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Kernel & Embedded News: U-Boot 2026.10 Released; Meta Proposes CRAM
U-Boot 2026.10 ships with dm-verity support in FIT images; Meta proposes CRAM compressed RAM; Pixel 10 device trees head for mainline Linux…
RB Oct 6 · 9 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: slab_tiny Targets 7.4; inotify Side Channel
A slab_tiny boot option is proposed for Linux 7.4, inotify is shown to leak keystroke timing, 7.1 reaches end of life, and…
RB Sep 29 · 10 min
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Reboot Modes: A Wrong String Is a Silent Normal Reboot
A reboot mode string the kernel does not recognise gives no error and no log line. The board reboots normally. How to…
RB Sep 22 · 15 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: Android Binder Goes Rust-Only in Linux 7.4
The Rust Binder driver replaces Android's C implementation in Linux 7.4. Also: io_uring identity handoff, orphaned VMs, and the first Cortex-A320 SoCs.
RB Sep 22 · 10 min
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The Kernel Build Got 36% Faster. On a Small Arm Machine It Is 1%.
This kernel build speedup series claims 36% faster builds. Read the author's own table and the arm64 full-build gain is 1%. The…
RB Sep 18 · 7 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: Silent Data-Loss Bug Fixed; CRA Reporting Live
Linux fixes a silent data loss bug present since 6.6, CRA vulnerability reporting is now mandatory in the EU, and Yocto 6.1…
RB Sep 15 · 11 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: Arm64 Drops Big-Endian, Boots CPUs in Parallel
Arm64 queues big-endian removal for Linux 7.4 and proposes parallel CPU onlining via PSCI. Plus 7.3-rc2 fixes, Buildroot 2026.08, and AI crawler…
RB Sep 8 · 11 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: Linux 7.3-rc1 Out; NVMe 2.4 Goes Post-Quantum
Linux 7.3-rc1 closes the second-busiest merge window ever. Plus UBI wear-leveling, sched_ext sub-schedulers, Qualcomm's Modular bet and NVMe 2.4.
RB Sep 1 · 15 min
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Kernel CVEs Per Release Have Tripled. The Bugs Have Not.
Kernel CVEs per release have tripled since Linux 7.0, but the chart counts fixes, not new bugs. The release that created the…
RB Aug 31 · 11 min
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Linux 7.3: AF_ALG Restricted by Default, YOLOX on Etnaviv
Linux 7.3 turns on AF_ALG restriction by default, Intel proposes DRM Fabric for accelerators, and YOLOX runs on the open Etnaviv NPU…
RB Aug 25 · 10 min
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Kernel Cleanup Helpers: What Your LTS Actually Has
Kernel cleanup helpers are in every LTS, but the subsystem helpers and conditional guards arrived at point releases. Check your tree, not…
RB Aug 24 · 13 min
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Linux Makes the x86 TSC a Baseline: What Changes for Embedded Systems?
Linux now treats the x86 TSC as a baseline and requires the Time Stamp Counter. How Arm, RISC-V and others guarantee a…
RB Aug 21 · 11 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: 32-bit Arm Deprecations in 7.3; Rsync 3.5
Linux 7.3 begins a broad 32-bit Arm deprecation, rsync 3.5 fixes 33 CVEs, Arm preps 128-bit page tables, Pine64 pauses devices, and…
RB Aug 20 · 10 min
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Kernel & Embedded News: Linux 7.3 Merge Window; QEMU 11.1 Released
The Linux 7.3 merge window is open: an SMP rework cuts scheduling latency, BPF reaches binfmt_misc, QEMU 11.1 ships, and Radxa adds…
RB Aug 18 · 9 min
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Linux 7.2 Is Out: What Embedded Teams Should Test First
Linux 7.2 is out. What actually changes for embedded: cache-aware scheduling, SPI NAND randomizer, dma-buf heaps as modules, dm-inlinecrypt, removals.
RB Aug 17 · 9 min
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