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Linux 6.15 To Support The Airoha NPU - A RISC-V Network Processor Unit
Patches queued up this month into net-next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel merge window add support for the Airoha NPU..
The EN7581 series SoC is a quad-core ARM CPU with 8-core RISC-V network processor (the "NPU") for providing WAN, WLAN WiFi 6 / WiFi 7, and LAN handling with smart packet acceleration. Now at least with the code queued within net-next for the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel, there will be mainline support for this RISC-V network processor.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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