Chapter 6. Device Drivers
6.1. New drivers
Network drivers
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Thunderbolt/USB4 network driver (
thunderbolt_net) -
Broadcom 802.11 wireless LAN fullmac driver (
brcmfmac) (only in 64-bit ARM architecture)
Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers
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Bluetooth support for MediaTek devices ver 0.1 (
btmtk), only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
DRM Buddy Allocator (
drm_buddy), only in 64-bit IBM Z architecture -
DRM display adapter helper (
drm_display_helper), only in 64-bit IBM Z architecture -
Microsoft Azure Network Adapter IB driver (
mana_ib), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
The Linux USB Video Class driver (
uvc), (only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel Meteor Lake PCH pinctrl/GPIO driver (
pinctrl-meteorlake), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel In Field Scan (IFS) device (
intel_ifs), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel Uncore Frequency Common Module (
intel-uncore-frequency-common), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel Uncore Frequency Limits Driver (
intel-uncore-frequency), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
AMD SoundWire driver (
soundwire-amd), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
DisplayPort Alternate Mode (
typec_displayport), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Virtio-mem driver (
virtio_mem), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
6.2. Updated drivers
Network driver updates
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Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters (
r8152) have been updated to version v1.12.13 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures)
The following drivers have been updated to 4.18.0-513.5.1 kernel version:
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Intel® 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver (
ixgbe), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver (
ixgbevf), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® 2.5G Ethernet Linux Driver (
igc), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Network Driver (
iavf), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver (
i40e), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver (
fm10k), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver (
igb), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver (
igbvf), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Intel® PRO/1000 Network Driver (
e1000e), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) core driver (
mlx5_core) -
The Netronome Flow Processor (NFP) driver (
nfp)
Graphics, storage, and miscellaneous driver updates
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Broadcom MegaRAID SAS Driver (
megaraid_sas) has been updated to version 07.725.01.00-rc1, (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) -
Driver for Microchip Smart Family Controller version (
smartpqi) has been updated to version 2.1.22-040 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) -
Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver (
lpfc) has been updated to version 0:14.0.0.21 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) -
MPI3 Storage Controller Device Driver (
mpi3mr) has been updated to version 8.4.1.0.0 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) -
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver (
qla2xxx) has been updated to version 10.02.08.200-k (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures)
