With Linux 6.19 due for release later today it then opens up the next kernel merge window. It could be Linux 6.20 but more than likely the next kernel version will be called Linux 7.0 with Linus Torvalds’ past tradition of bumping the major version number after X.19. Whatever it ends up being called, here is a look at various “-next” changes that have been queuing up ahead of the merge window.

Among the changes and new features expected to be submitted during the Linux 6.20~7.0 merge window are noted below. They still need to be submitted and okay’ed by Linus Torvalds with merging the code, but the vast majority of the pull requests are honored without objection.