AMD users should immediately switch to the latest Linux 5.11 kernel
Latest Linux kernel 5.11 release is code-named the “Valentine’s Day Edition”
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The latest release of theLinuxkernel features some impressive performance enhancements forAMD hardware.
Released over the valentine’s day weekend,Linux kernel 5.11fixed a major performance regression that impacted theAMD Zenarchitecture. Thanks to the fix, Zen-based processors such asRyzenandEPYChave been benchmarked as being faster out of the box than on previous kernels. Also debuting in the release is support forAMD“Van Gogh” and “Dimgrey Cavefish” GPUs.
The semiconductor company has recently put out a number ofLinux-related job postings, and the improvements to AMD hardware in the latest release is further evidence that the chip giant is actively working to improve support for its hardware on Linux.
Other changes
Apart from AMD-related improvements, the latest release also features lots of enhancements related toIntelhardware.
Some of the highlights are support for the set of security-related instruction code known as Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) and the Intel Integer Scaling (IS) graphics support that is particularly useful for pixel art games.
There’s also support forwireless routersthat feature Intel WiFi 6GHz Band (WiFi 6E). At the same time, Intel WiMax support has been demoted and is destined to the same fate as the recentlyorphaned Itanium support.
As usual there are several other tweaks and enhancements for everything from file system improvements to bug fixes in the Xenhypervisor.
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You can download the release and compile it yourself or wait for it to make its way into the official repositories of the major distros soon.
Via:Phoronix
With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’sTechRadar Pro’sexpert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.
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