There are already many new features for the Linux 4.6 kernel but with the two week merge window not being over yet, new pull requests are still trickling in. The latest pull is the x86 platform driver updates that offer improvements to various Intel-powered laptops.
The x86 platform driver updates for Linux 4.6 feature a refactoring of Dell laptop drivers, new platform support for many of the popular laptop brands, and other changes.
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