Daily update · Aug 21–22, 2026
NTFS gets WOF compression, CIFS maintainer change, and assorted fixes
The in-tree NTFS driver learns to read Compact OS compressed files, CIFS gets a new maintainer, and several driver bugs are fixed.
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Daily update · Aug 19–20, 2026
NTFS security fixes, virtio stability, and new hardware support
A large batch of NTFS fixes addresses security vulnerabilities and data corruption, while virtio and vhost get reliability improvements, and new PCIe and vDPA hardware support lands.
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