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Numerous AMDXDNA Ryzen AI Driver Fixes For Linux 7.0-rc2

([Linux Kernel] 6 Hours Ago Linux 7.0-rc2 DRM Fixes)


Sent out today were all of the DRM/accel driver fixes for the week, ahead of the Linux 7.0-rc2 kernel release due out on Sunday.

Standing out with this week's Direct Rendering Manager subsystem updates are many fixes to the AMDXDNA accelerator driver for AMD Ryzen AI NPUs. Typically it's the AMDGPU driver or Intel Xe leading the race each week for the most fixes, but this time around AMDXDNA has more than usual.

There are many different AMDXDNA fixes queued up including addressing a system suspend failure with this driver, buffer overflow fix, input sanitization fix, deadlock fix, a NULL pointer dereference bug, an out-of-bounds access fix, and also a firmware loading fix. Yes, many of these bugs now fixes stem from the C programming language use for this driver while many passionate individuals will surely argue this is another case of a kernel driver that should be written in Rust for its memory safety benefits.

Beyond those different AMDXDNA fixes, there are also some AMDGPU fixes for the user queue "UserQ" support, DC display fix, VCN 5 fix, and other fixes. To the Intel Xe, Nouveau, and other drivers are just a few small fixes with nothing really standing out there.

The full list of DRM fixes sent in for Linux 7.0-rc2 can be found via [1]this pull request .



[1] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/CAPM=9twT7RhgErNvOEjOGY1UUtLY-Z8koZGe6TXLc3gZ_tuePw@mail.gmail.com/


Throwing Windows Out The Window

The Federal Bureau Of Missing Socks has banned the use of Microsoft Windows
and Office on all employee computers. But don't get too excited; they aren't
going to replace them with Linux. Instead, this government agency has decided
to go back to using abucusses, slide rules, and manual typewriters.

The banishment of Microsoft software stems from the agency's new policy
against computer games. MS Office, which contains several games in the form of
Easter Eggs, is now verboten on all agency computers. "Flight simulators,
pinball games, magic eight balls... they all violate our policy," said the
sub-adjunct administrator second-class. "So we can't use Office."

Windows is forbidden for the same reason. "We've had way too many
employees wasting time playing Solitaire," she said. "Unfortunately,
Solitaire is an integral part of Windows -- Microsoft executives said so
during the anti-trust trial. If Solitaire is removed, the operating system
won't function properly. Therefore, we have no choice but to banish all
Windows computers."

The Bureau's Assistant Technology Consultant, Mr. Reginald "Red" Taype,
asked, "Have you ever seen an abucus crash? Have you ever seen anybody
have fun with a slide rule? Do adding machines contain undocumented easter
eggs? No! That's why we're ditching our PCs."