Linus Torvalds launches Linux 5.13 after just seven release candidates
(2021/06/28)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/06/27/linux_kernel_5_13_released/
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Linus Torvalds has released version 5.13 of the Linux kernel after a very smooth development process that required just seven release candidates.
“So we had quite the calm week since rc7, and I see no reason to delay 5.13,” [1]wrote the Linux maintainer-in-chief in his weekly State of the Kernel post.
Torvalds rated the new release as “fairly large”.
[2]
“In fact, it’s one of the bigger 5.x releases, with over 16k commits (over 17k if you count merges), from over 2k developers.
[3]
[4]
“But it’s a ‘big all over’ kind of thing, not something particular that stands out as particularly unusual. Some of the extra size might just be because 5.12 had that extra rc week.”
[5]Huawei dev flamed for 'useless' Linux kernel code contributions
[6]Linus Torvalds tells kernel list poster to 'SHUT THE HELL UP' for saying COVID-19 vaccines create 'new humanoid race'
[7]‘Staggering’ cost of vintage Sun workstations sees OpenSolaris-fork Illumos drop SPARC support
Features that contribute to the bigness include:
Support for Apple’s M1 silicon;
The beginnings of support for wireless wide area networks;
Microsoft’s Azure Network Adapter, a tool that makes it easier to build hybrid networks;
Improved support for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface spec on laptops;
More support for Microsoft Surface laptops;
Early work to support Linux as Arm64 Hyper-V guests;
Plenty of [8]enhancements to RSIC-V support.
The folks at [9]Phoronix have a detailed list of the best new bits in this release.
Torvalds signed off his launch post by stating “I already have a few pull requests for it pending, but as usual, I’d ask people to give the final 5.13 at least a quick test before moving on to the exciting new pending stuff.”
The new release can be found [10]here and for the completists among you, Torvalds’ commit for this version is [11]here .
[12]
The release of version 5.13 means the merge window for version 5.14 is now open. Among the features slated for inclusion are Raspberry Pi 400 support, updates to handle recent or imminent x86 CPUs, and support for more GPUs including Qualcomm’s Adreno 660 GPU, which is found alongside its new Snapdragon 888 SoC. ®
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/26/linux_kernel_contributor_from_huawei/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/11/linus_torvalds_vaccine_smackdown/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/illumos_deprecates_sparc_support/
[8] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2105.0/04492.html
[9] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-513-features#=1
[10] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
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“So we had quite the calm week since rc7, and I see no reason to delay 5.13,” [1]wrote the Linux maintainer-in-chief in his weekly State of the Kernel post.
Torvalds rated the new release as “fairly large”.
[2]
“In fact, it’s one of the bigger 5.x releases, with over 16k commits (over 17k if you count merges), from over 2k developers.
[3]
[4]
“But it’s a ‘big all over’ kind of thing, not something particular that stands out as particularly unusual. Some of the extra size might just be because 5.12 had that extra rc week.”
[5]Huawei dev flamed for 'useless' Linux kernel code contributions
[6]Linus Torvalds tells kernel list poster to 'SHUT THE HELL UP' for saying COVID-19 vaccines create 'new humanoid race'
[7]‘Staggering’ cost of vintage Sun workstations sees OpenSolaris-fork Illumos drop SPARC support
Features that contribute to the bigness include:
Support for Apple’s M1 silicon;
The beginnings of support for wireless wide area networks;
Microsoft’s Azure Network Adapter, a tool that makes it easier to build hybrid networks;
Improved support for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface spec on laptops;
More support for Microsoft Surface laptops;
Early work to support Linux as Arm64 Hyper-V guests;
Plenty of [8]enhancements to RSIC-V support.
The folks at [9]Phoronix have a detailed list of the best new bits in this release.
Torvalds signed off his launch post by stating “I already have a few pull requests for it pending, but as usual, I’d ask people to give the final 5.13 at least a quick test before moving on to the exciting new pending stuff.”
The new release can be found [10]here and for the completists among you, Torvalds’ commit for this version is [11]here .
[12]
The release of version 5.13 means the merge window for version 5.14 is now open. Among the features slated for inclusion are Raspberry Pi 400 support, updates to handle recent or imminent x86 CPUs, and support for more GPUs including Qualcomm’s Adreno 660 GPU, which is found alongside its new Snapdragon 888 SoC. ®
Get our [13]Tech Resources
[1] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2106.3/02627.html
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/26/linux_kernel_contributor_from_huawei/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/11/linus_torvalds_vaccine_smackdown/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/illumos_deprecates_sparc_support/
[8] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2105.0/04492.html
[9] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-513-features#=1
[10] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
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