Linux 5.8

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Linux kernel version
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Linux 5.8
gptkbp:mainlineSupportEndDate 2020-10-11
gptkbp:notableFeature Security improvements
Filesystem improvements
Improved BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) features
Improved Intel Tiger Lake support
Improved Thunderbolt support
Improved exFAT support
Improved power management for Intel and AMD CPUs
Inline encryption support for block layer
Networking improvements
Support for AMD Energy Driver
Support for AMDGPU Trusted Memory Zone
Support for ARM Memory Tagging Extension
Support for ARM SystemReady
Support for Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN)
Support for LZO-RLE compression in F2FS
Support for Qualcomm Adreno 405/640/650 GPUs
Support for USB4
Support for new hardware platforms
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:operating_system
gptkbp:predecessor Linux 5.7
gptkbp:releaseDate 2020-08-02
gptkbp:releaseYear gptkb:Linus_Torvalds
gptkbp:successor Linux 5.9
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Groovy_Gorilla
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7