Linux Kernel 3.12.44 LTS is an important release that updates many drivers, especially for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), ATA, EDAC, general-purpose input/output (GPIO), GPU, HID, hwmon, IOMMU, ISDN, MD, MMC, NFC, Wireless, SCSI, Staging, Xen, USB, TTY, and Thermal. Additionally, it fixes various issues with the ARM, m68k, MIPS, PowerPC (PPC), s390, and x86 hardware architectures.