Linux 6.17-rc4 Released With Bcachefs Now "Externally Maintained", Some New Hardware
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.17-rc4 as the newest weekly test release of Linux 6.17 in working toward the stable release in late September.
Notable changes incorporated into the Linux 6.17-rc4 kernel include Linus Torvalds now marking Bcachefs as "externally maintained" as a result of the ongoing friction and differing views over pull requests. So for the near-future at least it looks like the in-tree Bcachefs file-system won't be seeing any further feature updates.
Linux 6.17-rc4 also includes a TSC fix for old Intel Pentium 4 processors. There is also support for the Logitech G PRO 2 LIGHTSPEED mouse, Wacom Art Pen 2 tablet, ELECON M-DT2DR8K, and improved Lenovo Legion Go input support as part of fixes for Linux 6.17.
In today's v6.17-rc4 announcement Linus Torvalds wrote:
Linux 6.17 stable will hopefully be shipping by the end of September and includes many great changes.
Notable changes incorporated into the Linux 6.17-rc4 kernel include Linus Torvalds now marking Bcachefs as "externally maintained" as a result of the ongoing friction and differing views over pull requests. So for the near-future at least it looks like the in-tree Bcachefs file-system won't be seeing any further feature updates.
Linux 6.17-rc4 also includes a TSC fix for old Intel Pentium 4 processors. There is also support for the Logitech G PRO 2 LIGHTSPEED mouse, Wacom Art Pen 2 tablet, ELECON M-DT2DR8K, and improved Lenovo Legion Go input support as part of fixes for Linux 6.17.
In today's v6.17-rc4 announcement Linus Torvalds wrote:
"Anyway, last week felt pretty normal, and rc4 stats bear that out, both in commit numbers and in the diffstat. Nothing strange jumps out at you: there's one slightly larger driver fix series (Intel idpf network driver: "infrastructure data path function driver"), and some arm64 kvm system register handling updates that are slightly bigger, but honestly neither of those are exactly huge - and the rest of rc4 really is just one-liners and few-lines.
So it all looks fairly good.
Please do keep testing, and we'll get 6.17 out in a timely manner and in good shape."
Linux 6.17 stable will hopefully be shipping by the end of September and includes many great changes.