The recent kernel 3.10.6 includes a – potential – performance improvement, by reverting some old (circa 3.8) patches, after research and testing by kernel contributors at Intel, and RedHat..   More details in the changelog, at:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.6 3.11-rc5 is also out, and works fine with the patched versions of VMware 9.0.2, and NVIDIA 325.15.    Incidentally, the NVIDIA patch … Continue reading →