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Updated XZ Code Lands In Linux 6.12


The kernel patches collected by Andrew Morton were upstreamed today for the Linux 6.12 kernel

Merged for Linux 6.12 are the XZ Embedded patches that have been under review the past several months. The revised XZ Embedded code shifts to the BSD Zero Clause License, new ARM64 and RISC-V BCJ filters, updated documentation, and other enhancements for in-kernel users of this XZ compression code. The 128MB dictionary size also helps with offering the best XZ compression for the kernel image.

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