Linux 5.14 Kernel First Release Candidate Announced with Major Updates
The Linux community announced the first release candidate of the 5.14 kernel, featuring contributions from about 1,650 developers, over 13,000 commits, new memfd_secret system call, extensive driver and architecture updates, and numerous core subsystem enhancements.
Linus announced the first release candidate (RC) of the Linux 5.14 kernel on the mailing list.
Approximately 1,650 developers contributed around 13,000 commits (plus about 800 merge commits), affecting 11,859 files. The diffstat shows 817,707 lines added and 285,485 lines removed.
Updates include:
Removal of almost all legacy IDE code.
Introduction of memfd_secret , a new system call for creating secret memory regions.
Improvements and additions to drivers (network, RDMA, sound, SCSI, storage, media).
Architecture updates for arm, arm64, x86, powerpc, s390, and several other architectures.
Core kernel upgrades across networking, filesystems, virtual memory, and scheduling.
Updates to common documentation and tools (performance and self‑testing).
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