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Updated · Phoronix · Feb 1

Linux 7.2 Kernel Tree Tops 43.9 Million Lines as AMDGPU Code Swells Past 6.35 Million

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Updated · Phoronix · Feb 1

Linux 7.2 Kernel Tree Tops 43.9 Million Lines as AMDGPU Code Swells Past 6.35 Million

1 articles · Updated · Phoronix · Feb 1

43,898,743 lines are now counted in the Linux 7.2 Git tree ahead of the 7.2-rc1 release, with 33,653,681 detected as actual code across 108,158 files.
That total rose from 42,924,382 lines in Linux 7.1, showing continued growth even after i486 support and other older hardware drivers were removed during the 7.2 merge window.
6,356,056 lines now sit under linux/drivers/gpu/drm/amd, keeping AMDGPU/AMDKFD the kernel's largest driver block and up from 6,167,219 lines in Linux 7.1.
The figures underscore how the kernel keeps expanding toward 44 million lines despite ongoing code pruning, highlighting the scale and complexity of modern Linux development.

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