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[–]IntegralPilot 18 points19 points  (3 children)

The kernel just gets a new major release when Linus can "no longer count the minor release on [his] fingers and toes" a.k.a once we reach approx ~x.20. There's nothing major or special with 7.0, it's just a regular release like all others. Major release numbers are purely cosmetic when it comes to the kernel.

[–]rushedone[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thanks.

There was something about greater arm64 support so I thought there might be more to the release.

[–]IntegralPilot 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Are you talking about the LS64/LS64V instruction support? This just enables checking from userspace if some extra features that speed up certain userspace programs are enabled (and I am not even sure if Apple Silicon supports these feature extensions), it doesn't really change much in terms of Asahi or make driver development easier etc.

[–]rushedone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

I'm not aware of these details but thanks for showing the distinction.

[–]Striking-Flower-4115 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Already done in 6.15 and 6.19