Chapter 6. Device Drivers
Chapter 6. Device Drivers 6.1. New drivers Network drivers Thunderbolt/USB4 network driver ( thunderbolt_net ) Broadcom 802.11 wireless LAN fullmac driver ( brcmfmac ) (only in 64-bit ARM architecture) Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers Bluetooth support for MediaTek devices ver 0.1 ( btmtk ), only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures DRM Buddy Allocator ( drm_buddy ), only in 64-bit IBM Z architecture DRM display adapter helper ( drm_display_helper ), only in 64-bit IBM Z architecture Microsoft Azure Network Adapter IB driver ( mana_ib ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures The Linux USB Video Class driver ( uvc ), (only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel Meteor Lake PCH pinctrl/GPIO driver ( pinctrl-meteorlake ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel In Field Scan (IFS) device ( intel_ifs ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel Uncore Frequency Common Module ( intel-uncore-frequency-common ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel Uncore Frequency Limits Driver ( intel-uncore-frequency ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures AMD SoundWire driver ( soundwire-amd ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures DisplayPort Alternate Mode ( typec_displayport ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Virtio-mem driver ( virtio_mem ), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures 6.2. Updated drivers Network driver updates Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters ( r8152 ) have been updated to version v1.12.13 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) The following drivers have been updated to 4.18.0-513.5.1 kernel version : Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver ( ixgbe ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver ( ixgbevf ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) 2.5G Ethernet Linux Driver ( igc ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Network Driver ( iavf ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver ( i40e ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver ( fm10k ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver ( igb ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver ( igbvf ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver ( e1000e ), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) core driver ( mlx5_core ) The Netronome Flow Processor (NFP) driver ( nfp ) Graphics, storage, and miscellaneous driver updates Broadcom MegaRAID SAS Driver ( megaraid_sas ) has been updated to version 07.725.01.00-rc1, (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) Driver for Microchip Smart Family Controller version ( smartpqi ) has been updated to version 2.1.22-040 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver ( lpfc ) has been updated to version 0:14.0.0.21 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) MPI3 Storage Controller Device Driver ( mpi3mr ) has been updated to version 8.4.1.0.0 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures) QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver ( qla2xxx ) has been updated to version 10.02.08.200-k (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures)