During the outbreak of the new crown virus, Linus Torvalds announced the release of the seventh weekly candidate version of Linux 5.6, namely Linux Kernel 5.6-rc7. As a small update, rc7 did not bring about major changes.
Linus Torvalds commented in the announcement that although Linux 5.6-rc7 may have experienced a strange period, the development of the Linux 5.6 kernel seems normal.
"The world around us may be experiencing unfamiliar times, but at least so far, kernel development looks normal. As usual, Linux Kernet 5.6-rc7 updates are mainly focused on drivers, including gpu, mmc, staging, iio, usb, audio, fixes for VM and some updates / documents / tools (mainly turbostat) for Arch, etc. "
Torvalds said, "Nothing really stands out, they are small. I will remain optimistic and say that this is because we can release the virus normally and calmly, but obviously this may be partly because everyone is distracted by the virus. Attention. But in terms of the kernel, I haven't seen anything worrying. "