Linus Torvalds released the first candidate (RC1) for the upcoming Linux kernel 6.10. This milestone marks the closure of the merge window, during which new features and improvements are integrated into the mainline kernel code base.

Linux kernel 6.10 is codenamed "Baby Opossum Posse", which inherits the codename "Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth" that has been used since Linux 4.0.

Table of contents

• Key Features and Improvements
• Experience Linux kernel 6.10

Version Overview

Torvalds is an announcement on the Linux kernel mailing list , outlining the changes and contributions included in this release.

While he described this version as a "regular size" version, which may even be slightly smaller than average, Torvalds noted that the large number of changes meant that the detailed change log was too verbose to be included in the announcement.

However, he highlights some key areas of improvement:

• Continue to improve the XFS online repair feature, now exceeding changes to the bcachefs file system.
• Many driver updates, with special focus on GPU drivers , followed by networking and other areas.
• Updates to various architectures, core code cleaning and fixes, tool improvements, and document enhancements.

Key Features and Improvements

Notable new features and enhancements in Linux kernel 6.10 include:

Performance and hardware support

• Performance optimization and improvements for AMD and Intel CPUs.
• Improved AMDKFD computing driver support for "small" Ryzen APUs.
• Support for additional USB to parallel-port adapters.
• Continue to support Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip.

File system and storage

• Extended XFS online repair feature.
• Deprecated NFS v2 client support is disabled by default.
• Various performance optimizations include faster opening of unencrypted files and improved AES-XTS disk/file encryption performance on modern Intel/AMD CPUs.
• IO_uring zero copy performance enhancement.

Other changes

• Steam Deck IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) supports.
• Remove support for older DEC Alpha hardware.

Experience Linux kernel 6.10

Users are encouraged to download the latest version candidates from the Kernel.org website or Linus Torvalds git tree for testing.

Please note that due to the experimental nature of these development versions, they should not be used in production systems.

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