Linux Kernel 6.8 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Posted by hanuca on Mar 11, 2024 6:16 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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Linus Torvalds announced today the release and general availability of Linux kernel 6.8, the latest stable version of the Linux kernel that introduces several new features and improvements.

Highlights of Linux kernel 6.8 include LAM (Linear Address Masking) virtualization and guest-first memory support for KVM, a basic online filesystem check and repair mechanism for the Bcachefs file system introduced in Linux kernel 6.7, support for the Broadcom BCM2712 processor in Raspberry Pi 5, AMD ACPI-based Wi-Fi band RFI mitigation feature (WBRF), zswap writeback disabling, fscrypt support for CephFS, and a multi-size THP (Transparent Huge Pages) sysfs interface.

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