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Linux 6.12 x86 Platform Drivers Brings Improvements For Laptops Plus Intel ELC


The x86 platform driver changes that were merged last week for the Linux 6.12 kernel continue to be quite lively with changes for enhancing Linux laptop support along with other Intel platform improvements.

The Vivobook treats fan/power profiles differently from the ASUS ROG laptops and thus needed special handling within the WMI vendor driver. The BIOS on newer Dell laptops allow for setting custom charging modes for extended battery life. - The AMD PMF driver has added support for notifying of Smart PC Solution updates.

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