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Linux 6.13 Released With AutoFDO + Propeller, AMD Changes & Broader Apple Support
As anticipated the Linux 6.13 kernel was promoted to stable today with an on-time release and in turn also marking the start of the Linux 6.14 merge window
Linux 6.13 stable has plenty of fine features for this first major kernel release of 2025. Linux 6.13 comes with the introduction of the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver for benefiting multi-CCD Ryzen X3D processors, the new AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" server processors will now default to AMD P-State rather than ACPI CPUFreq for better power efficiency, the start of Intel Xe3 graphics bring-up, support for many older (pre-M1) Apple devices like numerous iPads and iPhones, NVMe 2.1 specification support, and AutoFDO and Propeller optimization support when compiling the Linux kernel with the LLVM Clang compiler. Merged today was also a fix for EEVDF scheduling lag among a number of other last-minute patches hitting the Linux Git tree this past week.
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