Linus Torvalds simply launched Linux 5.19 as steady for the latest model of the Linux kernel. He additionally talked about that is the primary time he launched the brand new Linux kernel from an ARM64 laptop computer within the type of an Apple MacBook working an AArch64 Apple M1 SoC.
Linux 5.19 brings many new options from preliminary LoongArch CPU help to continued work on bringing-up AMD Zen 4 CPUs, AMD RDNA3 enablement persevering with, extra work on Intel DG2/Alchemist, Intel Idle driver help for Alder Lake, preliminary Raptor Lake P graphics help, Zstd compressed firmware, and some good efficiency enhancements.
Asahi Linux
In right now’s Linux 5.19 launch announcement, Linus Torvalds went on to put in writing about his Arm-primarily based MacBook utilization now underneath Linux due to the work of the Asahi Linux challenge:
On a private be aware, essentially the most attention-grabbing half right here is that I did the discharge (and am scripting this) on an arm64 laptop computer. It’s one thing I have been ready for for a _loong_ time, and it is lastly actuality, due to the Asahi workforce. We have had arm64 {hardware} round working Linux for a very long time, however none of it has actually been usable as a growth platform till now.
It’s the third time I am utilizing Apple {hardware} for Linux growth – I did it a few years in the past for powerpc growth on a ppc970 machine. After which a decade+ in the past when the Macbook Air was the one actual skinny-and-lite round. And now as an arm64 platform.
Not that I’ve used it for any actual work, I actually have solely been doing check builds and boots and now the precise launch tagging. However I am attempting to guarantee that the subsequent time I journey, I can journey with this as a laptop computer and at last dogfooding the arm64 aspect too.
Extra commentary may be discovered through the discharge announcement.
Linus Torvalds additionally famous he’ll doubtless find yourself calling Linux 5.20 because the Linux 6.0 kernel.
See my Linux 5.19 characteristic overview for a full checklist of the foremost characteristic adjustments on this new kernel.