The
Linux 3.4 kernel was released to end out the weekend of Linus Torvalds' with this major kernel release highlighting several new Linux features.
Key features of Linux 3.4 include:
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Intel performance improvements (Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge).
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New power management phases and
a PCI-E ASPM change.
- The initial
Radeon HD 7000 series / Trinity code for the kernel DRM driver. (The user-space Gallium3D support though is still a mess.)
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Many Btrfs changes.
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DMA-BUF PRIME support.
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x32 ABI support.
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Initial GeForce 600 Kepler series support.
The release came right on time as
expected last week.
The release announcement for the Linux 3.4 kernel can be found at
LKML.org.