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New for the alpha4 of kernel 7.3:

• Linux 7.3 Lands Improvements For Voodoo 3 / 4 / 5 & Vintage Atari Computers In 2026 -- phoronix.com
• Apple HFS / HFS+ File-System Support Continues Seeing Fixes With Linux 7.3 -- phoronix.com
• Fbdev updates
• DRM updates
• Radeon BIOS support update
• Radeon R600 DPM update
• Scheduler fixes
• exFAT updates
• MMC updates
• SCSI updates
• Firewire updates
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 7.3

Hi All,

Here is the alpha4 of kernel 7.3 for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

Here is the alpha5 of kernel 7.3 with PCI updates for PowerPC machines.

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

I have released the alpha6 of kernel 7.3 with NTFS Resurrection and Matrox updates.

Downloads and further information: github.com



Cheers,
Christian

New for the RC1 of kernel 7.3:

• Linux 7.3-rc1 With AMD Zen 6 Additions, Better Btrfs Performance & 2026 Steam Controller -- phoronix.com
• Linux 7.3 Lands More Audio Workarounds For Laptops & Other Devices -- phoronix.com
• Linux 7.3 Will Begin Checking USB-C Cables For Alt-Mode Support -- phoronix.com
• NFS Improvements Arrive For Linux 7.3 -- phoronix.com
• 7.3-rc1 announcement
• DRM updates (including an iMac display fix for Radeon DRM)
• Sound fixes (including USB and HD-audio fixes)
• SCSI updates
• More MM updates
• Networking fixes (including VirtIO_net fix)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 7.3

Hi All,

The merge window is over. Linus Torvalds has released the RC1 of kernel 7.3 for testing.

I compiled it for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs) today.

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

I successfully tested the RC1 of kernel 7.3 on my X1000 today.



Cheers,
Christian

New for the RC2 of kernel 7.3:

• Linux 7.3-rc2 Released Following Another Busy Week -- phoronix.com
• 7.3-rc2 announcement
• Greg KH Forewarns Of "Rough" Linux 7.3 Kernel Cycle Due To Continued AI Churn -- phoronix.com
• XFS fixes
• NTFS fixes
• BTRFS fixes
• Networking fixes
• DRM fixes (including VirtIO GPU fixes)
• HID fixes
• Sound fixes (including USB- and HD-audio fixes)
• SCSI fixes
• ATA fixes
• USB fixes
• Cgroup fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 7.3

Hi All,

I released the RC1 of kernel 7.3 with PREEMPT support today because of the following thread.

Link: [Linux PPC] Disable PREEMPT

Download: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

Linus Torvalds has released the RC2 of kernel 7.3 for testing.

I have compiled it for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

Download and further information: github.com

Monitoring the cross-compilation of the RC2 with PROXMOX:



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian