AMD’s Next-Gen Zen 5 CPUs Recieve New Support In Linux, PMC Drivers Aim Onboard SoC
The AMD Zen 5 family has been receiving various patches and support within Linux for the last few months. These updates are significant in a way that they will offer an ecosystem that's ready to offer support to the next generation of processors from the red team. Now, AMD's engineers working on Linux driver support have started prepping up a new driver which adds support for the upcoming Zen 5 CPUs.
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New AMD Zen 5 CPUs Support Added with Latest PMC Linux Driver
The AMD PMC Driver for Linux is an essential component, and recently, it has been updated. With the latest AMD PMC Driver, support for additional AMD Zen 5 CPUs is being added. Reportedly, the Linux engineers of AMD have been gearing up to support their next-gen processors and have been pushing several patch updates.
In Linux, the PMC Driver is responsible for the processor’s power management. New Linux patches were released quite recently, and these updated the AMD PMC Driver. You can find the new drivers here on Kernel.org, where the notes are also present.
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AMD starts prep work for Zen 5 CPUs — multiple Linux patches signal Zen 5's upcoming arrival
AMD's Power Management Controller drivers for SoC power management have received patches that support unreleased AMD processors, presumably Zen 5 CPUs, since they're slated for 2024.