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amdGPU fixes lead a quiet drm pull, platform and libata fixes land for 7.3-rc

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Linus Torvalds dhh
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Linus Torvalds @torvalds 5 cited dhh @dhh 2 cited

Linus Torvalds merged four fix branches for the 7.3 release candidate window, with the drm-fixes pull carrying the bulk of the work including seven amdgpu fixes.

The drm-fixes pull for 2026-09-12 is the week's largest, described by Dave Airlie as "relatively quiet for the new world" [1]. It fixes 0 object handling in drm_exec, a null pointer dereference in the sched kunit tests, and lines up seven amdgpu items including Freesync, GPUVM, debugfs, HDMI, IPS, GPU reset, and RGB quantization fixes [1]. If you run amdgpu on a box tracking mainline, this is the pull to sync before testing display behavior.

The platform-drivers-x86-v7.3-2 pull from Ilpo Järvinen brings four fixes [2]: amd/pmf now builds on !CONFIG_AMD_PMF_DEBUG, asus-laptop corrects ACPI event handling, hp-wmi fixes a board_params typo for the 8DD6 board, and x86-android-tablets corrects Arizona and Crystal Cove GPIO lookups. Separately, Mark Brown sent a regulator fix for pf1550, which used to check for errors on multiple regulators but always notified through one of them regardless of which had the problem; it also adds a device ID to the fan53555 DT bindings [3].

The spi-fix-v7.3-rc2 pull from Mark Brown is a single doc change, adding a compatible string so the DesignWare DT binding describes the UltraRISC DP1000 instance of the controller [4]. Niklas Cassel's ata-7.3-rc3 pull drops documentation for pata_legacy kernel parameters that no longer exist, which means anyone following stale docs for those module options is chasing parameters the driver already removed [5].

Outside the kernel, David Heinemeier Hansson landed an Omarchy fix for the KEF LSX II LT USB speaker [6][7]. The speaker's USB firmware stops answering control requests when WirePlumber suspends the idle sink after 5 seconds, producing usb_set_interface failed (-110), "clock source 1 is not valid", and cannot set freq 48000 errors, after which PipeWire cannot start the sink until the speaker is replugged. The report notes one machine hitting this on six days over three weeks, with up to hundreds of timeouts a day. The fix adds a WirePlumber rule to keep the sink from suspending.

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'drm-fixes-2026-09-12' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel ↗ torvalds/linux
  2. [2] Merge tag 'platform-drivers-x86-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86 ↗ torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Merge tag 'regulator-fix-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regulator ↗ torvalds/linux
  4. [4] Merge tag 'spi-fix-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi ↗ torvalds/linux
  5. [5] Merge tag 'ata-7.3-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/libata/linux ↗ torvalds/linux
  6. [6] Keep the KEF LSX II LT USB sink from suspending ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  7. [7] Keep the KEF LSX II LT USB sink from suspending (#11318) ↗ basecamp/omarchy

$ ls linux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Omarchy closes installer security holes, traces land in 7.3-rc2 the month in review Linux 7.2 closes and 7.3 opens amid kernel hardening and Omarchy's security push
Topics: Infrastructure Full archive → Weekly reviews →

Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on September 12, 2026?
Linus Torvalds merged four fix branches for the 7.3 release candidate window, with the drm-fixes pull carrying the bulk of the work including seven amdgpu fixes. In total, 14 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on September 12, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds and dhh.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'drm-fixes-2026-09-12' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel, Merge tag 'platform-drivers-x86-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86, and Merge tag 'regulator-fix-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regulator.
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$ log Linux --recent

Btrfs filesystem IDs stabilize again in 7.3-rc3 2 shipped SMB client fixes land for 7.3, Elsewhen becomes a default Omarchy plugin 30 shipped TCP fast path tightens ACK validation, ALSA fixes a use-after-free 17 shipped PowerPC KVM fixes land as Omarchy closes two reset and path bugs 8 shipped

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