Enterprise-Worthy Improvements in the 3.7 Linux Kernel

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Just in time for Christmas, the 3.7 Linux kernel was released on December 10, 2012, and brings with it 64-bit ARM support plus a multitude of improvements and changes. The main changes are:

  • ARM Multi-platform and 64-bit support

  • TCP Fast Open Server Side support

  • SMB2 protocol support

  • NFS V4.1 support

  • BtrFS updates

  • VXLAN support

  • perf trace

  • Cryptographically-signed kernel modules

  • Intel “Supervisor mode access prevention” (SMAP) support

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