Features Merged Into Linux 5.8 Tree
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Linux 5.8 Flipping On ERASE/Discard/TRIM For All MMC Hosts
The MMC changes for new kernel cycles don't tend to be particularly noteworthy but it's a different story with the new Linux 5.8 kernel cycle.
With Linux 5.8, erase/discard/trim support is being enabled now for all (e)MMC/SD hosts. The Linux kernel has long supported this discard/trim support for MMC/SD but until now it's been opt-in by the host drivers. But thanks to all of the host driver work and MMC core improvements over the past number of kernel cycles, the developers are content enough with the overall state of the support that they are no longer making it opt-in but will make it supported on all hosts. Of course, the card in question still needs to support these commands for it to be supported, but at least the host capability checks are now removed from MMC core.
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Linux's Pstore Picking Up A Block Device Backend For Storing Oops & Panic Messages
Linux's pstore "persistent storage" code is seeing a number of improvements for the Linux 5.8 kernel.
Pstore is the Linux interface to persistent storage for archiving a limited amount of data across reboots, such as for archiving kernel oops or panic messages so they can be easily analyzed following a reboot from such a fatal problem.
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AMD SPI Driver Sent In For Linux 5.8
Adding to the multiple new AMD drivers coming with Linux 5.8 is their new SPI controller driver.
The AMD SPI controller driver (spi-amd) was mailed out in April and for supporting the SPI controller within newer AMD SoCs. This 300+ lines of code driver was previously outlined in this earlier article.
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AMD Energy Driver Sent In For Linux 5.8 Along With Driver For Industrial/Military SBCs
The hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates were sent in today for the newly-opened Linux 5.8 merge window.
On the hardware monitoring front this cycle the updates include:
- The new AMD Energy driver for exposing the energy sensors on Zen/Zen2 CPUs. From my own testing so far this new driver is working out quite well albeit long overdue.
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Linux 5.8 Graphics Updates and Btrfs Improvements
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Btrfs Sees A Number Of Improvements With Linux 5.8
New AMD Graphics Card is Listed in Latest Linux Update
New AMD Graphics Card is Listed in Latest Linux Update
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AMD Sienna Cichlid spotted in Linux Kernel patches, Big Navi?
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A Number Of Intel/AMD x86 Updates Hit Linux 5.8
Linux 5.8 Sees Many Power Management Updates
Linux 5.8 Sees Many Power Management Updates, Including Another Intel P-State Change
More Linux 5.8 Features: DAX, ARM and RNG
Improved DAX Support Lands In Linux 5.8 - Initially Benefiting XFS + EXT4
Linux 5.8 Tightens ARM 64-Bit Security With BTI, Shadow Call Stack Support
Jitter RNG Improvements, Arm CryptoCell CCTRNG Driver, AMD PSP SEV-ES For Linux 5.8
Linux 5.8 Supporting Intel TPAUSE Power-Optimized Delays
Linux 5.8 Supporting Intel TPAUSE Power-Optimized Delays, TSC Fix When Overclocking
AMD Zen/Zen2 RAPL Support Merged In Linux 5.8
AMD Zen/Zen2 RAPL Support Merged In Linux 5.8
Linux 5.8 To Allow Swapping Fn / Ctrl Keys On Apple Keyboards
Linux 5.8 To Allow Swapping Fn / Ctrl Keys On Apple Keyboards
More Scheduler Optimizations Land In Linux 5.8
More Scheduler Optimizations Land In Linux 5.8
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Linux 5.8 Networking Changes Include Introducing Cable Testing Infrastructure
Intel Atom Camera Driver Resurrected In Linux 5.8 - Benefits A Lot Of Devices
Linux 5.8 Sound Changes Bring New AMD Renoir ACP Driver
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EXT4 Gets A Nice Batch Of Fixes For Linux 5.8
EXT4 Gets A Nice Batch Of Fixes For Linux 5.8
Linux 5.8 Has The Bits Needed To Begin Booting POWER10 Processor
Linux 5.8 Has The Bits Needed To Begin Booting POWER10 Processors
PCI Changes and SMB3 Updates in Linux 5.8
PCI Changes For Linux 5.8 Bring Power Savings, AMD Workarounds/Whitelisting
SMB3 Updates For Linux 5.8 Offer Better Performance For Large I/O
New Arm SoCs Supported By Linux 5.8, Restructuring To Fit...
New Arm SoCs Supported By Linux 5.8, Restructuring To Fit Android Kernel Improvements
Linux 5.8 Brings Modernization Work To Procfs
Linux 5.8 Brings Modernization Work To Procfs
RISC-V For Linux 5.8 Finishes Bringing Up The Kendryte K210...
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Linux 5.8 Adding NTB Support For Upcoming Ice Lake Xeon CPUs
Linux 5.8 Adding NTB Support For Upcoming Ice Lake Xeon CPUs
Linux 5.8 Will Light Up The Adreno 405 / 640 / 650 GPUs...
Linux 5.8 Will Light Up The Adreno 405 / 640 / 650 GPUs On Open-Source
USB Improvements Land In Linux 5.8 With Intel Additions, Non-x86
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Staging/IIO Changes For Linux 5.8 Are The Most Boring We Have Seen In A While
Samsung Sends In Improvements To The exFAT File-System Driver...
Samsung Sends In Improvements To The exFAT File-System Driver For Linux 5.8
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F2FS Improvements Sent In For Linux 5.8 With LZO-RLE
F2FS Improvements Sent In For Linux 5.8 With LZO-RLE, New Compression Knobs
Linux 5.8 Brings Boost Support To CPPC CPUFreq Driver
Linux 5.8 Brings Boost Support To CPPC CPUFreq Driver
Linux 5.8 To Support Emulating MLC NAND Flash Memory As SLC
Linux 5.8 To Support Emulating MLC NAND Flash Memory As SLC
Linux 5.8 Supports Nested AMD Live Migration With KVM
Linux 5.8 Supports Nested AMD Live Migration With KVM
Linux 5.8 Lands The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer To Spot Race...
Linux 5.8 Lands The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer To Spot Race Conditions
Linux 5.8 Lands The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer To Spot Race...
Linux 5.8 Lands The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer To Spot Race Conditions
Linux 5.8: AMD, Loongson, and Xen
AMD MCE Improvements, Renoir Temperature + EDAC Support Sent In For Linux 5.8
Loongson 3 CPUs Beginning To Work With Linux KVM Virtualization
Linux 5.8 To Allow For Faster Xen 9pfs Performance
Linux 5.8 Lands A General Notification Queue
Linux 5.8 Lands A General Notification Queue
Linux 5.8 Kernel Features Include New Intel/AMD Capabilities
Linux 5.8 Kernel Features Include New Intel/AMD Capabilities, Security Improvements, Optimizations
EXT4 Per-Inode DAX Support Sent In As A Last Minute Linux 5.8
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Eight Features Not In Linux 5.8 From The DirectX Kernel Driver To FSGSBASE & DAMON