https://vmlinuz.pl/en/tags/intel/ Recent content in Intel on vmlinuz Hugo en 2025-2026 vmlinuz.pl Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0100 https://vmlinuz.pl/en/posts/linux-7.1/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0100 https://vmlinuz.pl/en/posts/linux-7.1/ <p>On June 14th, Linus Torvalds released the stable Linux 7.1 kernel. After the busy 7.0 release this is a calmer cycle, but two changes stand out from the rest: a completely new NTFS driver and Intel FRED enabled by default. The rest is a solid round of optimizations, hardening and fresh hardware support.</p> <h2 id="a-from-scratch-ntfs-driver">A From-Scratch NTFS Driver</h2> <p>The headline change of this release. Until now access to Windows partitions relied on the <code>ntfs3</code> driver contributed by Paragon Software, which could be unreliable on writes. Linux 7.1 ships a new NTFS driver written from the ground up, with full write support, delayed allocation and integration with <code>iomap</code> and folios.</p>