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Linux 6.13 Features: AutoFDO+Propeller Optimizations, Many AMD Additions & SDUC + NVMe 2.1 Support


With the Linux 6.13 merge window having ended this past weekend, here's the Phoronix overview of all the interesting feature additions, new hardware support, and other kernel changes coming for Linux 6.13. Linux 6.13 brings many notable changes such as the introduction of the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver, PCIe TPH support for EPYC 9005 servers, Intel Panther Lake display support and beginning to enable Xe3 graphics, support for many older Apple (pre-M1) devices, support for Ultra Capacity SD cards (SDUC), NVMe 2.1 support, lazy preemption support, and much more from performance optimizations to other new hardware support. From my monitoring of the Linux 6.13 mailing lists and Git merges, here is the more comprehensive look at the exciting Linux 6.13 features.

With the Linux 6.13 merge window having ended this past weekend, here's the Phoronix overview of all the interesting feature additions, new hardware support, and other kernel changes coming for Linux 6.13. Linux 6.13 stable in turn should be out around the end of January.- The AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver has been merged for helping those with AMD Ryzen X3D processors to communicate their cache vs. frequency preference for new task placement. - Intel 5th Gen NPU support within the IVPU accel driver for this updated neural processing unit with next-gen Panther Lake processors.

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