The new week brings a new Linux kernel to users, with some additions which will interest fans of low powered computing as well as those of high powered machines. The new kernel brings support for the Snapdragon 808 and 810 for those who are working with Linux on those SOCs. For the high powered crew, added support for L2 and L3 cache on Intel processors, there is now support for virtual GPUs and The Inquirer mentions that AMD cards should get a bit of a boost. So much for skipping straight to 4.11.
"On the whole, 4.10 didn't end up as small as it initially looked.After the huge release that was 4.9, I expected things to be pretty quiet, but it ended up very much a fairly average release by modern kernel standards. So we have about 13,000 commits (not counting merges – that would be another 1200+ commits if you count those)."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- 20 per cent of emails sent in 2016 were loaded with ransomware @ The Inquirer
- Microsoft Has Cancelled the Second-Gen HoloLens, Working on Third-Gen For 2019 Launch @ Slashdot
- The Complete Samsung Forum 2017 Coverage @ TechARP
- Some Recyclers Give Up On Recycling Old Monitors And TVs @ Slashdot
A big Torvalds one finger
A big Torvalds one finger salute to that Inquirer hack masquerading as a reporter. Torvolds only maintians the Linux Kernel and in not responsible for any user space crud layered on top! Unless that user space borks the Kernel in some manner then Torvolds is at the throats of any who are responsible for any Borking of the Kernel!
What are you on about, there
What are you on about, there is one mention of his name which is a link to his mail?
You could yell at the kitten, at least that might make some sense.
As the one post for that
As the one post for that article at The Inquirer stated:
“xyzzy • 5 hours ago
please stop it with this kitten crap, it’s not the least bit funny, just annoying!”
P.S. That Inquirer hack needs to get over that Kitten Crap, and start with some proper reporting!
The one Linux Kernel item
The one Linux Kernel item that really needs to be covered is any Linux Kernel support for AMD’s Raven Ridge Zen/Vega APUs. So now is the time to begin to ask the Linux laptop OEMs like System76/others and even Dell/HP/Others if they will be making any Raven Ridge and Linux OS laptop SKUs for those than want to get out from under any windows 10 forcing before 2020 arrives.
PCPer really needs to ask System76/Other Linux OS based laptop OEMs if they are planning for Ryzen/Raven Ridge APUs. Even for the portable workstation Market in addition to the Linux OEMs there should be some questions to AMD concerning any Workstation grade 16/other core configurations Zen/Workstation SKUs that will be paring Zen workstation CPU only cores with disctere Vega Mobile workstation GPU variants for the portable workstation market. So in addition to System76/other Linux OS laptop OEMs there needs questions for HP, Dell, and others who offer portable workstation SKUs for both the Linux and Windows based portable workstation market.
Phoronix doesn’t mention any
Phoronix doesn’t mention any improvements to Intel CPU caches in their 4.10 feature roundup. They do however mention support for the new Turbo Boost 3.