--- title: Linux 7.2 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The... description: Linux 7.2 has surpassed 43 million total lines in the kernel source tree, measured using the cloc utility just before the Linux 7.2-rc1 release. The tree now... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-surpasses-more-than-43-million-lines-in-the-kernel-tree-np8wbtqhn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.2 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The Kernel Tree | daily.dev og:description: Linux 7.2 has surpassed 43 million total lines in the kernel source tree, measured using the cloc utility just before the Linux 7.2-rc1 release. The tree now... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-surpasses-more-than-43-million-lines-in-the-kernel-tree-np8wbtqhn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NP8WbTQHn.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.2 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The Kernel Tree 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 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The Kernel Tree **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux 7.2 has surpassed 43 million total lines in the kernel source tree, measured using the cloc utility just before the Linux 7.2-rc1 release. The tree now contains 108,158 files totaling 43,898,743 lines, up from 42,924,382 lines in Linux 7.1. The AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver remains the largest single driver at over 6.35 million lines. Growth continues despite recent removals like i486 support and legacy hardware drivers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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