Linux 7.1 brings a range of networking improvements including hardware queue leasing for containers enabling zero-copy operations and AF_XDP support, retirement of UDP-Lite for cleaner networking code, IPv6 now required as a kernel built-in rather than a module, new hardware support for Realtek RTL8125cp and RTL8157 5Gbit chips, Spacemit K3 via Synopsys STMMAC, AMD XGBE improved power management for s0i3, MediaTek MT76 NPU offload for hardware Ethernet and WiFi traffic offloading, Qualcomm Ath12k support for IPQ5424, Realtek USB RX aggregation for better wireless performance, and Bluetooth support for MediaTek MT6639 and MT7902 SDIO.
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