Linux Kernel 4.4.6 LTS Has ARM and PowerPC Improvements, AMDGPU Driver Fix | Linux Today

Linux Kernel 4.4.6 LTS Has ARM and PowerPC Improvements, AMDGPU Driver Fix

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Marius Nestor
Mar 17, 2016

In numbers, Linux kernel 4.4.6 LTS changes a total of 65 files, with 466 insertions and 164 deletions, which means that is a fairly normal release, bringing multiple updates to the ARM, PowerPC (PPC), ARM64, MIPS, s390, and x86 hardware architectures, a fix for the AMDGPU driver, and various improvements to the Radeon ones.

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Marius Nestor

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