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Linux 6.19 Released With Better Support For Older AMD GPUs, DRM Color Pipeline API

([Linux Kernel] 109 Minutes Ago Linux 6.19)


As anticipated due to the extra week for the cycle given end of year holidays, Linus Torvalds today released the [1]Linux 6.19 stable kernel as the first major release of 2026. There is a lot in store with this early 2026 kernel release.

Linux 6.19 as usual is [2]especially heavy on Intel and AMD changes including [3]AMD GCN 1.0 / GCN 1.1 dGPUs now defaulting to the AMDGPU driver rather than Radeon legacy driver for better performance, RADV compatibility out-of-the-box, etc. On the Intel side there is more enablement work for Wildcat Lake and Nova Lake platforms. Plus Intel Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) and Content Adaptive Sharpness Filter (CASF) are among the new features enabled. Linux 6.19 also mainlines the DRM Color Pipeline API backed by Valve, various file-system improvements, the ASUS Armoury and Uniwill platform drivers, and much more.

See the [4]Linux 6.19 feature overview for a more extensive look at the changes of this new kernel.

Linux 6.19 started off to a rough start with [5]spotting several performance regressions in Linux 6.19 . Eventually it looks like [6]the multiple scheduler woes have been resolved in time for the Linux 6.19 release. I'll have out new Linux 6.18 / 6.19 / 7.0 Git benchmarks once the next merge window passes.

Now it's onward to the Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle -- more than likely to be known as Linux 7.0 -- and is [7]expected to see many exciting changes introduced over the next two weeks. It's that next kernel that will be powering the likes of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS this spring. Update: Linus Torvalds confirmed in the release announcement that [8]Linux 7.0 is the next version .

Go grab Linux 6.19 from [9]kernel.org if rolling your own Linux kernel build.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Linux+6.19

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Best-Feature-Changes

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-AMDGPU-GCN-1.0-1.1

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-619-features-changes

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-619-sched-regress

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Scheduler-Fixes-Last

[7] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Feature-Preview

[8] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Is-Next

[9] https://kernel.org/


Gentlemen,
Whilst marching from Portugal to a position which commands the
approach to Madrid and the French forces, my officers have been
diligently complying with your requests which have been sent by H.M. ship
from London to Lisbon and thence by dispatch to our headquarters.
We have enumerated our saddles, bridles, tents and tent poles,
and all manner of sundry items for which His Majesty's Government holds
me accountable. I have dispatched reports on the character, wit, and
spleen of every officer. Each item and every farthing has been accounted
for, with two regrettable exceptions for which I beg your indulgence.
Unfortunately the sum of one shilling and ninepence remains
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one cavalry regiment during a sandstorm in western Spain. This
reprehensible carelessness may be related to the pressure of circumstance,
since we are war with France, a fact which may come as a bit of a surprise
to you gentlemen in Whitehall.
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elucidation of my instructions from His Majesty's Government so that I
may better understand why I am dragging an army over these barren plains.
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1. To train an army of uniformed British clerks in Spain for the
benefit of the accountants and copy-boys in London or perchance:
2. To see to it that the forces of Napoleon are driven out of Spain.
-- Duke of Wellington, to the British Foreign Office,
London, 1812