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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

News : Linux 7.2 kernel big changes without 486 and new Panther Lake changes.

The x86/cpu changes have been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel.
In Linux 7.1 the Intel 486 CPU support was retired and began to see the code removed.
This pull request also includes Panther Lake R as the new version of Panther Lake.
See the real kernel progress on the git area.
The full list of x86/cpu changes for Linux 7.2 can be found on this pull from mingo@kernel.org to torvalds@linux-foundation.org.
Thank you. Good work!