{"id":50586,"date":"2026-02-09T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50586"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:27:04","slug":"linux-kernel-6-19-released-with-many-new-hardware-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/linux-kernel-6-19-released-with-many-new-hardware-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Kernel 6.19 Released with Many New Hardware Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Linux Kernel 6.19 was released! Linus Torvalds announced<\/a> the kernel release on Sunday afternoon:<\/p>\n

No big surprises anywhere last week, so 6.19 is out as expected – just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today watching the latest batch of televised commercials. The betting man would expect them all to be AI-generated, but maybe some enterprising company decides to buck the trend? Doubtful, but there’s always a slight chance.<\/i><\/p>\n

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What’s New in Kernel 6.19<\/h3>\n

The new kernel added initial support for Tenstorrent Blackhole, the high-performance AI processor and PCIe accelerator family designed by Tenstorrent.<\/p>\n

It also added 32-bit version of LoongArch processors support, initial support for Black Sesame C1200 SoC designed for integrate intelligent driving.<\/p>\n

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For Intel, the new kernel added audio support for the upcoming Core Ultra Series 4 processors (Nova Lake). It added new imh_edac<\/code> EDAC driver for Xeon Diamond Rapids processors, Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) hardware security feature, as well support the Intel microcode staging feature to deal with large microcode binary.<\/p>\n

AMD now has Zen 6 RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) preparation, and Smart Data Cache Injection (SDCI) support, allows for data to be inserted from the I\/O devices into the L3 cache directly. And, it improved AES-GCM crypto performance for up to 74% faster for AMD Zen 3 processors.<\/p>\n

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Image by anirudhlv from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

For ARM64, it features new MPAM driver for managing shared memory resources useful for servers with multi-user virtual machines. RISC-V now supports CPU hot-plugging in parallel for secondary CPU cores, so it can dynamically enable\/disable CPU cores while the system is running.<\/p>\n

The Linux graphics now supports Color Pipeline API<\/i> for hardware-accelerated and standardized color management.<\/p>\n

It added initial Intel Xe3P graphics support, initial GPU Support For Snapdragon X2 Elite and Adreno X2-85 GPUs. And, it now uses AMD GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 GPUs by default to the AMDGPU driver rather than the legacy Radeon DRM driver.<\/p>\n

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Other hardware support include:<\/p>\n