Linux 6.17 Review: MAJOR Performance, Storage, and Networking Upgrades

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We're exploring patches that are getting submitted for the Linux Kernel 6.17 merge window. These include major improvements to performance, storage, and networking on Linux systems using the kernel. This in-depth review is going to take us through some of the most important things to look out for.

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https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250725-vfs-fileattr-fcfc534aac44@brauner/
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00:00 Virtual Files Systems Improved
02:03 CRC CPU Arch Updates
05:44 Less Network Latencies
08:03 Handling Data Loss on File Systems
10:01 Fix for 1993 ELF Binaries
11:24 Apple Silicon Updates in Kernel
13:02 Zeroing out SSD Improvements
14:34 Mobile File Systems
15:50 WIFI 7 and Networking Stack
17:12 BCacheFS Kernel Updates & Drama

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