Linux 6.9 Lands Reworked Topology Code For Better Hybrid CPU Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 6.9 Lands Reworked Topology Code For Better Hybrid CPU Support

The recently covered overhaul of the x86 CPU topology code to clean-up quite a code mess has been merged for Linux 6.9. Among other benefits, this improved topology code properly accounts for modern Intel Core hybrid systems with a mix of P and HT-less E cores...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-APIC-x86-CPU-Topology

[vient]

Wonder when the Thread Director aware scheduler will finally land. 1.5 years in the making, still not merged.

[rmfx]

Wonder when the Thread Director aware scheduler will finally land. 1.5 years in the making, still not merged.

Just like the fast kernel headers that divided the compile time by two are still ignored.

[sobkas]

I would like to see x86+arm hybrid cpus, after all "ls" doesn't need full speed of 4GHz x86.