Babu sauran shakku: a ya kasance Linux 5.4-rc8 wannan makon. Kuma shi ne cewa kwana bakwai da suka wuce, Linus Torvalds yace cewa ba a bayyana sosai ba idan za a sami Candidan Takardar Saki na takwas na wannan sigar kwayar Linux ko kuma kai tsaye zai ƙaddamar da sigar barga. A bayyane, mahaifin Linux ya kasance yana da shakku har zuwa minti na ƙarshe, amma ya yanke shawarar ƙaddamar da shi saboda babu matsala a ƙaddamar da ƙarin RC ɗaya la'akari da cewa ci gaban Linux 5.4 ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci kafin ya huce.
Torvalds yana fatan cewa buƙatun na gaba sun riga sun yi tare da v5.5 na kernel na Linux. Hakanan, makon godiya yana zuwa a Amurka, don haka komai ya zama mai natsuwa kuma ya kamata a kasance barga version gobe Lahadi, Nuwamba 24. Bala'i ne kawai zai hana a saki Linux 5.4 a wannan satin.
Linux 5.4 yana zuwa Nuwamba 24
Mafi yawan aikin da aka yi akan rc8 shine mai alaƙa da al'amuran Intel, duka daga CPU (TSX Async Abort da iTLB) da kuma daga GPU. Babu ɗayan waɗannan facin da suke da girma, don haka bai kamata ya haifar da matsala ga kowa ba. Wani canji mai mahimmanci shine cewa an cire tsarin fayil ɗin vboxsf, a wani bangare saboda ya daina aiki kamar yadda ya kamata. Zai yiwu a sake samun shi kamar yadda ake tsammani a cikin Linux 5.5.
Babu wani abu da ze zama da damuwa daga mahangar ƙaddamarwa, kuma kamar yadda na ambata ina wasa kusa da kawai tsallake wannan rc ɗin gaba ɗaya. Amma ya fi kyau a hana fiye da warkewa. Da fatan za a ba tayoyin wasu ƙwallo na ƙarshe kafin fitowar 5.4 ta ƙarshen mako mai zuwa.
Linux 5.4 zai zama nau'ikan kernel na Linux wanda ba zai haɗa da haɓaka da yawa kamar v5.2 da v5.3 ba, amma zai zama farkon wanda zai haɗa da tsarin tsaro Kullewa. Zai isa an kashe ta tsohuwa.