Kernel Watch
Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so you don’t have to.
Jon Masters
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 5.8. He’s said throughout the 5.8 release candidate kernels that 5.8 is a big release, yet the key standout is that there isn’t a key standout. While in the past, big releases have been marked by specific contributions - such as significant register descriptions for AMD GPUs in kernel 4.12 - 5.8 is “really all over the place”, with over 14,000 non-merge (summary) code commits and counting.