The kernel has been updated with fixes for various issues, such as printing RSS for tiler heap BO's in debugfs GEMS file, removing transitional headers, normalizing volume kcontrol names, and fixing iteration bugs in __qgroup_excl_accounting(). Other changes include fixing the race between collapse and PT_RECLAIM under per-vma lock, removing the bouncing T7XX reviewer and kprobes maintainer, and fixing CIFS to handle any iterator type. The release also incorporates enhancements for the Intel WWAN IOSM driver, Intel PTP DFL ToD, addressing the T7XX reviewer, and the kprobes maintainer.
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the first release candidate for Linux kernel 6.17
The kernel encompasses a range of updates, including enhancements to VFIO, s390, i3c, RTC, bpf, gfs2, MM, EFI, gpio, power sequencing, remoteproc, PCI, EDAC, x86 CPU mitigation, x86 microcode loader, x86 SEV, as well as various fixes related to locking, irq, smp, xfs, zonefs, ata, module, driver core, drm, jfs, btrfs, input, CRC, crypto library, fscrypt, ipe, erofs, m68k, char/misc, IIO/other driver updates, staging, tty/serial driver updates, USB/Thunderbolt, TTY fix, hwmon, parisc, fbdev, crypto, libnvdimm, f2fs, tpm, rdma, iommufd, mailbox, io_uring, block, HID, sysctl, GNSS, uml, apparmor, sh, and xen.
The stable release of 4MLinux 49.0 is now available for download. It offers various features such as LibreOffice 25.2, GNOME Office, Firefox 140.0, Chrome 138.0, Thunderbird 140.0, Audacious 4.4.2, VLC 3.0.21, SMPlayer 25.6.0, Mesa 25.1.0, and Wine 10.11. The release also includes Perl 5.40.2, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.13.3, and Ruby 3.4.3. It also supports mobile devices via Bluetooth and PTP/MTP protocols, adds Stella and Brutal Chess to the GamePack collection, and includes optional Intel VAPPI drivers.
The list of bug fixes in the Linux kernel includes fixes for various issues, such as incorrect masking for channels 4–7 in powerdown mode, missing CONFIG_REGMAP_MMIO, and a reference to an invalid bucket in copygc. Other fixes include reordering output formats on MT8195/88, updating the list of PCI-supported devices, and fixing the size of the received input buffer. Other fixes include enabling interrupts during exception handling, fixing warnings for missing export.h header inclusions, and addressing issues with hv_map/unmap_interrupt() return values. The list also includes fixes for DMIC data sources from GPIO2, as well as a fix for a no-status endpoint.