People are focusing on two Linux-kernel related updates: Con Kolivas has released a new kernel patchset after a long absence, and Tweakers is reporting a Linux Kernel 7.2 software update. Together, the chatter centers on recent kernel maintenance and availability of updates.
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Linus Torvalds has launched Linux 7.2 on time despite a hectic final testing week. Here are the major features and hardware updates inside.
Huge surprise this morning! Longtime Linux users may recall the out-of-tree work done years ago by open-source developer Con Kolivas..
Among the early pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle were removal of some ancient file-systems while adding in a new pseudo file-system.
Linux 7.2 now requires x86 CPUs to support TSC, ending legacy timing code without adding a Windows 11-style hardware block for modern PCs.
Earlier this year Natalie Vock of Valve's Linux graphics team laid out some patches for improving the Linux gaming experience for systems with limited vRAM
Among the pull requests sent out today now that the Linux 7.3 merge window is open are the SMP improvements for this next kernel version
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Linux 7.2 requires x86 CPUs to have a Time Stamp Counter, so only very old processors that lack a TSC are affected. The article notes the TSC has been present since the Intel Pentium launched in 1993, and Linux previously maintained fallback code back to the i486 era, so pre-Pentium or i486-era hardware would be impacted. Answered
Linux 7.2 makes TSC support mandatory for x86 CPUs, but it's not like Windows 11's TPM 2.0 checkLinux kept the legacy timing code to support very old x86 hardware that lacked a reliable Time Stamp Counter, dating back to the i486 era. Over decades the kernel maintained fallback logic for systems without a dependable TSC, and only now, because virtually all CPUs made in the last thirty years include a TSC and such legacy hardware is unlikely to run modern kernels, has that compatibility code been removed. Answered
Linux 7.2 makes TSC support mandatory for x86 CPUs, but it's not like Windows 11's TPM 2.0 checkThe scary thing about Microsoft's approach is that the company's infamous EEE strategy seems to be playing out exactly as advertised. Every reason I used to have for booting into Linux got absorbed into Windows, and it happened gradually over numerous releases. The outcome is that Microsoft keeps a bunch of customers who were previously flight risks. The Linux desktop gains nothing from people who can meet all their Linux needs from Windows. What keeps me from buying into that fearmongering is that the "extinguish" part of EEE hasn't arrived yet, and doesn't seem to be in the cards for later.
I do all my Linux work inside Windows now, and I genuinely can't tell if Microsoft won or lost
