Linux 7.1 Lands New NTFS Driver and Intel FRED, Boosting Arc Graphics
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Updated · Phoronix · Jun 14
Linux 7.1 Lands New NTFS Driver and Intel FRED, Boosting Arc Graphics
1 articles · Updated · Phoronix · Jun 14
Summary
Linux 7.1 is now stable and available via Git, bringing a new NTFS driver, Intel FRED support for Panther Lake and future CPUs, and faster Intel Arc Battlemage graphics.
Torvalds said the release arrived on schedule despite a turbulent cycle marked by a growing number of AI- and LLM-reported kernel bugs.
The final week showed no major issues, with changes dominated by smaller driver updates, networking and trace-tooling fixes, plus improvements for older AMD Radeon GPUs.
Torvalds said the 7.2 merge window opens Monday, though travel, long flights and shifting time zones could make its timing less regular than usual.