Features Expected For Linux 6.19: ASUS Armoury, Many Intel Bits, AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Enhanced
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Linux 6.19 Features Early Look)
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With [1]the Linux 6.18 kernel likely being released later today , here is a look at some of the features on the table for the next kernel cycle, Linux 6.19. The list is based on changes queued in various "-next" branches ahead of the Linux 6.19 merge window. There's always the possibility of last minute change of plans or objections raised by Linus Torvalds, but this should provide an early look at some of the features more than likely to be merged for Linux 6.19.
Some of the likely Linux 6.19 changes via the different "-next" branches that have been on our radar include:
- [2]Apple Silicon USB3 support is set to finally be mainlined.
- [3]Initial mainline kernel support for the Tenstorrent Blackhole .
- [4]AMD SDCIAE is expected to be finally upstreamed after years of work and many patch revisions.
- [5]A very big performance optimization for loop block devices .
- [6]Optimizing exiting to user-space for Restartable Sequences .
- On the performance side is also the [7]mm/cid rewrite for very positive performance gains .
- [8]Much faster DM-VERITY performance .
- [9]Faster AES-GCM crypto performance .
- [10]Intel LASS as Linear Address Space Separation looks like it's finally going to be upstreamed for Linux 6.19.
- [11]Overhauling some of the Intel TDX code within KVM .
- [12]Intel SGX EUPDATESVN support .
- [13]Initial display support for Xe3P_LPD with Nova Lake and [14]other Intel Xe3P enablement work .
- [15]Intel Nova Lake power management preparations .
- [16]Intel CPU microcode staging feature to deal with the ever increasing size of CPU microcode binaries.
- [17]Intel CASF adaptive sharpness filter support found with Lunar Lake and newer hardware.
- [18]Initial enablement on the Intel Crescent Island accelerator expected to begin shipping in 2026 as a Xe3P graphics card with 160GB of vRAM.
- [19]ASUS Armoury Driver for enhancing their gaming handhelds and ROG gaming laptops under Linux.
- [20]Lenovo IdeaPad's Linux driver adding rapid charge mode support .
- [21]Uniwill laptop driver is being added for enhancing Uniwill-manufactured laptops, including some TUXEDO Computers devices and more.
- [22]AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs will now default to the AMDGPU kernel driver rather than the legacy Radeon driver. This is a win for these aging AMD GPUs for better performance, RADV Vulkan support by default, and overall a better experience out-of-the-box on these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs. A new "SMART POWER OLED" feature is also added to the AMDGPU driver.
- [23]Initial GPU support for the Adreno found with the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC .
- [24]Support for more Arm Mali and Vivante graphics hardware .
- [25]The open-source Nova driver beginning to prepare for next-gen NVIDIA GPUs (Rubin).
- [26]Nouveau will support larger pages and compression support for that existing open-source NVIDIA driver.
- [27]ML-DSA/Dilithium Post-Quantum Cryptography for kernel module signing .
- Initial support for [28]Black Sesame Technologies SoC support with their C1200 series hardware for self-driving vehicles.
- [29]Support for I2C drivers in Rust now that the Rust bindings have been queued. There is also Rust I2C sample driver code.
- [30]More Rust kernel graphics driver preparations .
- [31]Broadcom BNG_RE RoCE driver for their next-gen hardware.
- [32]Networking support for the EIC7700 RISC-V SoC found in the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 and other RISC-V boards.
- [33]NVIDIA preparations for 1.6 Tb/s networking .
- [34]Realtek RTL8125K network ASIC support .
- [35]Enabling Microsoft C extensions for the Linux kernel builds.
- [36]Microsoft upstreaming their RAMDAX driver .
- [37]Support for Microsoft ACPI Fan Extensions .
- [38]Better handling for corrupt Minix file-systems .
- [39]Support for the Line 6 POD HD Pro X audio effects processor.
- [40]XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro drawing tablet support .
- [41]Support for the Logitech G13 Keypad device released nearly two decades ago.
- [42]Sensor monitoring for the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING motherboard.
- [43]PCI Resizable BAR "ReBAR" improvements .
- [44]The Arm Ethos NPU accelerator driver is queued to be introduced in the mainline kernel.
Stay tuned for Phoronix coverage of the Linux 6.19 merge window as soon as it kicks off. After covering all the interesting Linux 6.19 changes and new features it will be on to Linux 6.19 benchmarking to look for any interesting performance changes.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/LInux-6.18-Features-Reminder
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silicon-USB3-Linux-6.19
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Tenstorrent-Blackhole-Linux-619
[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-SDCIAE-Linux-6.19
[5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Faster-Loop-Block
[6] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Optimize-RSEQ-Exit
[7] https://www.phoronix.com/news/MM-CID-For-Linux-6.19
[8] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-dm-verity-Perf
[9] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-AES-GCM-AVX2-Faster
[10] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-LASS-For-Linux-6.19
[11] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Fixing-Intel-TDX-KVM
[12] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SGX-EUPDATESVN-Linux-6.19
[13] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe3P-LPD-Display-6.19
[14] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe3P-Starts-Linux-6.19
[15] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Nova-Lake-PM-Linux-6.19
[16] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Microcode-Staging-Linux
[17] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Adaptive-Sharpness-6.19
[18] https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-Intel-Crescent-Linux-6.19
[19] https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASUS-Armoury-Driver-Linux-6.19
[20] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Rapid-Charge
[21] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-Laptop-Driver-Linux-619
[22] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-AMDGPU-GCN-1.0-1.1
[23] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-X2-Elite-GPU-Linux-619
[24] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-619-DRM-Misc-Mali-Vivante
[25] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Boot42-Nova-Linux-6.19
[26] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Nouveau-Larger-Pages
[27] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dilithium-ML-DSA-Module-Sign
[28] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Black-Sesame-SoC-Linux-6.19
[29] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-I2C-Drivers-Rust
[30] https://www.phoronix.com/news/First-DRM-Misc-Next-Linux-6.19
[31] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Broadcom-BNG-RE-Linux-6.19
[32] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Eswin-EIC7700-Net
[33] https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-1.6Tb-Net-Linux-6.19
[34] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Realtek-RTL8125K
[35] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Patch-Would-MS-Ext
[36] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-RAMDAX-Linux-Driver
[37] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-MS-ACPI-Fan-Ext
[38] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Fixes-Minix-FS
[39] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-POD-HD-Pro-X
[40] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-XP-PEN-Artist-24-Pro
[41] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Logitech-G13-For-Linux-6.19
[42] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-STRIX-X870E-H-GAMING
[43] https://www.phoronix.com/news/PCI-ReBAR-Better-Linux-6.19
[44] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Ethos-NPU-For-Linux-6.19
Some of the likely Linux 6.19 changes via the different "-next" branches that have been on our radar include:
- [2]Apple Silicon USB3 support is set to finally be mainlined.
- [3]Initial mainline kernel support for the Tenstorrent Blackhole .
- [4]AMD SDCIAE is expected to be finally upstreamed after years of work and many patch revisions.
- [5]A very big performance optimization for loop block devices .
- [6]Optimizing exiting to user-space for Restartable Sequences .
- On the performance side is also the [7]mm/cid rewrite for very positive performance gains .
- [8]Much faster DM-VERITY performance .
- [9]Faster AES-GCM crypto performance .
- [10]Intel LASS as Linear Address Space Separation looks like it's finally going to be upstreamed for Linux 6.19.
- [11]Overhauling some of the Intel TDX code within KVM .
- [12]Intel SGX EUPDATESVN support .
- [13]Initial display support for Xe3P_LPD with Nova Lake and [14]other Intel Xe3P enablement work .
- [15]Intel Nova Lake power management preparations .
- [16]Intel CPU microcode staging feature to deal with the ever increasing size of CPU microcode binaries.
- [17]Intel CASF adaptive sharpness filter support found with Lunar Lake and newer hardware.
- [18]Initial enablement on the Intel Crescent Island accelerator expected to begin shipping in 2026 as a Xe3P graphics card with 160GB of vRAM.
- [19]ASUS Armoury Driver for enhancing their gaming handhelds and ROG gaming laptops under Linux.
- [20]Lenovo IdeaPad's Linux driver adding rapid charge mode support .
- [21]Uniwill laptop driver is being added for enhancing Uniwill-manufactured laptops, including some TUXEDO Computers devices and more.
- [22]AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs will now default to the AMDGPU kernel driver rather than the legacy Radeon driver. This is a win for these aging AMD GPUs for better performance, RADV Vulkan support by default, and overall a better experience out-of-the-box on these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs. A new "SMART POWER OLED" feature is also added to the AMDGPU driver.
- [23]Initial GPU support for the Adreno found with the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC .
- [24]Support for more Arm Mali and Vivante graphics hardware .
- [25]The open-source Nova driver beginning to prepare for next-gen NVIDIA GPUs (Rubin).
- [26]Nouveau will support larger pages and compression support for that existing open-source NVIDIA driver.
- [27]ML-DSA/Dilithium Post-Quantum Cryptography for kernel module signing .
- Initial support for [28]Black Sesame Technologies SoC support with their C1200 series hardware for self-driving vehicles.
- [29]Support for I2C drivers in Rust now that the Rust bindings have been queued. There is also Rust I2C sample driver code.
- [30]More Rust kernel graphics driver preparations .
- [31]Broadcom BNG_RE RoCE driver for their next-gen hardware.
- [32]Networking support for the EIC7700 RISC-V SoC found in the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 and other RISC-V boards.
- [33]NVIDIA preparations for 1.6 Tb/s networking .
- [34]Realtek RTL8125K network ASIC support .
- [35]Enabling Microsoft C extensions for the Linux kernel builds.
- [36]Microsoft upstreaming their RAMDAX driver .
- [37]Support for Microsoft ACPI Fan Extensions .
- [38]Better handling for corrupt Minix file-systems .
- [39]Support for the Line 6 POD HD Pro X audio effects processor.
- [40]XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro drawing tablet support .
- [41]Support for the Logitech G13 Keypad device released nearly two decades ago.
- [42]Sensor monitoring for the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING motherboard.
- [43]PCI Resizable BAR "ReBAR" improvements .
- [44]The Arm Ethos NPU accelerator driver is queued to be introduced in the mainline kernel.
Stay tuned for Phoronix coverage of the Linux 6.19 merge window as soon as it kicks off. After covering all the interesting Linux 6.19 changes and new features it will be on to Linux 6.19 benchmarking to look for any interesting performance changes.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/LInux-6.18-Features-Reminder
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silicon-USB3-Linux-6.19
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Tenstorrent-Blackhole-Linux-619
[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-SDCIAE-Linux-6.19
[5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Faster-Loop-Block
[6] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Optimize-RSEQ-Exit
[7] https://www.phoronix.com/news/MM-CID-For-Linux-6.19
[8] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-dm-verity-Perf
[9] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-AES-GCM-AVX2-Faster
[10] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-LASS-For-Linux-6.19
[11] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Fixing-Intel-TDX-KVM
[12] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SGX-EUPDATESVN-Linux-6.19
[13] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe3P-LPD-Display-6.19
[14] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe3P-Starts-Linux-6.19
[15] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Nova-Lake-PM-Linux-6.19
[16] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Microcode-Staging-Linux
[17] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Adaptive-Sharpness-6.19
[18] https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-Intel-Crescent-Linux-6.19
[19] https://www.phoronix.com/news/ASUS-Armoury-Driver-Linux-6.19
[20] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Rapid-Charge
[21] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-Laptop-Driver-Linux-619
[22] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-AMDGPU-GCN-1.0-1.1
[23] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-X2-Elite-GPU-Linux-619
[24] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-619-DRM-Misc-Mali-Vivante
[25] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Boot42-Nova-Linux-6.19
[26] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Nouveau-Larger-Pages
[27] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dilithium-ML-DSA-Module-Sign
[28] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Black-Sesame-SoC-Linux-6.19
[29] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-I2C-Drivers-Rust
[30] https://www.phoronix.com/news/First-DRM-Misc-Next-Linux-6.19
[31] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Broadcom-BNG-RE-Linux-6.19
[32] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Eswin-EIC7700-Net
[33] https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-1.6Tb-Net-Linux-6.19
[34] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Realtek-RTL8125K
[35] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Patch-Would-MS-Ext
[36] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-RAMDAX-Linux-Driver
[37] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-MS-ACPI-Fan-Ext
[38] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Fixes-Minix-FS
[39] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-POD-HD-Pro-X
[40] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-XP-PEN-Artist-24-Pro
[41] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Logitech-G13-For-Linux-6.19
[42] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-STRIX-X870E-H-GAMING
[43] https://www.phoronix.com/news/PCI-ReBAR-Better-Linux-6.19
[44] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Ethos-NPU-For-Linux-6.19