Linux 6.10 Released
The Linux 6.10 release by Linus Torvalds featured increased activity in filesystems, driver updates, and miscellaneous changes. No extra release candidates were needed. Version 6.11's merge window will open soon, coinciding with Europe's summer vacation. Various subsystems received fixes and improvements, including ARM64, USB, networking, SPI, MMC, USB, ALSA, and more. The bcachefs filesystem underwent corrections and optimizations.
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The Linux 6.10 release, announced by Linus Torvalds, saw a slightly busier final week with notable activity around the bcachefs and netfs. Approximately one-third of the patches were related to filesystems, with additional driver updates and miscellaneous changes. Despite the increased activity, no additional release candidates were deemed necessary. The upcoming merge window for version 6.11 is set to open soon, coinciding with the summer vacation period in Europe. The shortlog provided by Torvalds highlights the recent week's changes, emphasizing that it does not encompass the entire release. Various fixes and improvements were made across different subsystems, including ARM64 device tree updates, USB driver enhancements, networking adjustments, and bug fixes in different components like SPI, MMC, USB, ALSA, and more. The release also includes numerous corrections and optimizations in the bcachefs filesystem, addressing issues and improving its functionality.
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