Linux Kernel 6.5 Officially Released, This Is What's New
9to5linux, Monday, August 28,2023
This release introduces MIDI 2.0 support in ALSA, ACPI support for the RISC-V architecture, and Landlock support for UML (User-Mode Linux).
Just a couple of days after celebrating its 32nd anniversary, Linus Torvalds announced today the final release of the Linux 6.5 kernel series as a major update that introduces several new features, updated and new drivers for better hardware support, and other changes.
After seven weeks of RCs, Linux kernel 6.5 is here with new features like Wi-Fi 7 support, MIDI 2.0 support in ALSA, ACPI support for the RISC-V architecture, Landlock support for UML (User-Mode Linux), better support for AMD 'Zen' systems, as well as user-space support for the ARMv8.8 memcpy/memset instructions.
Also new in Linux 6.5 is Intel TPMI (Topology Aware Register and PM Capsule Interface) support for the power capping subsystem and a TPMI interface driver for Intel RAPL, and the 'runnable boosting' feature in the EAS balancer to improve CPU utilization for specific workloads.