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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-07 04:24:06)
Linux Networking Continues Being Bombarded With AI Patches

While the Linux WiFi/wireless maintainer just announced taking a stand against AI/LLM generated slop patches with a new "three second review" rule, the broader Linux networking subsystem continues to be bombarded with AI-generated patches...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Net-Bombarded-AI-Patches
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-07 04:09:06)
IceWM 4.1 Window Manager Fixes Rare Video Performance Problems

As the first new release since IceWM 4.0 released back on New Year's Day for this X11 window manager, IceWM 4.1 is now available...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/IceWM-4.1-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-07 01:24:06)
Linux Patched For Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability

Made public minutes ago is the Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability which is now patched in the newest Linux kernel Git code. The Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability stems from improper handling within Linux's Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) mitigation affecting AMD Zen 1 through Zen 4 processors...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Safe-RET-Interrupt-Vuln
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-07 01:24:05)
Apple NVMe Linux Driver Sees Fixes After Being Bitten By New Firmware

A set of patches providing fixes for the Apple Silicon NVMe driver for the Linux kernel were sent out today due to new issues cropping up when running newer Apple firmware. Firmware shipped by macOS 15+ is causing issues with the current Apple NVMe open-source Linux driver developed by the Asahi Linux crew...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-NVMe-Linux-Fixes-Firmware
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 23:54:02)
The Performance Benefits To Upgrading Mesa With Intel Arc B390 On Ubuntu Linux

If you are an early customer of the Framework Laptop 13 Pro or other Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake laptop and using Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, there can be real benefit from upgrading your Mesa stack for the newer Iris Gallium3D and ANV Vulkan drivers. In this article are some benchmarks of the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with Core Ultra X9 388H with Arc B390 Xe3 integrated graphics for looking a…
https://www.phoronix.com/review/mesa-263-xe3

Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 23:09:05)
Linux Accidentally Left Legacy I/O & Memory Handlers Open In Kernel Lockdown Mode

For nearly the past decade has been the kernel lockdown mode for tightening up kernel access from user-space such as when UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. The kernel lockdown mode restricts PCI BAR access, no writing to /dev/mem, and other restrictions so user-space can't can't modify the running kernel or access sensitive kernel memory. An oversight has allowed legacy I/O and memory interface…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Lockdown-Legacy-IO-Mem
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 21:39:30)
Linux Wireless Maintainer Takes Firm Stance Against AI/LLM Generated Slop Patches

In addition to the Linux kernel staging area now rejecting AI/LLM-generated patches except for real security fixes, the Linux wireless networking code is also seeing some shifts around how it will deal with AI/LLM generated patches...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-WiFi-Strict-AI-Slop-Patch
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 19:39:32)
Page Alloc Hogger Lets You Better Stress Memory Behavior On Linux For Testing/Debugging

A new kernel feature proposed by a Google engineer is Page Alloc Hogger to allow for fine control over where memory pages are allocated in order to more easily reproduce low-memory conditions, make it simpler to exert memory pressure, and enable other stressful memory conditions for testing/debugging how Linux copes...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Page-Alloc-Hogger
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 19:24:05)
AMD GFX1171 Support Merged For Mesa 26.3

Earlier this year we began seeing patches for AMD GFX1170 graphics IP labeled as "RDNA 4m" and that was then completed with also adding GFX1171 and GFX1172 as additional targets for the AMDGPU LLVM compiler back-end and AMDGPU kernel driver. Merged today for Mesa 26.3 is now adding the GFX1171 target to Mesa 26.3 for the RADV and RadeonSI drivers...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GFX1171-Mesa-26.3
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 19:24:04)
Qualcomm Proposes Synx For The Linux Kernel With "Significant" Power + Performance Benefits

Qualcomm engineers have initiated a discussion over upstreaming Synx to the Linux kernel, which is a global synchronization framework across different parts of SoCs. Qualcomm is already using Synx internally and is reported to provide "significant" power and performance benefits...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synx
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 19:09:05)
SteelSeries' Latest Arctis Nova 5X & Nova 7 Headsets To Be Supported By Linux 7.3

If you happen to have a gaming headset from the latest SteelSeries Nova 5X or Nova 7 series, the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel will begin properly supporting those headsets...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteelSeries-Nova-7-5X-2026
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 10:09:04)
Linux 7.3 To Fix Longstanding Gap In The Native Driver For Original Steam Controller

For those with one of the original Valve Steam Controllers from a decade ago and looking to make use of it with the native HID Linux driver outside of the Steam client or SDL, an important addition is coming with the Linux 7.3 kernel release later in the year...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Steam-Controller
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 08:09:05)
Rust Coreutils 0.10 Released With More Security Hardening, Increased GNU Compatibility

Rust Coreutils 0.10 is out today from the uutils project for this alternative to GNU Coreutils. Rust Coreutils 0.10 development focused on additional security hardening plus also increasing the GNU test suite compatibility and robustness...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.10
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 07:24:05)
Mesa 26.2 Released With NVK Mesh Shader Support, Many Other Vulkan Improvements

Mesa 26.2 stable is now available as the newest quarterly feature release for this set of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers typically used on Linux systems...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.2-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 06:39:39)
USB4STREAM Adding Busy Poll Option For Lower Latency At The Cost Of Increased CPU Cycles

One of the nifty new features of Linux 7.2 is USB4STREAM as an Intel-developed solution for quickly sending data between USB4 connected systems. Now for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle, a busy poll mode is being added to provide lower-latency data transfers at the expense of increased CPU activity...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/USB4STREAM-Lower-Latency
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-06 01:24:06)
Denial WM: New Wayland Compositor With Flutter Directly Embedded

The newest Wayland compositor to talk about and discuss is Denial, a Wayland compositor focused on optimal Arch Linux integration and that embeds the Flutter engine directly into the codebase. Denial makes use of the Rust programming language and leverages Smithay to help in the compositor responsibilities...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Denial-WM-Compositor
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-05 22:24:06)
Cloudflare Announces Open-Source Cloudflare OS As AI "Operating System"

Cloudflare today announced the open-sourcing of Cloudflare OS as an "open platform for agents, apps, and work." Cloudflare OS is an AI "operating system" but not in the traditional OS sense...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cloudflare-OS
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-05 21:54:13)
Linux To Avoid Confusing Processor Firmware With Newer Intel CPUs Sporting DEC

A patch for the Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling Linux driver is pending to avoid confusing the processor firmware on newer platforms like Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" where Dynamic Efficiency Control (DEC) is supported...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-No-Confuse-Intel-DEC
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-05 19:54:27)
Additional Old Linux Drivers Face Removal Due To Noise From AI/LLM Coding Agents

There continues to be a lout of cleaning up of the kernel source tree to deal with noise generated by AI / LLM coding agents sending in reports and patches for old drivers that are likely not actively used by anyone on modern upstream kernel builds. Rather than continuing to carry these old drivers around with the uptick in AI/LLM-generated noise, kernel maintainers are finding it better to…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Retiring-Moxa-Driver
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-05 19:40:15)
AMD Preps HDMI FRL Fixes, New Knob For Disabling Older AMD GPU DCE Display Support

Overnight AMD engineers sent out their latest round of AMDGPU DC display code updates for their Linux driver. This week's round of display code updates include some additional fixes for their recently introduced HDMI FRL (Fixed Rate Link) support as part of the work toward their HDMI 2.1 implementation finally coming together for their open-source, upstream Linux driver...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-DC-DCE-Gating
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-05 19:24:03)
FEX 2608 Released With More Fixes For Running x86_64 Binaries On ARM64

FEX 2608 is now available as the newest monthly feature update to this open-source emulator sponsored by Valve for running x86_64 binaries on ARM64, including Steam and Windows games with Steam Play (Proton)...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2608-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-05 09:54:08)
AMD Posts Proposal & Linux Patches For eSPI Subsystem

AMD has posted patches proposing a new Linux subsystem for the Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) standard that was in turn originally developed by Intel. With AMD now making use of eSPI, they are proposing a new subsystem for it within the Linux kernel, which includes a new driver for their hardware...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-eSPI-Linux-Patches
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 23:24:07)
AMD openSIL & Coreboot Pull Requests For Phoenix AM5 Support

Last week the 3mdeb firmware consulting firm released the first open-source firmware for a modern AMD Ryzen AM5 platform with their work to port AMD openSIL and Coreboot in their downstream Dasharo flavor to an MSI desktop ATX motherboard. Now that it's working out well, 3mdeb is working to upstream their AM5 platform support and Phoenix SoC support into upstream AMD openSIL as well as Coreboot...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-openSIL-Phoenix-AM5-PR
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 22:54:05)
NVIDIA Becomes A Premier Sponsor Of LVFS / Fwupd

Now this is a pleasant and very unexpected surprise... NVIDIA has become the latest premier sponsor of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Premier-Sponsor-LVFS
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 21:24:05)
Linux Foundation Announces Tokenomics Foundation For "Economics & ROI Of AI Value"

Last month the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to standardize Internet-native payments for AI agents as their latest AI play. That followed other "AI" initiatives from dealing with AI exploits to AI asset and data exchange. Today they have another AI foray being announced with the creation of the Tokenomics Foundation...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-Tokenomics
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 19:39:07)
Linux's Staging Area To Now Reject LLM-Generated Patches, Except For Real Security Fixes

While Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman does use AI / LLMs himself to success in the Linux kernel, given the "onslaught" of kernel patches produced by large language models and the intent on the Linux kernel's staging area being an area for newcomers to get involved, moving forward he's now rejecting AI/LLM-generated staging patches. But there is one exception and that is…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Staging-Reject-LLMs
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 19:39:05)
Wild Linker 0.10 Released With GDB Index Support, Mitigation For Btrfs Performance

Wild 0.10 released overnight as this very fast linker for Linux that is written in the Rust programming language and focused on iterative development...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wild-Linker-0.10
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 19:24:10)
Linux 7.3 To Fix MSI Claw M-Center Keys For Ryzen Z2 Extreme Powered Handheld

For those with a MSI Claw A8 BZ2EM handheld gaming system, the model powered by the latest AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme SoC, an important addition is coming to the Linux 7.3 kernel so that the M-Center keys will be properly supported...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-MSI-Claw-M-Center-Key
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 10:09:05)
FFmpeg 9.0 Released With More Vulkan Acceleration, Animated WebP & More AMD AMF

FFmpeg 9.0 is now available as the latest feature release for this widely used, open-source multimedia library...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-9.0-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-04 09:54:07)
Improved GPU Reset Recovery For AMD Kaveri, Hawaii & Other GFX7 GPUs With Linux 7.3

In addition to the AMDGPU feature pull request to DRM-Next last week that landed DRM format modifiers for old AMD GPUs and a variety of other improvements, a secondary set of AMDGPU feature work followed that last week in preparation for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GFX7-Soft-Reset-Linux-7.3
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