Linux Kernel 6.10 Released with New Features and Hardware Support Enhancements

Linus Torvalds announced in the kernel mailing list announced the release of Linux Kernel 6.10 and the opening of the 6.11 merge window.

Linux Kernel 6.10 Released with New Features and Hardware Support Enhancements_0

The new features of 6.10 include:

  • Removal of support for old Alpha CPUs
  • Support for the shadow-stack of the x32 sub-architecture
  • RISC-V system supports the Rust language
  • Support for some Windows NT synchronization primitives (marked as broken)
  • The mseal () system call
  • FUSE filesystem subsystem supports fsverity
  • Landlock security module supports ioctl ()
  • Preliminary implementation of DRM Panic infrastructure
  • Improved AMD ROCm/AMDKFD support for Ryzen APU

In terms of improving hardware support, Linux 6.10 mainly improves support for the Radxa ROCK 3C development board, the Intel Arrow Lake-H processor, the Lenovo Thinkbook 13x Gen 4, the Lenovo Thinkbook 16P Gen 5 and the Lenovo Thinkbook 13X notebook computer, the ASUS ROG 2024 notebook computer and the Machenike G5 Pro game controller, etc.

For more changes, check the KernelNewbies 6.10 page.

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