Feb 25, 2020 08:00:00

Linux's next kernel `` Linux 5.6 '' will have many new features such as support for USB 4 and NVIDIA RTX 20 series

The next kernel of Linux ' Linux 5.6 ' will be released on February 10, 2020 (Monday), and is under development for the official release in March 2020. Linux 5.6 will have many new features, including support for

USB4 and NVIDIA RTX 20 series GPUs.

Linux 5.6 Is The Most Exciting Kernel In Years With So Many New Features-Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-56-features&num=1

◆ USB4 support
The new USB4 standard ' USB4 ', which adopts USB Type-C as the terminal shape and has a communication speed of up to 40Gbps , is supported by Linux 5.6. USB4 is a new standard that boasts eight times the communication speed of USB 3.0, and can simultaneously perform display output, data transmission and reception, and power supply.

USB-IF officially discloses the technical specifications of `` USB4 '' with a maximum transfer speed of 40 Gbps and 8 times faster than USB 3.0-gigazine

◆ WireGuard support

WireGuard, a new VPN protocol that replaces OpenVPN and L2TP / IPsec , will be supported in Linux 5.6. Until now, you could use WireGuard by installing software, but from Linux 5.6 it will be supported at the kernel level.

WireGuard can also be used with Cloudflare 's DNS service '1.1.1.1' , which provides a content delivery network .

Cloudflare plans to add secure & fast VPN function `` Warp '' to DNS service `` 1.1.1.1 ''-gigazine

◆ Supports NVIDIA RTX 20 series GPU with open source driver
Prior to Linux 5.6, NVIDIA RTX 20 series GPUs could be used on Linux by installing

proprietary drivers provided by NVIDIA, but Linux 5.6 uses NVIDIA RTX 20 series GPUs with open source NVIDIA GPUs Support with the ' Nouveau ' driver.

Linux 5.6 also has many new features and improvements.

◆ Processor platform related
・ Implementation of new CPU cooling mechanism
・ Support for many ARM SoCs such as 1st generation Amazon Echo
・ Support for Ingenic X1000 SoC
-Support for Intel MPX discontinued
-Eliminates the heat problem of ASUS notebook PCs with AMD Ryzen CPU
-Speed up the memmove function using the new function ' Fast Short REP MOV ' installed in the Ice Lake generation Intel CPU
Various improvements to x86 code
・ Started implementing functions for AMD Zen 3 CPU support
-A wide range of voltage and temperature information can be collected with the ' k10temp ' status monitoring driver for AMD CPUs.

◆ Graphics
-Support for AMD APU 'Pollock'
・ Supports GPU reset of AMD Renoir APU and Navi generation GPU
-Improved Intel 11th and 12th generation graphics
・DRM driver improvements
・ Improved Rockchip SoC media driver

◆ File system / graphics related
-Support for Async Discard in Btrfs
・Support of experimental compression method of F2FS
・ Ext4 performance improvement
・Zonefs support developed by Western Digital
-Support for server-to-server copy by NFS daemon
-Enable NFS client to use cache when NFS server is down
· NVMe and BFQ scheduler improvement
・ Improved fs-verity performance