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Kernel Release 7.1-rc6
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Linux 7.1-rc6
Well, I wouldn't call this "small", but it is certainly smaller than rc5 was. And I don't think there's anything particularly scary here, so maybe we're still on track for a normal release cycle. Let's see.
Things look pretty normal except for the larger-than-I'd-wish-for size (which I guess technically is "normal" these days too). The bulk of the changes are drivers all over the place - GPU, networking, usb, serial, sound, scsi ... A little bit of everything.
There's also core networking and selftest updates. The rest is pretty much spread out: architecture fixes (x86, mips, arm64 - mainly kvm), filesystem fixes (smb, nfs), and some other random fixes (mm, liveupdate).
Please keep testing,
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Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc6
The 7.1-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: "
Well, I wouldn't call this 'small', but it is certainly smaller than rc5 was. And I don't think there's anything particularly scary here, so maybe we're still on track for a normal release cycle. Let's see.
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Neowin:
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Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.1 is finally back on track after chaotic Hey Hi (AI) drama
The rocky road to the Linux 7.1 kernel release is finally smoothing out. Discover what fixes made the cut this week and which popular handheld devices are getting upgrades.
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Linux Kernel 7.1 RC6 Released: Code Settles Toward Stability
For several weeks, the Kernel development team has noticed that each update is larger than usual. Linus Torvalds noted that while RC6 is bigger than he would prefer, this high volume of changes seems to be the "new normal" for the kernel lately.
However, there is no reason to worry. In the Linux 7.1-rc6 announcement mail, Torvalds mentioned that nothing in this release looks "scary" or dangerous. Because the code is beginning to settle down, the community remains on track for a standard release cycle.