This kernel is simply huge: there is so many new and improved features with this particular release that it's mind-boggling. I'm having difficulty remembering such a time a kernel release was so large.
The quick summary of Linux 5.6 changes include: WireGuard, USB4, open-source NVIDIA RTX 2000 series support, AMD Pollock enablement, lots of new hardware support, a lot of file-system / storage work, multi-path TCP bits are finally going mainline, Year 2038 work beginning to wrap-up for 32-bit systems, the new AMD TEE driver for tapping the Secure Processor, the first signs of AMD Zen 3, better AMD Zen/Zen2 thermal and power reporting under Linux, at long last having an in-kernel SATA drive temperature for HWMON, and a lot of other kernel infrastructure improvements.
(Score: 2, Troll) by darkfeline on Monday February 10 2020, @08:51PM (2 children)
How's your microkernel coming along, Tanenbaum? Are you going to release it before Hurd?
Join the SDF Public Access UNIX System today!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday February 10 2020, @09:17PM
Or Google's Fuchsia?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by RamiK on Monday February 10 2020, @09:44PM
Tanenbaum's microkernel is probably deployed on more machines than Linux or at least Windows:
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX [wikipedia.org] )
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