[$] The 6.12 merge window begins
As of this writing, 6,778 non-merge changesets have been pulled into themainline kernel for the 6.12 release - over half of the work that had beenstaged in linux-next prior to the opening of the merge window. There hasbeen a lot of refactoring and cleanup work this time around, but also somesignificant changes. Read on for a summary of the first half of the 6.12merge window.