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Linux Kernel 7.2 Has Been Officially Released with Many New Features

On top of that, Linux 7.2 improves the new NTFS filesystem introduced in Linux kernel 7.1, adds devicetree updates for 64-bit NXP/Freescale and Qualcomm platforms, introduces MPTCP signaling support for IPv6 addresses, adds GRO/GSO support for PPPoE, and brings more SMP load-balancing updates... Linux Kernel 7.2 has just been officially released with a slew of new features, reports the blog 9to5Linux.

Linux Kernel 7.2 Has Been Officially Released with Many New Features

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Linux Kernel 7.2 has just been officially released with a slew of new features, reports the blog 9to5Linux.

It also brings Intel CPU model number support for Panther Lake R processor series, improvements to the kernel's swap subsystem, support for multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs) to the khugepaged kernel...

[T]he TCP authentication option has been implemented, and there are also some Thunderbolt networking improvements.

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Linux Kernel 7.2 has just been officially released with a slew of new features, reports the blog 9to5Linux. [T]he TCP authentication option has been implemented, and there are also some Thunderbolt networking improvements. It also brings Intel CPU model number support for Panther Lake R processor series, improvements to the kernel's swap subsystem, support for multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs) to the khugepaged kernel thread, and support for compressed files to the SMB filesystem.

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  • On top of that, Linux 7.2 improves the new NTFS filesystem introduced in Linux kernel 7.1, adds devicetree updates for 64-bit NXP/Freescale and Qualcomm platforms, introduces MPTCP signaling support for...

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It also brings Intel CPU model number support for Panther Lake R processor series, improvements to the kernel's swap subsystem, support for multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs) to the khugepaged kernel thread, and support for compressed files to the SMB filesystem. Thanks to Slashdot reader prisoninmate for bring the news.

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