Linux 7.3

mdspan

First time hearing about failfs. Does it have a niche use case or is it just for testing?

sippingabonedry

Linux has an in-kernel SMB server like Solaris? When the hell did this happen?

sirnicolaz

> This release is a record-breaker on all fronts; it brought in 18,765 non-merge commits from 3,021 developers, 807 of whom were first-time kernel developers. hopefully without kernel-slops :P good job everyone btw!

theden

SMB improvements ( https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin... ), I've moved to borg, but depending on how this goes may give time machine another try: - Add opt-in Apple Time Machine support Implement the AAPL negotiation and related Finder, stream, COPYCHUNK, sparse-file, CHANGE_NOTIFY, and RPC compatibility required for Time Machine shares, allowing macOS backupd to use ksmbd for backups https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-KSMBD Still sucks that it has to be reverse-engineered

djfergus

>ARM > Device Tree Updates > Apple platform gains support for M3 Pro, Max and Ultra SoC Incredible how fast support for Apple silicon is progressing.

sgt

I wonder how many people nowadays see something like this, clicking on it and expecting a "Download and Install" button.

INTPenis

> This release is a record-breaker on all fronts; it brought in 18,765 non-merge commits from 3,021 developers, 807 of whom were first-time kernel developers. I'm reading that as many new AI assisted code patches. Not everyone does an obviously bad job at submitting AI assisted code. Not a criticism, just an observation.

KolmogorovComp

It’d be interesting to see if rust pickup is improving or not.

Harukadia

How big change is this?

skybrian

Number of CVEs fixed at an all-time high: https://pages.skybrian.com/2026/kernel-cve-fixes/

wryun

I'm excited because of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin... , which is the first kernel driver to use the new Wi-Fi HaLow (s1g/900MHz Wi-Fi) support. (Disclosure: I work for Morse)

tosti

Is anyone already running this seeing /dev/input/events appear as usual? Last rc didn't work for me, events was gone :( same config 7.2.10 was fine

VCFundedGenYer

Beware - this was Torvalds' fever dream of suddenly discovering vibe coding and unleashing it on the kernel like a five year old with candy. Expect catastrophic problems. There is likely a lot of slop in the code now + testers already found race conditions. Torvalds' behavior in the past few weeks has been alarming.

lp92

Can someone explain to me what failfs is relevent for?

aether781536

Congrats to the kernel team! The pace of releases over the last year has been impressive. Looking forward to testing this on my machines this weekend.

pdmccormick

Does anyone know if there has been any guidance or discussion on when a 7.x release might become a longterm supported release?

cjd8

Development statistics for 7.3 dropped: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155075

clhodapp

It looks like this release will likely unlock the ability to develop relocatable Nix packages on Linux, thanks to some great work by Farid Zakaria and Christian Brauner! I'm hopeful that it also eventually improves the story for mixing Nix and non-Nix software.