A preview of expected features for the Linux 7.2 kernel merge window, following the upcoming Linux 7.1 stable release. Key highlights include initial Apple M3 Mac boot support (console only), Cache Aware Scheduling for AMD/Intel performance improvements, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support in the AMDGPU driver, Intel's USB4STREAM for Thunderbolt/USB4 use-cases, AMD ISP4 driver for webcam support on Ryzen laptops, Btrfs performance improvements with huge folios, NVIDIA Nova driver progress toward Blackwell/Hopper, expanded RISC-V hardware support, NPU driver improvements for AMD and Intel, deprecation of AF_ALG, and removal of legacy hardware support including AMD K5, Elan SoCs, and ARCnet. Linux 7.2 is expected to ship as the default kernel in Ubuntu 26.10 and Fedora 45.
