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Linux 7.4 merge-window coverage shows the kernel pruning old code, with AI-generated bug reports cited for one removal. OpenBSD 8.0 shipped, and a Windows preview-update bug was fixed.

What happened

• OpenBSD 8.0, the 61st release, adds Intel Arc A-Series graphics support and other hardware improvements. A project developer says the release includes inteldrm, radeondrm and amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18. Phoronix ↗

• Linux 7.4 removes several old EDAC hardware error-detection drivers, citing a flood of AI-generated bug fixes. Maintainers are dropping unused code that is costing review time. Phoronix ↗

• Linux 7.4 adds a generic emulation for two-byte cmpxchg() and signals that some old CPU architectures may lose kernel support. Phoronix ↗

• About 17k lines of new Rust kernel code are heading into Linux 7.4, including an update of the vendored Zerocopy library. Phoronix ↗

• Btrfs gets more performance improvements in Linux 7.4, following gains in 7.3. Phoronix ↗

• Linux 7.3 shipped October 18 after a record-breaking, LLM-assisted development cycle. LWN's statistics cover contributions and bug trends. LWN.net ↗

• Microsoft fixed a bug where games and apps using AC-3 audio decoding crashed after the September 2026 Windows 11 preview update KB5124010. BleepingComputer ↗

• SpacemiT announced the V100, a server-class RISC-V processor following its K3 RVA23 SoC. The summary gives no specifications. Phoronix ↗

Articles the model saw · 10

• OpenBSD 8.0 Released With Intel Arc A-Series, Other Hardware Improvements4

  OpenBSD 8.0, the 61st release of the BSD operating system, adds Intel Arc A-Series graphics support and other hardware improvements.

  Phoronix4 h agoopenbsdbsdreleaseintel

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  Theo de Raadt released OpenBSD 8.0 today as the 61st release of this BSD operating system...

• OpenBSD 8.04

  The OpenBSD project announced its 8.0 release on its official site.

  Hacker News (front page)11 h agoopenbsdreleaseunix

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  Article URL: https://www.openbsd.org/80.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50160494 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

• Linux 7.4 Sunsetting Old EDAC Drivers Due To "AI Generated Fixes Frenzy"3

  Linux 7.4 removes several old EDAC hardware error-detection drivers, citing a flood of AI-generated bug fixes.

  Phoronix16 h agolinuxkernelai-generated

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  In addition to introducing the new Intel BFF driver, the Error Detection And Correction "EDAC" kernel subsystem is sunsetting a number of old hardware drivers due to increased noise to AI/LLM-generated bug fixes for these likely unused or minimally used drivers...

• OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.183

  OpenBSD 8.0 will include graphics drivers for Intel, Radeon, and AMD GPUs ported from Linux 6.18.

  Hacker News (front page)16 h agoopenbsddriversgraphics

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  Article URL: https://bsd.network/@brynet/117407035545900963 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50158138 Points: 62 # Comments: 10

• Btrfs Brings More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.43

  Phoronix reports Btrfs performance improvements in Linux 7.3 and further optimizations queued for the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel.

  Phoronix19 h agolinuxbtrfskernelfilesystems

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  With Linux 7.3 there are some nice Btrfs performance improvements to enjoy while the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel is set to bring some additional performance optimizations for this copy-on-write file-system...

• [$] Development statistics for the 7.3 kernel3

  Linux 7.3 shipped October 18 after a record-breaking, LLM-assisted development cycle, with statistics on contributions and bug trends.

  LWN.net21 h agolinuxkernelllmopen-source

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  Linus Torvalds released the 7.3 kernel, at the end of the usual nine-week development cycle, on October 18. This cycle, abundantly fueled by LLM-assisted contributions, broke just about every record imaginable. As usual, we have compiled some statistics showing how this release, which is expected to be the next long-term-support (LTS) kernel, came together. Also included is an attempt to determine whether automated patch review is actually reducing the number of bugs introduced into the kernel.

• Microsoft fixes game, app crashes caused by recent Windows update3

  Microsoft fixed a bug where games and apps using AC-3 audio decoding crashed after the September 2026 Windows 11 preview update KB5124010.

  BleepingComputer22 h agowindowsmicrosoftbug-fix

  Feed excerpt

  Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused games and apps using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding to crash after installing the September 2026 Windows 11 preview update (KB5124010). [...]

• Admin: 'I spent all weekend on my servers' after Microsoft breaks Exchange Server with October updates3

  Microsoft's October Exchange Server updates changed a default, breaking OWA and causing email queue backlogs on busy servers.

  The Registeryesterdayexchangemicrosoftpatch-regression

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  OWA borked and lengthy email queues reported on busy servers after Microsoft tweaks a Server default

• SpacemiT Announces The V100 Server-Class RISC-V Processor3

  SpacemiT announced the V100, a server-class RISC-V processor following its K3 RVA23 SoC.

  Phoronixyesterdayrisc-vprocessorhardware

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  Following the interesting SpacemiT K3 RVA23 RISC-V SoC, SpacemiT today announced the V100 server-class RISC-V processor...

• London’s mobile networks fall to bottom of Europe’s capital league2

  Ookla ranks London last among European capitals for mobile network speed and latency, citing rooftop rent and planning issues.

  The Register5 h agomobilenetworksuk

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  Rooftop rent cuts, planning refusals and congestion leave Ookla ranking the UK’s capital last for speed and latency