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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
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
LoongArch Enables More Kernel Features With Linux 6.11   Hardware   2024-07-23
Linux 6.11 MIPS Upstreams Realtek RTL9302C & Mobileye EyeQ6H Chips   Hardware   2024-07-20
AMD Core Performance Boost & Fast CPPC Land In Linux 6.11, Intel Lunar Lake Improvements   Hardware   2024-07-17
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
LoongArch Enables More Kernel Functionality With Linux 6.9   Linux Kernel   2024-03-22
Etnaviv Preps For Vivante PCI Device Support, Changes For Mesa's Teflon NPU Handling   Hardware   2024-03-07
LoongArch Lands Initial Rust Kernel Support For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2024-01-20
LoongArch KVM Support Extended To Allow LSX/LASX SIMD Support   Virtualization   2023-12-24
Debian's MIPS64EL CPU Port Is At Risk Due To Declining Hardware Access   Debian   2023-11-25
Linux 6.7 Networking Adds New Hardware Support, A ~20% Perf Boost For Single TCP Flow   Linux Networking   2023-11-03
Loongson Preparing LoongArch KVM Virtualization For Linux 6.7   Virtualization   2023-10-02
Glibc Lands HWCAPs Support For LoongArch   GNU   2023-09-20
LoongArch With Linux 6.6 Adds KGDB/KDB, KFence, KASAN, LBT Binary Translation   Hardware   2023-09-09
Many Features Ahead With Linux 6.6: EEVDF Scheduler, New AMD CPU Features, NVK uAPI   Linux Kernel   2023-08-27
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
Loongson Binary Translation Slated For Linux 6.6 - Helping MIPS / x86 / ARM On LoongArch   Hardware   2023-07-25
Open-Source Graphics Driver Updates Begin Queuing For Linux 6.6   Linux Kernel   2023-07-13
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
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
Loongson Extending Etnaviv Driver For PCI Device Support   Hardware   2023-06-01
Loongson Begins Posting Linux Patches For 3A6000 Series CPUs   Hardware   2023-05-16
LoongArch With Linux 6.4 Lands Optimizations, New Functionality   Linux Kernel   2023-05-05
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
AMD P-State EPP Submitted For Linux 6.3 To Improve CPU Performance/Power   AMD   2023-02-16
LoongArch Linux Patches Enable KVM Virtualization   Virtualization   2023-02-15
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
Loongson Preparing Linux For LoongArch Laptops   Linux Kernel   2022-09-19
QEMU 7.1 Released With LoongArch Support, Zero-Copy-Send Migration   Virtualization   2022-08-31
LoongArch Enables PCI & Other Features For Linux 6.0   Linux Kernel   2022-08-12
Loongson Adds LoongArch Support To LibreOffice   LibreOffice   2022-08-11
OpenBLAS 0.3.21 Brings Support For Newer Arm CPUs, More Optimizations   Programming   2022-08-08
GNU C Library 2.36 Released With New Functions, More Optimizations   GNU   2022-08-02
QEMU 7.1 Being Prepared With LoongArch Support, More RISC-V Features   Virtualization   2022-07-27
SDL Adds Initial Support For LoongArch   Linux Gaming   2022-06-08
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
LoongArch Patches Updated A Tenth Time For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2022-05-14
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
LoongArch CPU Support Begins Landing In LLVM   LLVM   2022-02-10
GNU Binutils 2.38 Released With LoongArch Support, Intel AVX-512 FP16, More Arm Cores   GNU   2022-02-09
Linux 5.17 Mainlines Support For More Obsolete MIPS-Based Wireless Routers   Hardware   2022-01-14
China's Loongson Looks To Mainline LoongArch Support In LLVM   LLVM   2021-12-17
Loongson Posts Patch Series For Bringing Up LoongArch In GCC Compiler   GNU   2021-11-27
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
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
DRM-Misc-Next Continues Prepping More Code Ahead Of Linux 5.15   Linux Kernel   2021-07-23
Linux 5.14 Picks Up Support For A Tiny & Inexpensive MIPS IoT Single Board Computer   Hardware   2021-07-01
Loongson 2K1000 Support Merged For Linux 5.13   Hardware   2021-05-08
QEMU 6.0 Released With AMD SEV-ES Encrypted Guest Support, Experimental Multi-Process   Virtualization   2021-04-29
Features Expected For Linux 5.13 From Apple M1 To FreeSync HDMI To AMD Aldebaran   Linux Kernel   2021-04-17
Loongson 2K1000 Support Queued Ahead Of Linux 5.13   Hardware   2021-03-27
QEMU 6.0 On The Way With LTO Support, AMD SEV-ES Guests, Multi-Process Experiment   Virtualization   2021-03-25
Loongson 2K1000 Linux Support Still Getting Brought Up With New Kernel Patches   Hardware   2021-03-10
Nintendo 64 Support Mailed In For The Linux 5.12 Kernel   Hardware   2021-02-19
Linux To Report MIPS Vulnerabilities But They Often Go Unreported Or Dead Vendors   Linux Kernel   2020-12-31
OpenBLAS 0.3.13 Released With A RISC-V Port, POWER10 Optimizations   Programming   2020-12-12
Some Of The Features You Can Expect To See With Linux 5.11: Lots From AMD, Intel   Linux Kernel   2020-12-11
Loongson64 Finally Seeing KASLR With Mainline Linux 5.11 Kernel   Hardware   2020-12-05
QEMU 5.1 Release Brings Many Improvements To This Open-Source Virtualization Component   Virtualization   2020-08-12
Linux 5.9 Supports A Lot Of New Audio Hardware, Intel Silent Stream Added   Hardware   2020-08-08
Linux Sound Subsystem Begins Cleaning Up Its Terminology To Meet Inclusive Guidelines   Linux Kernel   2020-07-20
QEMU 5.1 Bringing Many CPU Improvements From Loongson To RISC-V To s390   Virtualization   2020-07-16
Loongson 3 CPUs Beginning To Work With Linux KVM Virtualization   Virtualization   2020-06-13
Linux 5.8 Feature Queue Has Multiple Performance Optimizations, Intel Rocket Lake, Other Hardware   Linux Kernel   2020-05-26
Loongson Linux Work Continues - Dual Socket Support, Loongson-7A1000 Enablement   Hardware   2020-04-23
Pixman 0.40 Released As First Update In A Year For This Key Library For The Linux Desktop   X.Org   2020-04-20
Linux 5.7 Changes So Far: New exFAT Driver, Tiger Lake Graphics By Default, Apple Fast Charge, Etc   Linux Kernel   2020-04-06
Loongson Improvements Land In Linux 5.7 To Improve The Chinese MIPS CPUs   Hardware   2020-04-05
Some Of The Features To Look Forward To With Linux 5.7   Linux Kernel   2020-03-27
MIPS Loongson 3 Seeing Support Improvements With Linux 5.7   Hardware   2020-03-26
Ingenic X1000 SoC Being Supported By The Linux 5.6 Kernel   Hardware   2020-02-01
Linux 5.5 Ready To Shine With Navi Overclocking, Raspberry Pi 4 Support, Wake-On-Voice   Linux Kernel   2020-01-24
Newer Loongson 3A Variant Being Supported By Linux 5.5 Along With The SGI Octane   Hardware   2019-11-27
A New Effort Trying Again To Mainline Linux Kernel Support For The Lemote Yeeloong   Hardware   2019-03-09
Binutils 2.32 Released With C-SKY Support, Linker Improvements   GNU   2019-02-02
GNU Binutils 2.32 Branched Ahead Of Release With New Features   GNU   2019-01-19
MIPS Preparing Many Changes For Linux 4.21   Hardware   2018-12-25
GCC Picks Up Support For Newer Loongson Processors   GNU   2018-11-07
C-SKY 32-Bit CPUs Aim For Initial Support In Linux 4.20~5.0   Hardware   2018-10-27
Loongson 3A1000/3A2000/3A3000 Processor Support For GCC   GNU   2018-09-03
Libjpeg-Turbo 2.0 Released With AVX2 SIMD Additions, Better Error Handling   Free Software   2018-07-31
Libjpeg-Turbo 2.0 Beta Brings More AVX2 SIMD, Improved CMake Build System   Free Software   2018-04-22
OpenBSD Now Officially Supports 64-bit ARM   BSD   2017-12-10
OpenBSD 6.1 Released: ARM64 Platform Support & More   BSD   2017-04-11
Last Minute Linux 4.5 Updates For Ceph, Thermal & MIPS   Linux Kernel   2016-01-24
MIPS Has An "Unusually Large Pull" For Linux 3.19 Kernel   Hardware   2014-12-13
Significant ACPI & Power Management Changes In Linux 3.19   Linux Kernel   2014-12-09
Lemote's Playing With Loongson Radeon UVD   Hardware   2013-09-05
A New Campaign For A Fully Open-Source Computer   Hardware   2013-08-28
QEMU 1.3.1 Brings In A Bunch Of Fixes   Linux Gaming   2013-01-28
What Didn't Make The Cut For The Linux 3.8 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2012-12-25
Loongson Hardware Is Still A Tough Find   Hardware   2012-12-10
QEMU 1.3.0 Picks Up Many New Features   Virtualization   2012-12-04
QEMU 1.3 Is Packing Interesting Features   Virtualization   2012-11-20
Pixman 0.28 Packs In Major Features   X.Org   2012-11-08
Features On The Horizon For The Linux 3.8 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2012-10-27
NetBSD 6.0 Released Bringing Major Changes   BSD   2012-10-17
Linux Kernel Support For The Loongson-3   Hardware   2012-10-05
The Most Energy-Efficient Linux Computers   Hardware   2012-06-30
MIPS Loongson 3A Benchmarks On Debian   Debian   2012-06-28
NVIDIA Loses Huge GPU Order Due To Linux Blob   NVIDIA   2012-06-22