All articles tagged with #loongarch
Debian's 14 'Forky' cycle now requires reproducible builds, with migration tools blocking new or updated packages that can't be reproduced bit-for-bit to improve security and verifiability; the release also adds LoongArch 64-bit 'Loong64' support.
Phoronix tests the Loongson 3B6000 (12-core/24-thread LoongArch, DDR4 ECC) on Linux, comparing it with AMD Zen 5 and Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPUs and using the Raspberry Pi 5 as an ARM reference; the sample came on a Loongson EVB motherboard and this article previews more benchmarks to better gauge performance against current-gen CPUs.
LoongArch, a CPU architecture developed by Loongson in China, has been officially promoted to an architecture for Debian Linux and will be included in Debian 14 'Forky' expected in 2027, after successful initial package integration and build processes.
The LoongArch processor changes for Linux 6.8 include initial support for the Rust programming language within the kernel, marking a significant milestone for Chinese processors. This update also brings an upgrade to the Rust toolchain and introduces the first Rust-written network PHY driver in mainline. The changes also involve minimum Clang compiler version bump, built-in DTB support, default kernel configuration file update, and bug fixes.