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newsKernel KVM acceleration enabled
I did not realise that although KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) was
enabled in the Linux kernel, hardware acceleration wasn't. It was
'rufwoof' on the Puppy Forum who discovered this:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=11409#p11409
That one slipped through somehow!
I have compiled the 5.4.81 kernel, following KVM configuration instructions from the LFS guys:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/qemu.html
Snapshot when I was running the configuring:
The kernel source, with patches and build scripts is here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/source/kernel/5.4.81/
Release of EasyOS 2.5.1 is, barring any unforeseen circumstances, imminent.
Broadcom wl.ko module PET
As I mentioned in the previous post:
https://bkhome.org/news/202012/broadcom-sta-wl-wireless-kernel-driver.html
If you need to use that module, you can grab the PET before upgrading Easy to 2.5.1:
...and probably best to download-only, install it after upgrading.
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