{"id":49378,"date":"2025-07-28T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49378"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:59:51","slug":"linux-kernel-6-16-released-with-new-hardware-support-mainline-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/linux-kernel-6-16-released-with-new-hardware-support-mainline-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Kernel 6.16 Released with New Hardware Support (Mainline PPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Linux Kernel 6.16 was released last night! Linus Torvalds announced<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It’s Sunday afternoon, and the release cycle has come to an end. Last week was nice and calm, and there were no big show-stopper surprises to keep us from the regular schedule, so I’ve tagged and pushed out 6.16 as planned.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What’s New in Kernel 6.16<\/h3>\n

The new kernel introduced many new & updated hardware support, performance improvements, and various other features.<\/p>\n

First of all, it added CONFIG_X86_NATIVE_CPU<\/code> at build time, allowing to compile the kernel optimized for the current CPU (Intel\/AMD), though, such kernel might not work optimally on different x86 machine.<\/p>\n

On the Intel<\/b> side, it added initial support for TDX in KVM to creates hardware-isolated virtual machines (VMs), introduced new OverClock Watchdog driver, and, added Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS) support in Intel P-State driver.<\/p>\n

There are as well new driver for QAT GEN6 devices support, audio support for Intel Wildcat Lake, as well as:<\/p>\n