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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

tux SPARC & Alpha CPU Ports Still Seeing Activity In 2026 With Linux 7.0 - Phoronix

「 New Linux kernel patches for Sun/Oracle SPARC and DEC Alpha are increasingly rare but for the most part still being maintained by the upstream Linux kernel. Merged this week already for Linux 7.0 are some maintenance work on those architectures plus the Motorola m68k that continues to routinely see new kernel activity too 」

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-SPARC-Alpha-m68k

#linux #sparc #DECalpha #m68k #opensource

SPARC & Alpha CPU Ports Still Seeing Activity In 2026 With Linux 7.0

In addition to all of the exciting Intel and AMD x86_64 enhancements that have been landing this week so far for the Linux 7.0 kernel, the aging SPARC, Alpha, and Motorola 680x0 'm68k' CPU ports have also seen some patches for this new kernel.
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