Linus Torvalds announced Linux 6.8, noting that the development cycle had been calm over the trailing couple of weeks, “just as it should be”. The new kernel includes many performance enhancements under the bonnet. Among these are support for variable (multi) sized Transparent Huge Pages (THP), meaning that the kernel can now automatically handle memory using much larger pages while allowing multiple
Kernel Watch
Apr 02, 2024
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