Chapter 6. Device drivers
6.1. New drivers
-
ACPI Video Driver (
video
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
CXL driver for CXL memory endpoint devices and switches for memory expansion (
cxl_mem
) -
GNSS receiver core (
gnss
) -
GPIO Simulator Module (
gpio-sim
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
VirtIO GPIO driver (
gpio-virtio
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
NVIDIA Tegra HTE (Hardware Timestamping Engine) driver (
hte-tegra194
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
I2C adapter driver for LPI2C bus (
i2c-imx-lpi2c
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Virtio i2c bus driver (
i2c-virtio
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
User level driver support for input subsystem (
uinput
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Module which implements common functions that can be used by the nvme host or target drivers (
nvme-common
) -
AMD PMC Driver (
amd-pmc
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Nvidia sn2201 platform driver (
nvsw-sn2201
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Serial multi instantiate pseudo device driver (
serial-multi-instantiate
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
Micro Crystal RV8803 RTC driver (
rtc-rv8803
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
NVIDIA Tegra QSPI Controller Driver (
spi-tegra210-quad
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
UCSI driver for Cypress CCGx Type-C controller (
ucsi_ccg
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Confidential computing EFI secret area access (
efi_secret
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
TDX Guest Driver (
tdx-guest
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
HPE watchdog driver (
hpwdt
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
POWER Architecture Platform Watchdog Driver (
pseries-wdt
), only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian
Network drivers
-
Driver for VXLAN encapsulated traffic (
vxlan
) -
Marvell OcteonTX2 RVU Admin Function Driver (
rvu_af
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Marvell RVU NIC Physical Function Driver (
rvu_nicpf
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Marvell RVU NIC PTP Driver (
otx2_ptp
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Marvell RVU NIC Virtual Function Driver (
rvu_nicvf
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
NVIDIA Tegra MGBE driver (
dwmac-tegra
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Serial line CAN interface (
slcan
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Solarflare Siena network driver (
sfc-siena
), only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers
-
DRM Buddy Allocator (
drm_buddy
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture and IBM Power Systems, Little Endian -
DRM display adapter helper (
drm_display_helper
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
DRM DisplayPort AUX bus (
drm_dp_aux_bus
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Host1x driver for Tegra products (
host1x
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
NVIDIA Tegra DRM driver (
tegra-drm
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Intel® GVT-g for KVM (
kvmgt
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures -
HP® iLO/iLO2 management processor (
hpilo
), only in 64-bit ARM architecture -
Intel® auxiliary driver for GSC devices (
mei-gsc
), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
6.2. Updated drivers
Storage driver updates
-
Driver for Microchip Smart Family Controller (
smartpqi
) has been updated to version 2.1.20-035 (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 14.2.0.8 (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 8.2.0.3.0. -
CSI debug adapter driver (
scsi_debug
) has been updated to version 0191. -
LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 Device Driver (
mpt3sas
) has been updated to version 43.100.00.00 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).