Linux kernel 4.7: final version available with rx 480 support

Hours ago Linus Torvalds had the great pleasure to announce the availability of the new Linux Kernel 4.7 for all Linux operating systems.

The Linux Kernel 4.7 has been in development for the last two months and about seven Release Candidate versions have been published in that time, the first of which was released on May 29, which introduced numerous new features and improvements.

The news of the new Linux Kernel 4.7

The biggest Linux 4.7 kernel releases are support for AMD's recently announced Radeon RX 480, which of course has been implemented directly into the AMDGPU video controller, a new security module called LoadPin, which ensures that the modules Loaded by the kernel come from the same file system, and support for the new generation of USB / IP virtual USB device drivers.

On the other hand, the Linux 4.7 kernel is the first to ensure the status for production of the sync_file mechanism used in the Android mobile operating system, which allows Berkeley packet filter (BPF) programs to be inserted into Tracepoints.

Other new features in Linux Kernel 4.7 are support for parallel directory queries, the ability to create event histograms for the ftrace interface, and support for firmware update using EFI 'Capsule'. As usual, a lot of bugs and bugs have been fixed, a list too long to put it all in this article. You can download the new Linux Kernel 4.7 kernel from the following link.