Linux 7.2 To Set Default DRM Scheduler Priority To "Fair", New AIE4 Hardware In AMDXDNA
The upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel will set the default DRM scheduler policy to "fair" instead of FIFO, aiming to improve performance for interactive workloads. The AMDXDNA driver is adding support for new AIE4 hardware and exposing per-client buffer object memory usage via FDINFO. These changes are part of the initial drm-misc-next pull request targeting the summer 2026 release of Linux 7.2.
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Linux 7.2 To Set Default DRM Scheduler Priority To "Fair", New AIE4 Hardware In AMDXDNA Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 30 April 2026 at 08:26 PM EDT. 2 Comments Even while the Linux 7.1 merge window was still ongoing this month, the initial "drm-misc-next" pull request to DRM-Next was sent out for beginning to queue new feature material toward the Linux 7.2 kernel coming this summer. Maarten Lankhorst sent out the first pull of drm-misc-next changes to DRM-Next, consisting of a few DRM core and user-space API changes plus various driver-specific changes. One notable change for drivers making use of the DRM scheduler -- such as AMDGPU and the Intel Xe driver -- is defaulting to the "fair" scheduler policy by default rather than FIFO.
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