Linus announced the official launch of Linux Kernel 6.7 on the kernel mailing list .
It is said that this version is one of the most merged versions in history, containing 17k+ non-merged commits, and more than 1000 were actually merged.
Main changes
- Mainline kernel has merged experimental Bcachefs file system
- Intel Meteor Lake graphics support is now enabled by default
- Option to enable/disable 32-bit emulation on x86-64 cores
- KVM supports LoongArch virtualization
- KVM on RISC-V supports Smstateen extension
- Intel Meteor Lake graphics support is enabled by default, and support for Intel Xe2Lunar Lake graphics is also introduced
- Added support for NVIDIA GPU System Processor (GSP) firmware to the Nouveau open source graphics driver, resulting in better power management performance and including RTX 40 acceleration in Nouveau settings
- USB Type-C driver now supports DP Alt Mode 2.1
- AMD Seamless Boot now works with more AMD hardware
- F2FS now supports larger page sizes
- Btrfs feature enhancements such as added FSID (temporary file system ID) support (Valve hopes to introduce this feature for Steam OS in Steam Deck)
- AppArmor access control can now be applied to io_uring and supports the creation of user namespaces
- Added Rust bindings for workqueues and upgraded to Rust 1.73 toolchain
- Numerous improvements and feature updates have been made to the perf tool
- Removed ancient videobuf layer
- Adjustments made to Logitech HID++
- ASUS WMI driver adds support for Screenpad
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