Current Developments in the Linux Kernel
summary
Covers recent Linux kernel developments: kernel 4.7 adds Polaris GPU support and UEFI capsule firmware updates plus network and security hardening; 4.8 adds Raspberry Pi 3 support, cross-architecture container emulation, and XFS reverse-mapping groundwork for copy/dedup. Gives concrete project metrics (~13,000 commits per release, ~22M LOC, ~350k new lines in two weeks), reports AMD/Open-source drivers and Mesa 12 enabling OpenGL 4.3 (HDMI audio for Polaris still missing), lagging Nvidia firmware, and progress in live-patching and BPF with noted remaining limitations.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Linux kernel overview
- 5:02Kernel 4.7 and 4.8 updates
- 21:36Major changes past 18 months
- 40:42Future kernel features
- 54:07Q&A
- 1:14:49Summary
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