--- title: Graphics/NPU Driver Changes Already Begin Queuing Up For... description: Two drm-misc-next pull requests have already queued up material for the Linux 7.5 kernel, even as the 7.4 merge window is still underway. The first adds busy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/graphics-npu-driver-changes-already-begin-queuing-up-for-what-will-be-linux-7-5-9d1s0o87h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Graphics/NPU Driver Changes Already Begin Queuing Up For What Will Be Linux 7.5 | daily.dev og:description: Two drm-misc-next pull requests have already queued up material for the Linux 7.5 kernel, even as the 7.4 merge window is still underway. The first adds busy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/graphics-npu-driver-changes-already-begin-queuing-up-for-what-will-be-linux-7-5-9d1s0o87h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9d1S0o87h.png og:image:alt: Graphics/NPU Driver Changes Already Begin Queuing Up For What Will Be Linux 7.5 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Graphics/NPU Driver Changes Already Begin Queuing Up For What Will Be Linux 7.5 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Two drm-misc-next pull requests have already queued up material for the Linux 7.5 kernel, even as the 7.4 merge window is still underway. The first adds busy time reporting to the AMDXDNA Ryzen AI accelerator driver via the DRM fdinfo interface, plus Arm Mali G68 support and improved GPU reset handling for Panfrost. It also brings HDMI 2.0 support to the rockchip/dw-hdmi-qp driver and ARGB8888 format support for VirtIO primary planes. The second pull request adds AMDXDNA fixes, new panel support, and more AIE4 features including power mode control, kernel queue life-cycle, and suspend/resume, for AMD's next-generation Ryzen AI NPU presumably debuting with upcoming Ryzen AI Zen 6 platforms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new AMDXDNA driver features are being added for the Linux 7.5 kernel? Two drm-misc-next pull requests add busy time reporting via the DRM fdinfo interface, driver fixes, support for new firmware versions, and more AMD AIE4 features including power mode control, kernel queue life-cycle and memory layout handling, and suspend/resume support. AIE4 is AMD's next-generation Ryzen AI NPU expected to debut with upcoming Ryzen AI Zen 6 platforms. _Track kernel driver progress like this on daily.dev before building against AMD's next-gen NPU._ ### What Panfrost driver improvements are coming in Linux 7.5? The Panfrost kernel driver is gaining Arm Mali G68 support along with improved GPU reset handling and initialization, queued through a drm-misc-next pull request for the Linux 7.5 cycle. This follows ongoing work that began appearing while the Linux 7.4 merge window was still in progress. _Developers tracking Mali GPU support on Linux can follow driver updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AMD Ryzen AI & Intel NPU Drivers Adding New Power Features With Linux 7.2](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-ryzen-ai-intel-npu-drivers-adding-new-power-features-with-linux-7-2-y9ser6ugr) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.1 Kernel Graphics Driver Changes Merged With Intel & AMD Leading The Way](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-1-kernel-graphics-driver-changes-merged-with-intel-amd-leading-the-way-w5iplgy2x) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AMD Preps More AIE4 NPU Hardware Enablement For AMDXDNA Driver In Linux 7.2](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-preps-more-aie4-npu-hardware-enablement-for-amdxdna-driver-in-linux-7-2-pqszjz9t9) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AMD Begins Staging Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.3](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-begins-staging-graphics-driver-changes-for-linux-7-3-wi1yweloi) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL Support Successfully Merged For Linux 7.2](https://daily.dev/posts/initial-amdgpu-hdmi-2-1-frl-support-successfully-merged-for-linux-7-2-nryz9ynsz) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#npu](https://daily.dev/tags/npu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/graphics-npu-driver-changes-already-begin-queuing-up-for-what-will-be-linux-7-5-9d1s0o87h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Graphics/NPU Driver Changes Already Begin Queuing Up For What Will Be Linux 7.5","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/graphics-npu-driver-changes-already-begin-queuing-up-for-what-will-be-linux-7-5-9d1s0o87h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/graphics-npu-driver-changes-already-begin-queuing-up-for-what-will-be-linux-7-5-9d1s0o87h"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T09:57:16.500Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T09:58:10.728Z","description":"Two drm-misc-next pull requests have already queued up material for the Linux 7.5 kernel, even as the 7.4 merge window is still underway. 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