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Linux 5.9 Released With Initial AMD RDNA 2 GPU Enablement, Other New Hardware Support [phoronix.com]

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 5.9 [phoronix.com] as stable.

Linux 5.9 is out as the 2020 autumn kernel update. Linux 5.9 has a number of exciting improvements [phoronix.com] including initial support for upcoming Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA 2" graphics cards, initial Intel Rocket Lake graphics, NVMe zoned namespaces (ZNS) support, various storage improvements, IBM's initial work on POWER10 CPU bring-up, the FSGSBASE instruction is now used, 32-bit x86 Clang build support, and more. See our Linux 5.9 feature overview [phoronix.com] for the whole scoop on the many changes to see with this kernel.

See also: Linux 5.9 - Linux Kernel Newbies [kernelnewbies.org]
Linux 5.9 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures [cnx-software.com]
There Are Many Changes To Look Forward To With The Linux 5.10 Kernel [phoronix.com]
Many Intel/AMD x86 Changes Kick Off Linux 5.10 Development From Zen 3 To SERIALIZE [phoronix.com]
Linux 5.10 Scheduler Updates Bring SMT Balancing Tweaks [phoronix.com]

Previously: Linux 5.8 Released [soylentnews.org]

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