Intel has started developing Linux drivers for the 14th generation CPU
Intel’s 11th-generation Rocket Lake desktop processor will be officially launched in the middle of this month, the Intel Linux-driven development team, known for its punctual support, has begun to prepare early code around its 14th-generation Lunar Lake platform.
For those who like to use non-Windows systems on their PCs, Intel’s punctual Linux support on desktop, mobile, and server platforms is a big selling point for them. A year ago, Intel started Rocket Lake’s support for Linux upstream, and Alder Lake’s support followed quickly. By the end of 2020, Intel has begun to provide initial support around Meteor Lake, and now with the end of the first quarter of 2021, Intel is also preparing to support Lunar Lake, which is the successor to Meteor Lake and will also be Intel 14th generation CPU.
From the timeline of the product launch, we are unlikely to see Intel’s Lunar Lake processor before 2023, and the launch of the kernel patch has already begun this month. This work began when Intel updated the e1000e network driver to support Lunar Lake.
Although this is only a small change, it shows that the Lunar Lake platform’s support for Linux has begun. Because it is too early, we still know very little about Intel Lunar Lake Next-Gen Core CPUs. It is rumored that Lunar Lake will have Gen12.9 or Gen13 graphics architecture.
Since the merger window of Linux 5.12 has just passed, Intel’s update to e1000e will be at least scheduled to Linux 5.13, so before the next merger window comes, Intel may also provide Lunar Lake support for Linux at more levels.
