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Linux 7.4: laptop and gaming handheld support improvements incoming

Hardware & accelerators
Source:Phoronix
The Linux 7.4 kernel merge window is receiving a batch of x86 platform driver improvements for laptops and gaming handhelds: many driver branches have been queued ahead of the next kernel version.
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