Linux 7.2 has landed, dragging x86 timing clean out of the nineties by making the Time Stamp Counter mandatory.
I wrote up a quick article on why ditching those ancient legacy fallbacks is good housekeeping, plus a few other bits like cache-aware scheduling and memory tweaks worth noting.
Is anyone still using legacy hardware? If so, what do you use it for?
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“Finally! Linux supports even less hardware that will be supported by BSD for years to come! Hooray!”
Because yay, planned obsolescence.
The LTS Kernel will also support it for years to come
