembler Preparations & More   GNU   2024-08-04
Limine 8.0 Bootloader Released With LoongArch Support   Free Software   2024-08-03
LLVM Clang 19 Branched, LLVM 20 Enters Development- No AMD Zen 5 "Znver5" Merged Yet   LLVM   2024-07-23
LoongArch Enables More Kernel Features With Linux 6.11   Hardware   2024-07-23
Loongson 3 CPUFreq Linux Driver Being Worked On For Better Power/Performance   Hardware   2024-07-09
Patches For AMD GPUs On Loongson Point To "Massive Platform Bug" For These Chinese CPUs   Radeon   2024-06-18
Mold 2.32 Released With Increased LLVM LLD Compatibility, Faster Identical Code Folding   Programming   2024-06-09
RISC-V Now Supports Rust In The Linux Kernel   RISC-V   2024-05-22
Linux 6.10 KVM Does More Prepping For Intel TDX   Virtualization   2024-05-22
Box64 0.2.8 Released With Support For 16K Page Size - Allowing Games On Apple Silicon   Linux Gaming   2024-05-22
GCC 14.1 Compiler Released - Intel APX & AVX10.1 Support, AMD Zen 5 Target & -fhardened   GNU   2024-05-07
QEMU 9.0 Released WIth True Multi-Queue Support For VirtIO Block Driver   Virtualization   2024-04-23
OpenSSL 3.3 Released With Many Additions For QUIC, CPU Performance Optimizations   Hardware   2024-04-09
OpenBLAS 0.3.27 Adds C-SKY Arch, Improved GEMM For AMD Zen & Sapphire Rapids Fixes   Programming   2024-04-05
FFmpeg 7.0 Released With Native VVC Decoding & Multi-Threaded CLI   Multimedia   2024-04-05
KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.9 Brings More Optimizations For Intel & AMD   Virtualization   2024-03-24
LoongArch Enables More Kernel Functionality With Linux 6.9   Linux Kernel   2024-03-22
ARM64 Rust Support & dpISA 2023 Extensions Merged For Linux 6.9   Arm   2024-03-15
LLVM/Clang 18.1 Released With Intel AVX10.1 Work, Adds Clearwater Forest & Panther Lake   LLVM   2024-03-06
Musl libc 1.2.5 Released With RISC-V 32-bit & LoongArch 64-bit Ports   Programming   2024-03-01
dav1d 1.4 Released With More AVX-512 Optimizations, RISC-V & LoongArch CPU Support   Multimedia   2024-02-17
Rust Kernel Support On AArch64 Ready To Go For Linux 6.9   Arm   2024-02-12
LLVM 18.1-rc1 Released For Enabling New Intel CPU Features, More C23 & C++23   LLVM   2024-01-29
GNU Binutils 2.42 Brings Support For New Intel CPU Extensions: APX, AVX10.1 & More   GNU   2024-01-29
LoongArch Lands Initial Rust Kernel Support For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2024-01-20
KVM With Linux 6.8 Adds Intel LAM For Guests, More Confidential VMs Work   Virtualization   2024-01-13
Rust Toolchain Upgrade Submitted For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2024-01-08
Linux 6.8 To Introduce New Intel Xe & PowerVR Graphics Drivers, Prepare For New AMD & Intel CPUs   Linux Kernel   2024-01-07
OpenBLAS 0.3.26 Brings More x86_64 Optimizations, Better LoongArch64 & ARM64   Programming   2024-01-07
Glibc 2.39 Should Be Out On 1 February & Might Drop Itanium IA64 Linux Support   GNU   2024-01-03
OpenCV 4.9 Brings DNN Module Enhancements, Orbbec Gemini 2 Camera Support   Programming   2023-12-31
LoongArch KVM Support Extended To Allow LSX/LASX SIMD Support   Virtualization   2023-12-24
GRUB 2.12 Bootloader Brings SDL2 Support, Boot Loader Interface   GNU   2023-12-20
QEMU 8.2 Released With New VirtIO-Sound & VirtIO-GPU "Rutabaga" Devices   Virtualization   2023-12-20
systemd 255 Released With A "Blue Screen of Death" For Linux Systems   systemd   2023-12-06
Fwupd 1.9.10 Adds LoongArch Support & Firmware Updating For A ~$1k USD Web Camera   LVFS   2023-12-04
Linux 6.7-rc3 Released Following A Light Holiday Week   Linux Kernel   2023-11-27
Debian's MIPS64EL CPU Port Is At Risk Due To Declining Hardware Access   Debian   2023-11-25
OpenBLAS 0.3.25 Adds New AVX-512 Optimizations For Sapphire Rapids & More   Free Software   2023-11-13
MIPS AR7 Platform Support Removed In Linux 6.7   Linux Kernel   2023-11-09
systemd 255-rc1 Brings "Blue Screen of Death" Support & New Tool To Spawn VMs   systemd   2023-11-06
KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.7 Adds LoongArch, Up To 4096 x86 vCPUs   Virtualization   2023-11-03
Zlib-ng 2.1.4 Brings LoongArch Port, New RISC-V & ARM Optimizations   Free Software   2023-10-22
Loongson Preparing LoongArch KVM Virtualization For Linux 6.7   Virtualization   2023-10-02
Glibc Lands HWCAPs Support For LoongArch   GNU   2023-09-20
LLVM 17.0 + Clang 17.0 Released With Many New Compiler Features   LLVM   2023-09-19
LoongArch With Linux 6.6 Adds KGDB/KDB, KFence, KASAN, LBT Binary Translation   Hardware   2023-09-09
AMD P-State Fixes & Other Power Management Changes For Linux 6.6   Hardware   2023-09-04
OpenBLAS 0.3.24 Released With Intel Sapphire Rapids Improvements, Apple M2 Detection   Programming   2023-09-03
Many Features Ahead With Linux 6.6: EEVDF Scheduler, New AMD CPU Features, NVK uAPI   Linux Kernel   2023-08-27
QEMU 8.1 Released With New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many CPU Improvements   Virtualization   2023-08-22
LoongArch "Loong64" Added To Debian Ports   Debian   2023-08-16
Mold 2.1 Linker Brings LoongArch CPU Support   Programming   2023-08-13
LoongArch Implementing More Kernel Features For Linux 6.6   Linux Kernel   2023-08-06
GNU Binutils 2.41 Released With Intel FRED / LKGS / AMX-COMPLEX Support   GNU   2023-07-30
Loongson Binary Translation Slated For Linux 6.6 - Helping MIPS / x86 / ARM On LoongArch   Hardware   2023-07-25
GRUB 2.12 RC Delivers Two Years Worth Of Bootloader Improvements   GNU   2023-07-11
Linux 6.5-rc1 Released With Initial USB4 v2 Support, Cachestat, AMD RDNA3 Overclocking   Linux Kernel   2023-07-09
GNU Binutils 2.41 Coming With Intel AMX-COMPLEX + FRED/LKGS, New RISC-V & LoongArch Bits   GNU   2023-07-03
LoongArch Adds Simultaneous Multi-Threading, SIMD/Vector Extensions   Hardware   2023-06-30
Many Intel & AMD Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 6.5: Intel VRR, More MTL, RDNA3 Overclocking   Linux Kernel   2023-06-29
MIDI 2.0 Support, Intel Lunar Lake Audio & AMD SoundWire Additions For Linux 6.5   Multimedia   2023-06-28
New Patches Allow LoongArch ClangBuiltLinux Builds   LLVM   2023-06-25
Loongson's 3A6000 Brings Simultaneous Multi-Threading To LoongArch   Hardware   2023-06-15
AMD Graphics Driver In Linux 6.5 Improves Power Management, Adds CP Shadow Buffer   Radeon   2023-06-03
Loongson Begins Posting Linux Patches For 3A6000 Series CPUs   Hardware   2023-05-16
Mesa 23.1 Released With RadeonSI Rusticl-OpenCL, RADV GPL   Mesa   2023-05-10
PipeWire Audio Backend Comes To QEMU   Virtualization   2023-05-09
LoongArch With Linux 6.4 Lands Optimizations, New Functionality   Linux Kernel   2023-05-05
Mesa 23.1 Inches Closer To Release With RC4 Released   Mesa   2023-05-03
Mesa 23.1-rc2 Released With Initial Batch Of Fixes   Mesa   2023-04-19
Mesa 23.1-rc1 Published For Testing With Many Graphics Driver Updates   Mesa   2023-04-15
Mesa 23.1 Branched With Many New Radeon, Intel & Zink Graphics Driver Features   Mesa   2023-04-13
LLVM 16.0.1 Released With Many Compiler Fixes, Backports AMD Zen 4 Scheduler Model   LLVM   2023-04-05
LLVM 16.0 Released With New Intel/AMD CPU Support, More C++20 / C2X Features   LLVM   2023-03-18
LoongArch With Linux 6.3 Enhances Security With KASLR   Linux Kernel   2023-03-01
Mesa 23.1 Gets Basic LoongArch Support   Mesa   2023-02-27
GNU Debugger 13.1 Brings LoongArch & C-SKY Debugging On Linux, Zstd Debug Sections   GNU   2023-02-19
LoongArch Linux Patches Enable KVM Virtualization   Virtualization   2023-02-15
Gentoo Had A Busy 2022 With A Weekly LiveGUI ISO, Gpkg Binary Packages For Portage   Operating Systems   2023-02-10
LLVM 16.0-rc1 Brings New AMD & Intel CPU Support, Zstd Debug Sections, C++17 By Default   LLVM   2023-01-28
LLVM 16.0 Feature Development Ends - Aiming For Early March Compiler Release   LLVM   2023-01-25
Linux 6.2-rc5 Released - The Kernel Will Most Likely Be Extended Through 6.2-rc8   Linux Kernel   2023-01-21
QEMU 7.2 Released With TCG AVX/AVX2, Better 9pfs Performance   Virtualization   2022-12-15
Linux 6.2 Expands Support For More Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs, Apple M1 Pro/Ultra/Max   Arm   2022-12-13
LoongArch Picks Up New CPU Capabilities With Linux 6.1   Hardware   2022-10-13
LoongArch EFI Boot, Prep For EFI Confidential Compute Arrive For Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-10-10
Generic EFI Compressed Boot Support Prepped Ahead Of Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-09-25
Loongson Preparing Linux For LoongArch Laptops   Linux Kernel   2022-09-19
Linux 6.0-rc4 Released With Various Driver Fixes   Linux Kernel   2022-09-04
QEMU 7.1 Released With LoongArch Support, Zero-Copy-Send Migration   Virtualization   2022-08-31
UEFI 2.10 + ACPI 6.5 Specifications Released With Updates For CXL, LoongArch, RISC-V   Hardware   2022-08-29
Linux 6.0-rc3 Released In Marking 31 Years Since Linus Torvalds Announced It   Linux Kernel   2022-08-28
GCC 12.2 Compiler Released With 70+ Bug Fixes   GNU   2022-08-19
LoongArch Enables PCI & Other Features For Linux 6.0   Linux Kernel   2022-08-12
Loongson Adds LoongArch Support To LibreOffice   LibreOffice   2022-08-11
GNU C Library 2.36 Released With New Functions, More Optimizations   GNU   2022-08-02
Linux 5.19 Released - Linus Torvalds Released It From An Apple Silicon MacBook   Linux Kernel   2022-07-31
LLVM 15.0-rc1 Brings LoongArch, AmpereOne, AMD RDNA3, AMD GFX940 & HTTP Server   LLVM   2022-07-30
Linux 5.19 Features Many Intel & AMD Improvements, New Hardware Preparations   Linux Kernel   2022-07-28
QEMU 7.1 Being Prepared With LoongArch Support, More RISC-V Features   Virtualization   2022-07-27
LLVM 15 Branched, Ends Feature Work Ahead Of September Release With AMD RDNA3 + MI300 Bits   LLVM   2022-07-27
Stalld 1.17 Brings LoongArch Support, Bug Fixes For Thread Stall Detection & Boosting   Free Software   2022-07-18
Fedora 37 Planning For Binutils 2.38, GNU C Library 2.36   Fedora   2022-07-04
LLVM 15.0 Planning For Early September Release - Important For RDNA3 Graphics Support   LLVM   2022-06-29
SDL Adds Initial Support For LoongArch   Linux Gaming   2022-06-08
Linux 5.19-rc1 Released With Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, LoongArch, Big TCP & A Lot More   Linux Kernel   2022-06-05
LoongArch CPU Support Merged For Linux 5.19 - But It Won't Work For A Booting System Yet   Linux Kernel   2022-06-03
LoongArch CPU Port Might Still Land For Linux 5.19   Linux Kernel   2022-05-30
Linux 5.19 Will Be Super Exciting For Intel Customers, Many Other Features Expected   Linux Kernel   2022-05-22
Jemalloc 5.3 Released With Many Speed & Space Optimizations   Free Software   2022-05-16
LoongArch Patches Updated A Tenth Time For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2022-05-14
GNU Debugger 12.1 Released With Multi-Threaded Symbol Loading By Default   GNU   2022-05-02
LoongArch Patches Posted Again For Trying To Get This Chinese MIPS-Derived CPU In Linux   Linux Kernel   2022-04-30
LoongArch Port Merged For GCC 12   GNU   2022-03-30
GCC Compiler Accepts China's MIPS-Derived LoongArch CPU Port   GNU   2022-03-26
Latest Batch Of LoongArch Patches Posted For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2022-02-26
OpenBLAS 0.3.20 Adds Support For Russia's Elbrus E2000, Arm Neoverse N2/V1 CPUs   Programming   2022-02-21
LoongArch CPU Support Begins Landing In LLVM   LLVM   2022-02-10
GRUB 2.12 Planned For Release This Year, Continues Improving Boot Security   Free Software   2022-02-10
GNU Binutils 2.38 Released With LoongArch Support, Intel AVX-512 FP16, More Arm Cores   GNU   2022-02-09
FFmpeg 5.0 Released For This Popular, Open-Source Multimedia Library   Multimedia   2022-01-14
Gentoo Linux Packages Up AMD ROCm, Makes Progress On RISC-V, LTO+PGO Python   Operating Systems   2022-01-08
systemd 250 Released With A Huge Number Of New Features, Improvements   systemd   2021-12-23
China's Loongson Looks To Mainline LoongArch Support In LLVM   LLVM   2021-12-17
Intel Contributes A Number Of Vulkan Filters/Improvements To FFmpeg   Intel   2021-12-12
systemd 250 Is Coming For Christmas With A Boat Load Of New Features   systemd   2021-12-09
Loongson Posts Patch Series For Bringing Up LoongArch In GCC Compiler   GNU   2021-11-27
Box86 + Box64 Updated For Running Linux x86/x86_64 Programs On Other Architectures   Free Software   2021-11-19
Linux 5.16 Drops Support For MIPS Netlogic SoCs   Linux Kernel   2021-11-05
GNU Toolchain Begins Landing LoongArch Support   Hardware   2021-10-24
Loongson Volleys Latest Patches For LoongArch Linux Support   Hardware   2021-10-13
OpenBLAS 0.3.18 Released With LoongArch64 Support, More Optimizations   Programming   2021-10-02
Linux 5.15 Power Management Changes Merged   Hardware   2021-09-01
Loongson Continues Working On LoongArch For Linux, But It's Mostly Copying MIPS Code   Hardware   2021-08-25
LE9, Canonical's Profits, Steam Deck, & Loongson 3A5000 Made For An Exciting July   Phoronix   2021-08-01
Loongson 3A5000 Benchmarks For These New Chinese CPUs Built On The LoongArch ISA   Hardware   2021-07-24