… Ultimately it can allow for building a Linux kernel with IPv6-only support and working on allowing "legacy" IPv4 support to be disabled as part of the kernel build. The set of six patches add a CONFIG LEGACY IP option to allow toggling IPv4 support for the kernel build. …
… Some of the Linux 7.1 DRM driver highlights include: - The AMDGPU kernel driver is enabling Display Core "DC" on Sea Islands / GCN 1.1 APUs like Kaveri and in turn enabling AMDGPU-by-default for these APUs to finish out the GCN 1.0/1.1 conversion from the legacy Radeon driver. - The AMDGPU driver i… …
… Some of these fixes for DRM-Next are what was already submitted as fixes for the current Linux 7.1 cycle with regard to the various AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 fixes, including for "harvested" GPUs and other configurations that had been problematic or regressed in their transition from using the legacy Radeon … …
… Timur Kristóf wrote with the AMDGPU driver patch series implementing DRM format modifiers for GFX6 through GFX8 graphics IP: "GFX6-8 are the oldest GPUs supported by the amdgpu kernel driver, and the last ones that didn't support DRM format modifiers until now. …
… New Patches Allow Building Linux IPv6-Only, Option To Deprecate "Legacy" IPv4 Longtime Linux developer David Woodhouse sent out a patch series today to "deprecate legacy IP" support within the Linux kernel. …