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Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released (9to5linux.com)

(Monday March 24, 2025 @12:50PM (msmash) from the moving-forward dept.)


[1]prisoninmate [2]shares a report :

> Highlights of Linux 6.14 include Btrfs RAID1 read balancing support, a new ntsync subsystem for Win NT synchronization primitives to boost game emulation with Wine, uncached buffered I/O support, and a new accelerator driver for the AMD XDNA Ryzen AI NPUs (Neural Processing Units).

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> Also new is DRM panic support for the AMDGPU driver, reflink and reverse-mapping support for the XFS real-time device, Intel Clearwater Forest server support, support for SELinux extended permissions, FUSE support for io_uring, a new fsnotify file pre-access event type, and a new cgroup controller for device memory.



[1] https://slashdot.org/~prisoninmate

[2] https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-14-officially-released-this-is-whats-new



DRM panic support (Score:4, Funny)

by Opyros ( 1153335 )

Let's all panic at the mention of "DRM" in connection with the Linux kernel!

Re: (Score:3)

by UnknowingFool ( 672806 )

Or how Linus has turned evil by including code that would force us all to use Windows NT. Bow down to our new, overlords! :P

Re:DRM panic support (Score:4, Funny)

by dskoll ( 99328 )

Wait until all the ACs complain about Acronym Collision.

An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says
'Beam me up, Scotty'.