[$] The first half of the 7.0 merge window

The merge window for Linux 7.0 has opened, and with itcomes a number of interesting improvements and enhancements. At the time ofwriting, there have been 7,695 non-merge commits accepted. The 7.0 release isnot special,according to the kernel's versioning scheme - just the releasethat comes after 6.19. Humans love symbolism and round numbers, though, so itmay feel like something of a milestone.