As usual, there is a lot happening each kernel cycle on the x86 platform driver front. Among the highlights for Linux 6.5 include:
- Various Intel Speed Select Technology (ISST) updates. This work includes Topology Aware Register and Power Management Capsule Interface (TPMI) and cluster-level power controls in the Intel Uncore frequency driver. There are also various ISST fixes.
- The Intel PMC driver has been updated to support hardware with multiple PMCs and other new hardware support. The Intel Meteor Lake P and Meteor Lake M platform support is added while the Meteor Lake S support was removed for having found out to be incorrect.
- The HP WMI driver meanwhile adds a thermal profile for Victus 16-d1xxx hardware, supports the HP Envy special key support, and also now supports the HP WMI camera switch.
- The Lenovo Yogabook driver has added support for the keyboard backlight control and other improvements.
- The x86 Android Tablets driver has added support for extra buttons on the Cyberbook T116, Lenovo Yoga Book lid switch support, Nextbook Areas 8A data added, and other support additions.
- Debugging improvements for the AMD PMC and PMF drivers for Ryzen notebooks.
More details on all of the changes for the x86 platform drivers in Linux 6.5 via this pull .