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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @02:52AM (2 children)
from the executive summary of https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.14/process/stable-api-nonsense.html [kernel.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @02:56AM
Should have linked this version https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-api-nonsense.html [kernel.org] or https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.6-rc1/process/stable-api-nonsense.html [kernel.org]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 12 2020, @08:44PM
I can't, or don't, or shouldn't have a strong opinion on this. I don't write kernel modules. So I'll defer to those who do. Thanks for the info.
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