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Tag: Linux 5.16

  • Linux 5.16 will support AMD SEV/SEV-ES live migration

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    Last week, the main change in Linux 5.16 was a set of patches for the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM), which introduced RISC-V hypervisor support and AMD PSF control bit support. And this Friday, the second set of KVM patches has been released, the title is to support AMD SEV/SEV-ES intra-host migration. With this batch of…

  • New Zstd for Linux 5.16 is ready, bringing up to 35% performance improvement

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    Recently, the new Zstd prepared for the Linux 5.16 kernel has been submitted to the linux-next merger for more extensive testing in the next few weeks. If nothing happens, we will see the updated code of Zstd in the Linux 5.16 merge window next month. Nick Terrell, a Zstd maintainer from Facebook, recently started retrying…