Week of January 06 - January 13, 2026
Good morning. This is your Linux Kernel Daily weekly recap for January 6th through 13th, 2026. Zero pull requests merged, 100 additional commits this week. With no merged pull requests, activity centered on…
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This episode is a short developer briefing from Linux Kernel Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Linux Kernel Daily
- Published: 2026-01-13T16:38:41Z
- Audio duration: PT2M23S
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Good morning. This is your Linux Kernel Daily weekly recap for January 6th through 13th, 2026.
Zero pull requests merged, 100 additional commits this week.
With no merged pull requests, activity centered on maintenance updates and subsystem fixes through Linus's integration work.
**Driver Updates**
The char and misc driver subsystem received fixes for the widely reported rust_binder issue, removing problematic spin_lock calls in the shrink_free_page function. Counter driver fixes addressed incorrect return values in IRQ handlers, and the MEI driver added support for Nova Lake Point S devices.
**Architecture Fixes**
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