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Linux 6.16 Ready With Fixes For Old AMD Hardware "Which Wasn't Even Supposed To Run Linux"
Ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc6 kernel release due out later today, an x86/urgent pull request was sent out today that includes some fixes for old AMD Zen 2 hardware.
Yes, the Cyan Skillfish APU graphics have long been supported by the upstream AMDGPU open-source driver while these latest changes are about the Zen 2 cores found with the BC-250. Not too surprising for Linux users with random number generation issues in the early Zen days being a common occurrence. Due to the issues on Cyan Skillfish, INVLPGB usage is being disabled for Zen 2 Family 17h, Model 47h cores.
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