… There are bug fixes plus some new hardware support additions that make this merge notable. Due to the new hardware support amounting to just device IDs and not risking existing hardware support, it's fine for merging at this late stage of Linux 7.0 development. …
New Lenovo Fan Driver, More ASUS Motherboards With Sensor Monitoring For Linux 7.1 Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 17 April 2026 at 05:53 AM EDT. Add A Comment All of the hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates were merged this week for the Linux 7.1 kernel. …
ASUS Armoury Driver Supports A Few More Laptops With Linux 7.0 Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 9 April 2026 at 12:40 PM EDT. Add A Comment Merged back in Linux 6.19 was the ASUS Armoury driver to enhance support for the ROG Ally gaming handhelds and modern ASUS laptops . …
… Merged ahead of Linux 7.1-rc5 were several bug fixes as well as enabling support for some additional models: - ASUS TUF A14 Ryzen AI Max+ FA401EA - ASUS TUF Gaming F16 2025 FX607VU powered by Intel Core 5 CPUs - ASUS ROG Strix G16 2025 G614FR that is powered by AMD Ryzen SoCs with NVIDIA GeForce RT… …
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… This week there were also more ASUS device ID additions to the Armoury driver and adding some new HID codes for new AI agent interaction keys expected with upcoming laptops. …
… A variety of new features and laptop hardware support additions were merged for Linux 7.1 . For the ASUS WMI driver the battery charge threshold is now preserved during the boot process and there is improved screenpad power/brightness handling. …
… FEX 2605 Brings Performance Improvements, Initial Snapdragon X2 Elite Fixes Linux Support Coming For The ASUS ROG RAIKIRI II: A $160 High-End Gaming Controller Proton 11.0 Beta 2 Updates VKD3D-Proton D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The Vulkan API Godot 4.7 Reaches Beta With HDR O…
… This MediaTek MT7927 Filogic 380 chipset support has been tested so far across ASUS, Lenovo, Foxconn, and AMD RZ738 hardware variants. …