| Great God today Linus Torvalds released Linux Kernel 5.1 official version of the kernel, while improvements to existing features also brought a number of significant improvements. The updated version last month and a half, but it is worth noting that it is not a long-term support version, so the user is best to select an existing LTS version. |
Linus Torvalds said in a mailing list announcement: "In the past week to develop work very smoothly, based on the final official version of RC6 adjustment is not a lot in general, Linux Kernel 5.1 is a routine update, just over 13k strip commit (if you count the windows. consolidation period plus 1K). it really is more conventional for us. currently the development work has been completed, it can be considered reasonable routine minor upgrade version. "
Linux Kernel 5.1 kernel noteworthy improvements in addition to the use of physical memory than can also be used as a persistent memory RAM (system memory), but this feature also requires continuous improvement. The new version can also boot without using initramfs system into the device-mapper devices, and support for the cumulative patch features live kernel patching functions.
For fans who Btrfs file system, Linux Kernel 5.1 kernel official version finally allows the user to configure Zstd compression level. In addition, based on fanotify file system monitoring is improved by the addition of so-called "super tuber Table" function to fanotify interface, which can monitor a large number of changes on a large file system.
In addition, Linux Kernel 5.1 introduces a high-performance interface called io_uring, which allows asynchronous I / O fast and scalable, that allows in the case of the new method is safe reuse PID transmission signal, and named Timer cpuidle new governor. Event-oriented or simply TEO, which is expected to improve power management without affecting power consumption.
Natural, Linux Kernel 5.1 also includes a number of driver updates so as to be compatible with more hardware devices. Users can now access the kernel.org site to download. If you want to compile it on GNU / Linux distributions, we recommend that you wait for later this month released the first maintenance release updates.