--- title: Linux 7.2 Released With Faster I/O, New AMD & Intel... description: Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.2 as stable, shipping on schedule despite a busy final week with several late reverts. The release brings Cache Aware... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-released-with-faster-i-o-new-amd-intel-driver-improvements-y3axfnjmf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.2 Released With Faster I/O, New AMD & Intel Driver Improvements | daily.dev og:description: Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.2 as stable, shipping on schedule despite a busy final week with several late reverts. The release brings Cache Aware... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-released-with-faster-i-o-new-amd-intel-driver-improvements-y3axfnjmf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Y3aXfnjmF.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.2 Released With Faster I/O, New AMD & Intel Driver Improvements 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. # Linux 7.2 Released With Faster I/O, New AMD & Intel Driver Improvements **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.2 as stable, shipping on schedule despite a busy final week with several late reverts. The release brings Cache Aware Scheduling, the Intel-developed USB4STREAM protocol, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL support, and I/O performance improvements for both AMD and Intel systems, plus Intel Arc B390 graphics gains and faster poll performance. Late fixes included sound device quirks, a revert of the DRM ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features are in the Linux 7.2 kernel release? Linux 7.2 adds Cache Aware Scheduling, the Intel-developed USB4STREAM protocol, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL support, and various AMD and Intel hardware driver improvements. It also brings I/O performance gains for AMD and Intel systems, Intel Arc B390 graphics improvements, and faster poll performance. It ships in time to power Ubuntu 26.10 and other upcoming distributions. _Kernel upgraders comparing driver and performance changes release to release can follow Linux updates on daily.dev._ ### Why did Linux 7.2 revert the DRM FIFO scheduler change back to default? The kernel reverted to the DRM FIFO scheduler as the default late in the Linux 7.2 cycle because the newly introduced 'fair' scheduler caused a regression. This was one of several late reverts in the final week, alongside last-minute sound device quirks and additions and a new tlbi=ipi boot option merged just before release. _Developers debugging kernel scheduler regressions can track fixes like this one on daily.dev._ ### What is the new tlbi=ipi boot option added in Linux 7.2? The tlbi=ipi boot option is a new x86 kernel parameter merged during the final week of the Linux 7.2 release cycle, added as one of several late urgent fixes alongside sound device quirks and DRM scheduler reverts. It was merged on the day of the stable release itself. _Sysadmins tuning kernel boot parameters can keep up with additions like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, AMD ISP4, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-features-cache-aware-scheduling-usb4stream-amd-isp4-amdgpu-hdmi-2-1-frl-alrn2exys) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.2-rc1 Released: "Things Look Reasonably Normal" While Landing AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, AMD ISP4 & CAS](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-rc1-released-things-look-reasonably-normal-while-landing-amdgpu-hdmi-2-1-frl-amd-isp4--y55yqarea) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Kernel 7.1 is a Feature Release That Could Be Useful For You](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-7-1-is-a-feature-release-that-could-be-useful-for-you-77klzz9de) · It's Foss · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.2 Features Expected: Apple M3, Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, USB4STREAM, Cache Aware Scheduling](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-features-expected-apple-m3-initial-amdgpu-hdmi-2-1-frl-usb4stream-cache-aware-scheduli-bxi5ecq11) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel), [#amd](https://daily.dev/tags/amd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-released-with-faster-i-o-new-amd-intel-driver-improvements-y3axfnjmf) ```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":"Linux 7.2 Released With Faster I/O, New AMD & Intel Driver Improvements","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-released-with-faster-i-o-new-amd-intel-driver-improvements-y3axfnjmf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-released-with-faster-i-o-new-amd-intel-driver-improvements-y3axfnjmf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-16T23:19:44.907Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:43:02.433Z","description":"Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.2 as stable, shipping on schedule despite a busy final week with several late reverts. 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