Kernel 5.19 Released, Adds NVMe Support for M1 Chips and Further Support to Intel’s Discrete GPU

Kernel 5.19 Released, Adds NVMe Support for M1 Chips and Further Support to Intel's Discrete GPU
Kernel 5.19 released as stable just a few hours ago. Notable features include further Zen 4 APU support, further support for the Intel DG2/Alchemist GPU, idle driver support for Alder Lake processors, initial support for Raptor Lake P processors, Apple M1 NVMe controller support, and tons of other features/bug fixes/performance improvements. There’s also supposedly performance improvements for the HP Dev One. Linus himself wrote regarding the ARM support for MacBooks:
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Kernel 5.17 Released, Here’s What’s New (AMD P-State support for Zen 2)

Today marks the release of Linux kernel 5.17. Doesn’t seem to offer much of anything in the gaming landscape, but there’s hardware support for a bunch of new motherboards and processors. Here’s a basic rundown of what’s new: support for AMD’s new P-State driver for AMD Zen 2 APUs – this is particularly good news for the Steam Deck as that is the APU it’s using and P-State delivers better power efficiency.
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