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AMD Zen1/Zen2/Zen3 PowerCap RAPL Support Queued For Linux 5.11 - Phoronix
The work reported on back in October for RAPL PowerCap patches for AMD Zen CPUs from Zen 1 through Zen 3 are set to arrive with Linux 5.11 in early 2021.
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Linux Might Wipe Out The Notorious Intel Poulsbo/Moorestown 2D Acceleration - Phoronix
Longtime Linux users still likely cringe when hearing "Poulsbo" as Intel's first-generation Atom processors that featured "GMA 500" graphics that were based on Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX IP. The Linux driver support was just awful and now as we prepare for 2021 the Intel Linux kernel driver might just drop its 2D acceleration support for Poulsbo and the short-lived Moorestown platform.
Years after Intel Atom Poulsbo hardware first appeared came the "GMA500" DRM kernel driver to improve the driver support and then working on 2D acceleration as about the extent of the clean open-source support due to the use of the notorious PowerVR graphics. While that later open-source driver work in GMA500 was an improvement, Poulsbo still gives me nightmares a decade later.
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Tiger Lake H Thunderbolt Support Comes To Linux 5.10
Coming as a late addition to the Linux 5.10 kernel is Thunderbolt support for Tiger Lake H.
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