Linus Torvalds Releases Linux Kernel 5.5 With Better Hardware Support

guest · Jan 27, 2020

Linus Torvalds Releases Linux Kernel 5.5 With Better Hardware Support
January 27, 2020
https://fossbytes.com/linux-kernel-5-5-release-download-features/

With the regular milestone of Release Candidate (rc7), Linus Torvalds has announced the first stable release of the Linux kernel 5.5 for the general public.

Apart from the last-minute network driver fixes, Linux 5.5 includes various improvements for security, the new and upcoming hardware platforms such as Raspberry Pi 4, Intel processors, and Chromebooks.
Linux Kernel 5.5: New Features
Linux 5.5, named as Kleptomaniac Octopus, brings many file system changes to the XFS, exFAT, and ext4. Ext4 now has direct I/O via iomap and fscrypt support for smaller block sizes.

To further increase the security, VMs on Microsoft Hyper-V can finally hibernate, and kernel concurrency sanitizer sets for spotting data race conditions. Inspired by WireGuard’s zinc crypto API, crypto improves to support WireGuard in the upcoming Linux 5.6. [...]
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