Linux 6.4 kernel officially released: initial support for Apple M2 chip and sensor monitoring improvements

News on June 26, Linux 6.4 The kernel was officially released recently, bringing a series of improvements and enhancements. This version provides users with preliminary support for Apple's M2 chip and improves sensor monitoring, storage performance and other aspects. This update is important for users who want to take advantage of better hardware and software support.

According to the editor’s understanding, the Linux 6.4 kernel provides preliminary support for Apple’s M2 chip, and also adds current MacBook Air, Pro and Mac Device tree file of Mini system. However, there are still some issues with this version, such as the Apple M2 Mac The Mini has no display output and doesn't support the keyboards and touchpads of newer Apple laptops. But we can expect these issues to be better resolved in future Linux 6.5 kernel releases.

Also, Linux 6.4 The kernel has improvements in sensor monitoring. More than 100 ASUS motherboards, including PRIME, ROG, TUF, Pro, ProArt and other series motherboards on Intel and AMD platforms, can now enjoy sensor monitoring functions.

In addition, the Linux 6.4 kernel also integrates AMD P-State boot autonomous mode, which provides AMD EPYC and AMD Ryzen processors offer better performance and power efficiency. On the storage front, this release also brings some important improvements. Optimized for the EROFS file system, now supports subpage blocks and is compatible with the AArch64 architecture. The performance of the EXT4 file system has been optimized, the NTFS file system has been fine-tuned, and the "No Access Rules" option has been cancelled. In addition, Btrfs and F2FS file systems have also been enhanced, providing performance improvements for different usage scenarios.

In addition to the above improvements, the Linux 6.4 kernel also brings some other changes and fixes. For example, Intel linear address masking function is supported, and support for Intel Thunder is stopped. Bay, optimized LoongArch and added support for Intel Lunar Lake HD audio. In addition, the performance of VDUSE has also been improved.

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