Chapter 6. Device drivers

6.1. New drivers

Network drivers

  • Platform Firmware Runtime Update Telemetry driver (pfr_telemetry)
  • Platform Firmware Runtime Update device driver (pfr_update)
  • Bluetooth support for MediaTek devices ver 0.1 (btmtk)
  • MHI Host Interface (mhi)
  • Modem Host Interface (MHI) PCI controller driver (mhi_pci_generic)
  • IDXD driver dsa_bus_type driver (idxd_bus)
  • AMD PassThru DMA driver (ptdma)
  • Mellanox FAN driver (mlxreg-fan)
  • Mellanox LED regmap driver (leds-mlxreg)
  • Intel® LPSS ACPI driver (intel-lpss-acpi)
  • Intel® LPSS PCI driver (intel-lpss-pci)
  • Intel® LPSS core driver (intel-lpss)
  • Maxlinear Ethernet GPY Driver (mxl-gpy)
  • Realtek 802.11ax wireless 8852A driver (rtw89_8852a)
  • Realtek 802.11ax wireless 8852AE driver (rtw89_8852ae)
  • Intel® PMT Class driver (pmt_class)
  • Intel® PMT Crashlog driver (pmt_crashlog)
  • Intel® PMT Telemetry driver (pmt_telemetry)
  • Intel® speed select interface mailbox driver (isst_if_mbox_msr)
  • Intel® speed select interface pci mailbox driver (isst_if_mbox_pci)
  • Intel® speed select interface mmio driver (isst_if_mmio)
  • Intel® Software Defined Silicon driver (intel_sdsi)
  • Intel® Extended Capabilities auxiliary bus driver (intel_vsec)
  • ISH ISHTP eclite client opregion driver (ishtp_eclite)
  • Acer Wireless Radio Control Driver (acer-wireless)
  • AMD HSMP Platform Interface Driver (amd_hsmp)
  • DESIGNWARE HS OTG Core (dwc2)
  • Synopsys HAPS PCI Glue Layer (dwc3-haps)
  • DesignWare USB3 PCI Glue Layer (dwc3-pci)
  • DesignWare USB3 DRD Controller Driver (dwc3)
  • xHCI Platform Host Controller Driver (xhci-plat-hcd)
  • ON Semiconductor FSA4480 driver (fsa4480)
  • Richtek RT1719 Sink Only USBPD Controller Driver (rt1719)
  • Willsemi WUSB3801 Type-C port controller driver (wusb3801)
  • Core driver for VFIO based PCI devices (vfio-pci-core)
  • AMD SEV Guest Driver (sev-guest)
  • Mellanox watchdog driver (mlx_wdt)

Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers

  • Cirrus Logic DSP Support (cs_dsp)
  • DRM DisplayPort helper (drm_dp_helper)
  • DRM Buddy Allocator (drm_buddy)
  • DRM SHMEM memory-management helpers (drm_shmem_helper)
  • DRM driver using bochs dispi interface (bochs)
  • Letsketch tablet driver (hid-letsketch)
  • Intel® speed select interface driver (isst_if_common)
  • SiGma Micro HID driver (hid-sigmamicro)
  • Fixing side buttons of Xiaomi Mi Silent Mouse (hid-xiaomi)
  • Driver for DEC VSXXX-AA and -GA mice and VSXXX-AB tablet (vsxxxaa)
  • Nvidia line card platform driver (mlxreg-lc)
  • Intel PCH Thermal driver (intel_pch_thermal)
  • Intel LPSS UART driver (8250_lpss)

6.2. Updated drivers

Network driver updates

  • VMware vmxnet3 virtual NIC driver (vmxnet3) has been updated to version 1.7.0.0-k.

Storage driver updates

  • Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver (lpfc) has been updated to version 14.2.0.5.
  • MPI3 Storage Controller Device Driver (mpi3mr) has been updated to version 8.0.0.69.0.
  • LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 Device Driver (mpt3sas) has been updated to version 40.100.00.00.
  • Driver for Microchip Smart Family Controller (smartpqi) has been updated to version 2.1.18-045.

Graphics and miscellaneous driver updates

  • Standalone drm driver for the VMware SVGA device (vmwgfx) has been updated to version 2.20.0.0.