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Linux 7.2, Third RC (rc3)
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LWN ☛ Linux 7.2-rc3
Things continue to look normal (the "new normal" with slightly higher rates of commits, although I do get the feeling that we're seeing that slightly balanced out by people starting to go on summer vacation).
About half the changes are to drivers - spread all over. Yes, there's GPU and networking as always, but there's a fair amount of other misc driver noise too.
The rest is similarly spread out: networking and filesystems are the biggest areas, but we have some documentation fixes (ok, some of it is just a pure re-indent), some core kernel, some architecture fixes, and various tooling fixes.
Nothing looks particularly scary or strange.
Go forth and test,
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LWN ☛ Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc3 [LWN.net]
The 7.2-rc3 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: ""Things continue to look normal (the 'new normal' with slightly higher rates of commits, although I do get the feeling that we're seeing that slightly balanced out by people starting to go on summer vacation)"".
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside
A set of updates for Sega Dreamcast hardware has been merged into the Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel this weekend.
Neowin:
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Normal-looking Linux 7.2-rc3 lands with fixes for SEGA Dreamcast driver
Linus 7.2-rc3 is now available for testing. At this mid-point in the cycle things are looking good for a timely stable release in several weeks.
Late coverage:
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Linux Kernel 7.2 RC3 Released: Testing the "New Normal"
Linus Torvalds described this stage of development as a "new normal". Currently, the Linux Kernel sees slightly higher rates of code commits than in the past. However, summer vacations for many developers are balancing out this high activity.
Despite the busy schedule, the development cycle remains healthy. In the Linux 7.2-rc3 announcement mail, Linus noted that "nothing looks particularly scary or strange" with this specific update.