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Linux 6.17 Drops Pktcdvd Driver, Many Block & IO_uring Improvements
Merged already for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel were the many block subsystem and IO_uring changes for enhancing I/O on Linux as we roll toward the H2'2025 Linux distribution releases.
The block pull also includes clean-ups for the MD code, various minor improvements to the NVMe code, support for ublk batchc ommands, faster ublk exit handling, converting NVMe to use the IOVA-based API, increasing the default max transfer size, and other alterations. 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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