Linux 7.1 on the horizon, with a prominent role for AI and KVM updates

Linux 7.1 is moving forward steadily, with Linus Torvalds noting the second release candidate and no major surprises so far.

This cycle saw notable KVM test renames and a high patch count that may reflect growing AI-assisted development in kernel work.

Updates also landed across AMD and Intel drivers, plus fixes for memory leaks, buffer management, and power management.

Security and storage areas were touched too, including NVMe authentication, TLS, RAID10, and NTFS improvements.