Linux founder Linus Torvalds announced that Linux kernel 6.5 has been released, which is not a big update.
Most notably, Linux kernel 6.5 enables the P-State feature by default on some AMD CPUs, which means the kernel can manage cores more efficiently, balancing performance and power consumption. Intel CPUs based on the Alder Lake architecture also get improved load balancing to get the most out of the silicon. The 6.5 kernel also adds tools to boot CPUs in parallel, which improves boot times for multi-socket servers, which makes sense for very large-scale computers.
Linux kernel 6.5 also adds support for the Xuantie 910 TH1520 RISC-V 64-bit processor independently developed by Alibaba Pingtouge.
Also in version 6.5, USB 4.2 makes its first appearance, and Wi-Fi 7 gets preliminary support, although not fully supported.
