With the release of the
Linux 3.5 kernel expected
in just a few days, here's some of the most exciting features to look forward to.
Among the many features are:
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Radeon graphics performance improvements on the open-source driver.
- Many
Intel graphics driver changes, including the Haswell and Valley View work for their upcoming hardware.
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DMA-BUF work coming together.
- The
ASpeed KMS driver.
- The
Matrox KMS driver.
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Cirrus QEMU KMS driver for virtualization.
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Radeon HD 6000 series HDMI audio support.
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Various other DRM/KMS graphics-related changes.
Aside from graphics, there is:
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Creative Sound Core3D support, which is the latest-generation Creative audio processors succeeding the Sound Blaster X-Fi hardware.
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Xonar DGX support and other audio-related enhancements.
- Many
kernel input support improvements.
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ARM improvements.
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CRC32 meta-data support for EXT4 file-systems.
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ACPI updates.
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Minor Btrfs improvements.
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CoDel packet scheduler.
Expect the Linux 3.5 kernel to be officially released this week or next.