Linus Torvalds simply launched the steady Linux 7.1 kernel and it is coming a half-day early because of his journey plans.
Linux 7.1 is now steady! Whereas a wild launch cycle with the rising variety of AI/LLm-reported bugs all through the kernel, it is releasing at present on time. Linux 7.1 has many thrilling new options together with the brand new NTFS driver, Intel FRED for higher efficiency on Panther Lake and future CPUs, quicker Intel Arc Battlemage graphics, enhancements for older AMD Radeon GPUs, and quite a lot of different enhancements. See the Linux 7.1 characteristic listing for the longer listing of all the good adjustments to be discovered on this now-stable kernel.
Linux 7.1 might be downloaded through Git. To date no customary announcement has been made by Torvalds however will presumably be on the LKML quickly.
Onward to Linux 7.2 as one other thrilling kernel cycle.
Replace: Linus Torvalds is now out along with his announcement:
So it is solely Sunday morning again residence, however it’s Sunday afternoon the place
I’m proper now, so I am doing the 7.1 launch on the common time -
simply not within the common timezone.This clearly implies that the merge window opens tomorrow, however I will be
in yet one more timezone by then, so timing will all be a bit
irregular. Usually I attempt to front-load the merge window and do as
a lot as potential the primary few days – this time I am unsure that may
work out with my laptop computer and a few lengthy flights with out web,
however I’ve made certain that I’ve fetched the early pull requests (thank
you – you realize who you’re), so I can do a few of it
off-line.Anyway, potential slight hiccups within the merge window apart, the information
at present is 7.1. Beneath is the shortlog for the final week – nothing
notably fascinating or scary stands out, which is because it ought to
be. It is principally varied smaller driver updates (gpu, networking,
sound, misc) with some networking and hint tooling fixes. And random
minor adjustments elsewhere.