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      Linux Accidentally Left Legacy I/O & Memory Handlers Open In Kernel Lockdown Mode

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13:50

    For nearly the past decade has been the kernel lockdown mode for tightening up kernel access from user-space such as when UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. The kernel lockdown mode restricts PCI BAR access, no writing to /dev/mem, and other restrictions so user-space can't can't modify the running kernel or access sensitive kernel memory. An oversight has allowed legacy I/O and memory interfaces via sysfs to remain open in lockdown mode, but a fix is on the way...
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      Linux Wireless Maintainer Takes Firm Stance Against AI/LLM Generated Slop Patches

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12:22

    In addition to the Linux kernel staging area now rejecting AI/LLM-generated patches except for real security fixes, the Linux wireless networking code is also seeing some shifts around how it will deal with AI/LLM generated patches...
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      Page Alloc Hogger Lets You Better Stress Memory Behavior On Linux For Testing/Debugging

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:28

    A new kernel feature proposed by a Google engineer is Page Alloc Hogger to allow for fine control over where memory pages are allocated in order to more easily reproduce low-memory conditions, make it simpler to exert memory pressure, and enable other stressful memory conditions for testing/debugging how Linux copes...
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      AMD GFX1171 Support Merged For Mesa 26.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:19

    Earlier this year we began seeing patches for AMD GFX1170 graphics IP labeled as "RDNA 4m" and that was then completed with also adding GFX1171 and GFX1172 as additional targets for the AMDGPU LLVM compiler back-end and AMDGPU kernel driver. Merged today for Mesa 26.3 is now adding the GFX1171 target to Mesa 26.3 for the RADV and RadeonSI drivers...
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      Qualcomm Proposes Synx For The Linux Kernel With "Significant" Power + Performance Benefits

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:05

    Qualcomm engineers have initiated a discussion over upstreaming Synx to the Linux kernel, which is a global synchronization framework across different parts of SoCs. Qualcomm is already using Synx internally and is reported to provide "significant" power and performance benefits...
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      SteelSeries' Latest Arctis Nova 5X & Nova 7 Headsets To Be Supported By Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:55

    If you happen to have a gaming headset from the latest SteelSeries Nova 5X or Nova 7 series, the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel will begin properly supporting those headsets...
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      Linux 7.3 To Fix Longstanding Gap In The Native Driver For Original Steam Controller

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:44

    For those with one of the original Valve Steam Controllers from a decade ago and looking to make use of it with the native HID Linux driver outside of the Steam client or SDL, an important addition is coming with the Linux 7.3 kernel release later in the year...
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      Rust Coreutils 0.10 Released With More Security Hardening, Increased GNU Compatibility

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 hours ago

    Rust Coreutils 0.10 is out today from the uutils project for this alternative to GNU Coreutils. Rust Coreutils 0.10 development focused on additional security hardening plus also increasing the GNU test suite compatibility and robustness...
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      Mesa 26.2 Released With NVK Mesh Shader Support, Many Other Vulkan Improvements

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 hours ago

    Mesa 26.2 stable is now available as the newest quarterly feature release for this set of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers typically used on Linux systems...