Linux 7.4-rc1 Released, Merge Window Changeset Reaches a Record 18,591
Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 7.4-rc1, with the final version expected before Christmas; this merge window contains 18,591 non-merge changesets, setting a record, with 2,678 developers contributing, 625 of them first-timers. Torvalds said he is pleased to see a large influx of AI-related work into the merge window, believing that AI fixes are being integrated into the regular development process. New features include Radeon iGPU support for AMD PerfOpt to enhance AI/LLM performance, improved AMD Ryzen Zen 6 support, and AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 enabled by default, among others.
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Linus Torvalds announced on the kernel mailing list the release of Linux 7.4-rc1, closing the merge window, with the final version expected to be released before Christmas. Linux 7.4 contains a total of 18,591 non-merge changesets, a record number; 2,678 developers contributed code to v7.4, of whom 625 were first-time contributors. Torvalds said he is pleased to see AI-related work pouring in during the merge window, and that the scale of patches merged during the Linux 7.4 merge window is higher than in a typical release, showing that AI fixes are gradually being integrated into the regular development process, which he considers a healthier model. New features in Linux 7.4 include: Radeon iGPU support for AMD PerfOpt to help enhance AI/LLM performance, further improvements to support for AMD Ryzen Zen 6 architecture processors, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 enabled by default, IPU8 support for Intel's new Nova Lake laptops, support for more Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 laptops, optional buffered IOma support for EXT4, and more.