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Many Networking Changes In Linux 6.13 - One Line Of Code Helping WireGuard Performance
The abundance of networking subsystem updates have been mailed in for the Linux 6.13 kernel from wired and wireless driver enhancements to core networking code improvements.
There's a lot of networking changes as usual each kernel cycle given the wide variety of wired and wireless hardware that sees usage under Linux. This thermal protection support is to prevent chip overheading by reducing TX duty when the temperature is over threshold. The patch notes a reported 15% improvement in TCP stream performance for WireGuard from the one line of code change.
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