Software12.12.2016
Linux Kernel 4.9 officially released
Linus Torvalds has released the Linux 4.9 kernel, an update that brings new features and drivers.
According to a report by Softpedia, Linux kernel 4.9 entered development in October.
“Torvalds decided to cut the merge window short by a day… to prevent [people] from sending last-minute pull requests that might cause issues,” stated the report.
The “most advanced version available on the market for GNU/Linux distributions” is the “biggest release we’ve ever had” said Torvalds.
“If you look at the number of lines changed, we’ve had bigger releases in the past, but they have tended to be due to specific issues. In contrast, 4.9 is just big.”
New features of Linux 4.9 kernel include:
- Experimental support for older AMD Radeon graphics cards.
- Virtual display support and better reset support for modern AMD Radeon GPUs.
- DMA-BUF implicit fencing for Intel GPUs.
- Intel Skylake improvements.
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