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Comprehensible changelog of the linux kernel. This page shows a summary of the important changes being added in each linux kernel release - support for new devices, new features (filesystems, subsystems), important internal changes, etc. While this text is aimed to be (unlike the full changelog) comprehensible, it's obvious that some parts will not be comprehensible for those who don't know a lot about kernel internals, just like it happens in every software project. Other places to get news about the linux kernel are [http://lwn.net/Kernel/ LWN kernel status], [http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/ LWN driver porting guide], [http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/ LWN list of API changes in 2.6], or [http://www.lkml.org www.lkml.org]. Before adding things here look at the [#rules RULES] section at the end of the page! | #pragma keywords Linux, Kernel, Operating System, Linus Torvalds, Open Source, drivers, filesystems, network, memory management, scheduler, preemption, locking #pragma description Summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux Kernel during the 2.6.x and 3.x development Changes done in each Linux kernel release. Other places to get news about the Linux kernel are [[http://lwn.net/Kernel/|LWN kernel status]] or the Linux Kernel mailing list (there is a web interface in [[http://www.lkml.org|www.lkml.org]] or [[https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/|lore.kernel.org/lkml]]). The lore.kernel.org/lkml/ archive is also available via NTTP if you prefer to use a newsreader: use `nntp://nntp.lore.kernel.org/org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel` for that. List of changes of older releases can be found at LinuxVersions. If you're going to add something here look first at LinuxChangesRules! |
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==== 2.6.15 and older ==== * See Linux26Changes, this page "only" tracks the current stable and development releases. |
You can discuss the latest Linux kernel changes on the [[http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/list.php?4|New Linux Kernel Features Forum]]. |
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==== 2.6.17 ==== * Still not released, see [#development below] ==== Latest stable release: 2.6.16 ==== * Released 20 March, 2006 [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16 (full changelog)] * [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:IT1X2f-H0yUJ:wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges+&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1 Google cache of this page] * Overview (useful for headlines): * OCFS2 (http://lwn.net/Articles/137278/, http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/), a clustering filesystem contributed by Oracle (there's [http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/gfs/ GFS] from Red Hat who bought it from Sistina Software, shipped out-of-the-tree for now) * new unshare() ( http://lwn.net/Articles/135321/), pselect()/ppoll() and *at() system calls (http://lwn.net/Articles/164887/) * support the moving of the physical location of pages between nodes in NUMA systems * support for the Cell processor * cpufreq support for G5s plus thermal control for dualcore G5s * improved power management support for many devices and subsystems (libata, alsa...) * mutex locking primitive * high-resolution timers (http://lwn.net/Articles/167897) * per-mountpoint noatime/nodiratime * 64-to-32-bit ioctl compatibilty for the v4l2 subsystem * IPv6 support for DCCP * New TIPC protocol (Transparent Inter Process Communication, http://tipc.sourceforge.net/) used for intra-clustering communication * ACL support for CIFS filesystem * HFSX filesystem support * new configfs filesystem (which complements sysfs, not replaces it) * support for running executables from v9fs (plan9 9P distributed filesystem) * support for many new devices, improved support and features for others and lots of other changes. * '''Kernel Core changes''' * New features/frameworks * *at syscalls: introduce in total 13 new system calls which take a file descriptor/filename pair instead of a single file name. These functions (sys_openat, sys_mkdirat, sys_mknodat, sys_fchownat, sys_futimesat, sys_newfstatat, sys_unlinkat, sys_renameat, sys_linkat, sys_symlinkat, sys_readlinkat, sys_fchmodat, sys_faccessat) are needed to implement race-free filesystem traversal, they are necessary to implement a virtual per-thread current working directory (multi-threaded backup software, etc). Glibc today implements those interfaces using the /proc/self/fd magic, but this hack is rather expensive, and other operative systems like OpenSolaris [http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0212/6m6nd4nc7?a=view already have some of them]. In the GNU world, coreutils are already using them, and will have lots of other users too - every program which is walking the filesystem tree will benefit [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5590ff0d5528b60153c0b4e7b771472b5a95e297 (commit)]. * Add pselect/ppoll system call implementation [http://lwn.net/Articles/176911/ (LWN article)] [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9f72949f679df06021c9e43886c9191494fdb007 (commit)]. * Add unshare() system call. The linux kernel implements threads in a very simple and lightweight, handling them just as normal processes which happen to share resource with other threads (just like Windows and Solaris in recent Solaris versions). The clone() system call already allows to create new processes which can share different attributes (file descriptors, filesystem information, filesystem namespace, signal handlers, address space...). The unshare() system call adds a primitive to the Linux thread model that allows threads to selectively 'unshare' any resources that were being shared at the time of their creation. unshare() was [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=96753366711611&w=2 conceptualized by Alexander Viro] in August of 2000. unshare() augments the usefulness of Linux threads for applications that would like to control shared resources without creating a new process. unshare() is a natural addition to the set of available primitives on Linux that implement the concept of process/thread as a virtual machine. For more info check the [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/unshare.txt Documentation]. [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cf2e340f4249b781b3d2beb41e891d08581f0e10 (commit)], implementation for unsharing file descriptors [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a016f3389c06606dd80e687942ff3c71d41823c4 (commit)], vm structure (disabled in this release by default) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a0a7ec308f1be5957b20a1a535d21f683dfd83f0 (commit)], filesystem namespace [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=741a295130606143edbf9fc740f633dbc1e6225f (commit)], filesystem info [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99d1419d96d7df9cfa56bc977810be831bd5ef64 (commit)]. [http://lwn.net/Articles/135321/ (LWN article)] * New 'mutex' locking primitive. Until now, there was two main types of locks: spinlocks and semaphores. Mutexes are like a spinlock, but you may block holding a mutex. If you can't lock a mutex, your task will suspend itself, and be woken up when the mutex is released. This means the CPU can do something else while you are waiting. There are many cases when you simply can't sleep and so have to use a spinlock instead. Semaphores can be and have been (ab)used for this same purpose, but mutexes are simpler than semaphores, and have some advantages. You cannot use mutexes the same way you can use semaphores though, e.g. they cannot be used from an interrupt context, nor can they be unlocked from a different context that which acquired it. Read the [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/mutex-design.txt documentation], or (more interesting) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=kernel/mutex.c kernel/mutex.c]; it also features some extensive debugging facilities in [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=kernel/mutex-debug.c kernel/mutex-debug.c] [http://lwn.net/Articles/165039/ (LWN article)] [http://lwn.net/Articles/167034/ (LWN article explaining the API)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6053ee3b32e3437e8c1e72687850f436e779bd49 (commit)] * High resolution timers ([http://lwn.net/Articles/167897 LWN article explaining the API)]. In contrast to the low-resolution timeout API implemented in kernel/timer.c, hrtimers provide finer resolution and accuracy depending on system configuration and capabilities. These timers are currently used for: itimers, POSIX timers, nanosleep and precise in-kernel timing. For more details read the [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/hrtimers.txt documentation] [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c0a3132963db68f1fbbd0e316b73de100fee3f08 (commit)] * Swap migration. [http://lwn.net/Articles/157066/ (LWN article)] Swap migration allows the moving of the physical location of pages between nodes in a NUMA system while the process is running, through swap. This means that the virtual addresses that the process sees do not change; however, the system rearranges the physical location of those pages [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=45b07ef31d1182d2cfde7711327e3afb268bb1ac (commit)]. Also, add "direct migration" support on top of the swap based page migration facility: This allows the direct migration of anonymous pages and the migration of file backed pages by dropping the associated buffers (requires writeout) and fall back to swap if necessary [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a48d07afdf18212de22b959715b16793c5a6e57a (commit)] * Add /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches. Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free. This is mainly useful for benchmarking, for getting consistent results between filesystem benchmarks without rebooting. To free pagecache: "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches", to free dentries and inodes: "echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches", to free pagecache, dentries and inodes: "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches". As this is a non-destructive operation and dirty objects are not freeable, the user should run `sync' first [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9d0243bca345d5ce25d3f4b74b7facb3a6df1232 (commit)] * Implement madvise(MADV_REMOVE): This feature frees up a given range of pages and its associated backing store. Current implementation supports only shmfs/tmpfs and other filesystems return -ENOSYS [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f6b3ec238d12c8cc6cc71490c6e3127988460349 (commit)] * Per-mountpoint noatime/nodiratime flags [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fc33a7bb9c6dd8f6e4a014976200f8fdabb3a45c (commit)] * EDAC support. The EDAC goal is to detect and report errors that occur within the computer system [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=da9bb1d27b21cb24cbb6a2efb5d3c464d357a01e (commit)]. Add drivers for Intel i82860, i82875 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0d88a10e566d46bffc214c974e5cf5abe38d8da8 (commit)], for AMD 76x and Intel E750x, E752x [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=806c35f5057a64d3061ee4e2b1023bf6f6d328e2 (commit)] and Radisys 82600 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2f768af73fea4c70f9046388a7ff648ad11f028e (commit)] * Tweaks to the NUMA policies in the slab allocator [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dc85da15d42b0efc792b0f5eab774dc5dbc1ceec (commit)] * Implement a generic dispatch queue for all the I/O schedulers [http://lwn.net/Articles/157208/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8922e16cf6269e668123acb1ae1fdc62b7a3a4fc (commit)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b4878f245ec8e168cdd1f170f823a750b7dd4af5 (commit)] * Process scheduler * Add a 'domain distance' function, which is used to cache measurement results for machines with several nodes [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=198e2f181163233b379dc7ce8a6d7516b84042e7 (commit)] * Filter affine wakeups [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d7102e95b7b9c00277562c29aad421d2d521c5f6 (commit)] * Add a new SCHED_BATCH (3) scheduling policy: such tasks are presumed CPU-intensive, and will acquire a constant +5 priority level penalty [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b0a9499c3dd50d333e2aedb7e894873c58da3785 (commit)] * Huge pages * Implement copy-on-write support for hugetlb mappings so MAP_PRIVATE can be supported [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1e8f889b10d8d2223105719e36ce45688fedbd59 (commit)] * Make hugepages obey cpusets [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aea47ff363c15b0be5fc27ed991b1fdee338f0a7 (commit)] * Add NUMA policy support for huge pages [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5da7ca86078964cbfe6c83efc1205904587706fe (commit)] * Performance / size optimizations * Shrink struct page in some configurations using anonymous struct [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=349aef0bc4c7f07d685c977e12d0e2d0b5d0e6db (commit)] * Shrink back the dentry struct from 136 (RCU enlarged it) to 128 bytes, to keep it a multiple of memory cache lines. As dentry cache easily contains millions of entries, a size reduction is worth the extra complexity of the ugly C union [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5160ee6fc891a9ca114be0e90fa6655647bb64b2 (commit)] * Add the SLOB allocator, a configurable replacement for slab allocator. SLOB is a traditional K&R/UNIX allocator with a SLAB emulation layer, similar to the original Linux kmalloc allocator that SLAB replaced. It's signicantly smaller code and is more memory efficient. But like all similar allocators, it scales poorly and suffers from fragmentation more than SLAB, so it's only appropriate for small systems who want to save some memory [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=10cef6029502915bdb3cf0821d425cf9dc30c817 (commit)] * Make vm86 support optional under CONFIG_EMBEDDED, to save about 5k of kernel size [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=64ca9004b819ab87648dbfc78f3ef49ee491343e (commit)] * configurable support for ELF core dumps, saves about 5K [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=708e9a794cf8822b760edaccd9053edb07c34d19 (commit)] * Make x86 doublefault handling optional, saves about 13 KB [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22c4e3084eb8b88288a622a57d8b35c450a439f2 (commit)] * Make *[ug]id16 support optional, saves around 2 Kb [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e585e47031751f4e393e10ffd922885508b958dd (commit)] * Add scripts/bloat-o-meter script (python) to measure size changes in the functions of a given file [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d960600df3ce3588571e2c1adf1f5f6d8ca9eb5a (commit)] * Various changes * TTY layer buffering revamp, see the commit link [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=33f0f88f1c51ae5c2d593d26960c760ea154c2e2 (commit)] * Abandon GCC 2.9x support. It doesn't support useful features already used by some drivers like anonymous unions. Plus, no new distros are shipping with 2.9x compilers. In other words, supporting it has more disadvantages than advantages. The minium required compiler version us GCC 3.2 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fd285bb54d8a3e99810090ae88cfe8ed77d1da25 (commit)] * cpuset: Provide a simple per-cpuset metric of memory pressure so batch managers monitoring jobs can efficiently detect what level of memory pressure that job is causing [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e0d98b9f1eb757fc98efc84e74e54a08308aa73 (commit)] * Make high and batch sizes of per_cpu_pagelists configurable, as recently there has been lot of traffic on the right values for batch and high water marks for per_cpu_pagelists. A new tunable /proc/sys/vm/percpu_pagelist_fraction is added. This entry controls the fraction of pages at most in each zone that are allocated for each per cpu page list [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8ad4b1fb8205340dba16b63467bb23efc27264d6 (commit)] * swsusp: remove the image encryption. The functionality it provides should really belong to the user space and will possibly be reimplemented after the swap-handling functionality of swsusp is moved to the user space [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f2d97f02961e8b1f8a24befb88ab0e5c886586ff (commit)] * swsusp: make suspend image size limit tunable via /sys/power/image_size. It is necessary for systems on which there is a limited amount of swap available for suspend. It can also be useful for optimizing performance of swsusp on systems with 1 GB of RAM or more. The default size is set to 500 MB [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ca0aec0f7a94bf9f07fefa8bfd23282d4e8ceb8a (commit)]. * Add list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse() [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0ad42352c01788e41a33336577fdd270d8de55bb (commit)] * MD: Exposes and allow to set lots of parameters through sysfs * keys: Add a new keyctl function that allows the expiry time to be set on a key or removed from a key, provided the caller has attribute modification access [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=017679c4d45783158dba1dd6f79e712c22bb3d9a (commit)], and ake it possible for a running process (such as gssapid) to be able to instantiate a key. For more details, see the commit [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b5f545c880a2a47947ba2118b2509644ab7a2969 (commit)] * SPI framework, implements the model of a queue of messages which complete asynchronously (with thin synchronous wrappers on top) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8ae12a0d85987dc138f8c944cb78a92bf466cea0 (commit)] * Export cpu topology in sysfs, /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/*, for more details see the commit [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69dcc99199fe29b0a29471a3488d39d9d33b25fc (commit)] * Suspend/Resume support for AMD64 GART [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=90be4b49b8b54505772a6a766ac0891ec92b4c2d (commit)], ATI [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5dda4986752b531d89d49c218682e42c63ef1d61 (commit)] and Intel 945GM [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3b0e8eadc511eaceba6d6b8d0743359a34ee23c6 (commit)] * '''Architecture-specific''' * x86 * sparsemem for single node systems: Allows SPARSEMEM to be enabled on non-numa x86 systems. This is made dependant on EXPERIMENTAL also being set [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=215c3409eed16c89b6d11ea1126bd9d4f36b9afd (commit)] * A simple driver for the CS5535 and CS5536 that allows a user-space program to manipulate GPIO pins. The CS5535/CS5536 chips are Geode processor companion devices [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e329113ca437e44ec399b7ffe114ed36e84ccf5e (commit)] * x86: Basic support for the AMD Geode GX and LX processors [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f90b8116032f4216d260e31f966a3585319387ac (commit)] * x86-32 / x86-64: mark rodata sections read only [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=63aaf3086baea7b94c218053af8237f9dbac5d05 (commit)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=67df197b1a07944c2e0e40ded3d4fd07d108e110 (commit)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=37b73c828185731f6236a6387c02d7b08c150810 (commit)] * kdump for x86-32/64: Add "elfcorehdr" command line option. "elfcorehdr" specifies the location of elf core header stored by the crashed kernel. This command line option will be passed by the kexec-tools to capture kernel [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aac04b32f3e4c63f461459d0e1d6aa01caac6e66 (commit)]. Also, add memmmap command line option for x86-64, similar to i386. memmap=exactmap enables setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69cda7b1f06befb8d6a884b8a663d19dcaef590b (commit)] * x86-64: Support constant TSC feature in future AMD CPUs [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=130951ccb14167c20b87e8bed52b60864ed53c2b (commit)] * x86_64: Allow compilation on a 32bit biarch toolchain [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bb33421dde79f9a36d5485c56335ff178ac7d268 (commit)] * x86-64: Inclusion of ScaleMP vSMP architecture [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=79f12614a6537cc3ac9ca4d1ea26f6e4f4a34aee (commit)] * Adds the Intel ICH8 IDs [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b6ebb2659065b6e03605e7f0c69449bda382261a (commit)] * PPC * SPU file system. The SPU file system is used on PowerPC machines that implement the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture (aka: Cell processors) in order to access Synergistic Processor Units (SPUs). The file system provides a name space similar to posix shared memory or message queues. Users that have write permissions on the file system can use spu_create(2) to establish SPU contexts in the spufs root. Every SPU context is represented by a directory containing a predefined set of files. These files can be used for manipulating the state of the logical SPU. For more details, read the [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt Documentation] [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=67207b9664a8d603138ef1556141e6d0a102bea7 (commit)] * Add back support for booting from BootX. ARCH=powerpc couldn't boot from BootX as it uses a "different" way of getting in the kernel. This patch adds the necessary trampolines, creating a flattened device-tree from the tree passed from MacOS, and initializing the btext engine early for really-early debugging [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d7f3945420b5d8114f2d4d85e90abe5063cc196a (commit)] * Add cpufreq support for all desktop G5. This patch adds cpufreq support for all desktop "tower" G5 models [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a699aefa87cb0379a67741926820c9271d748a9 (commit)] * Thermal control for dual core G5s ([http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ac171c46667c1cb2ee9e22312291df6ed78e1b6e (commit)] * Experimental support for new G5 Macs: This adds some very basic support for the new machines, including the Quad G5 (tested), and other new dual core based machines and iMac G5 iSight (untested). This is still experimental, there is no thermal control yet, there is no proper handing of MSIs, it just boots [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1beb6a7d6cbed3ac03500ce9b5b9bb632c512039 (commit)] * PPC32 and PPC64 kexec implementations [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3d1229d6ae92ed1994f4411b8493327ef8f4b76f (commit)] * ppc64: per cpu data optimisations [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7a0268fa1a3613f2c526a9b3058701b277f6abe1 (commit)] * IBMEBUS bus support. This adds the necessary core bus support used by device drivers that sit on the IBM GX bus on modern pSeries machines like the Galaxy infiniband for example. It provide transparent DMA ops (the low level driver works with virtual addresses directly) along with a simple bus layer using the Open Firmware matching routines [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (commit)] * G4+ oprofile support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=555d97ac87aef08bb55dff6f05e68fe2987d6f6d (commit)] * powerpc/8xx: Use 8MB D-TLB's for kernel static mapping faults, thus reducing TLB space consumed for the kernel and improving performance [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8f069b1a90bd97bf6d59a02ecabf0173d9175609 (commit)] * Make COFF zImages for old 32-bit powermacs [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=66a45dd3620ee5f913ba1af3d2dca8b9bdfa2b96 (commit)] * Remove powermac support from ARCH=ppc. This makes it possible to build kernels for PReP and/or CHRP with ARCH=ppc by removing the (non-building) powermac support. It's now also possible to select PReP and CHRP independently. Powermac users should now build with ARCH=powerpc instead of ARCH=ppc. (This does mean that it is no longer possible to build a 32-bit kernel for a G5) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a7fdd90bc43e3e9cb08bc1b13650024d419b89e5 (commit)]. Also, make ARCH=powerpc the default for 32-bit ppc [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=820a8ce7931d18338e5c089725ec083518da1644 (commit)] * Add platform functions interpreter along with the backends for UniN/U3/U4, mac-io, GPIOs and i2c. It adds the ability to execute those do-platform-* scripts in the device-tree (at least for most devices for which a backend is provided) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b9ca526917b7bc7d1da3beaccb2251a8f0b5fe2 (commit)]. Add support for add/remove/update properties in firmware device tree [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=088186ded490ced80758200cf8f906ed741df306 (commit)], add add/remove/update properties in /proc/device-tree [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=898b5395e915210f41223caa30312994d64cba1d (commit)], and add support for changing properties from userspace [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=610d91511f99f0a8325ad78fb7259c454b23e65a (commit)] * Add FSL SOC library and setup code [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eed320010872a11f5255b3d076e5b4f142af553d (commit)] * Early debugging support for iSeries [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bf6a7112bda99aadd6675526423a96be6b356a3d (commit)] * Add "partitionable endpoint" support. New versions of firmware introduce a new method by which the "partitionable endpoint" (the point at which the pci bus is cut) should be located [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=25e591f6dd07365cbf0b1c2454386ce597dd5e05 (commit)] * PCI error recovery infrastructure for the PPC64 pSeries systems [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77bd741561016134d1761d6101c4f0361025062f (commit)] * Add TQM85xx (8540/8541/8555/8560) board support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a819f8ba76e81669fcc2665ac532cac650694b99 (commit)] * Add MPC834x SYS board to arch/powerpc [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7d13d21ae85f64e35dcdae4d6a6286e62a38e0ab (commit)] * Add support for the PowerPC MPC83xx watchdog. The MPC83xx has a simple watchdog that once enabled it can not be stopped, has some simple timeout range selection, and the ability to either reset the processor or take a machine check [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fabbfb9e8c53416eaa4f62b957430211376c9c82 (commit)] * s390 * Add support for the hardware accelerated sha256 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a497c17fee428604e06320272ff74415eacdc31 (commit)] and aes [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bf754ae8ef8bc443c067601d9401103e4001e7c5 (commit)] crypto algorithms; also support cex2a crypto cards [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=88fbf18399bde8f2900cf932acd40733dfa1effa (commit)] * qdio V=V pass-through. QDIO and Hiper Sockets processing in z/VM V=V guest environments (as well as V=R with z/VM running in LPAR mode) requires shadowing of all QDIO architecture queue elements. Especially the shadowing of SBALs and SLSBs structures in the hypervisor, and the need to issue SIGA SYNC operations to observe state changes, eventually causes significant CPU processing overhead in the hypervisor. The QDIO pass-through support for V=V guests avoids the shadowing of SBALs and SLSBs. This significantly reduces the hypervisor overhead for QDIO based I/O [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8129ee164267dc030b8e1d541ee3643c0b9f2fa1 (commit)] * ARM * Iomega NAS 100d network attached storage product. The NAS100D is a consumer device containing a 266MHz Intel IXP420 processor, 16MB of flash, 64MB of RAM, a 160Gb internal IDE hard disk, and 802.11b/g wireless on an Atheros mini-PCI card [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3145d8a6cc83ee15adf18f598873e53a54cd1841 (commit)] * Add pxa27x OHCI platform specific code to enable the ohci device on the pxa27x based Sharp Zaurus Cxx00 devices [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3125c68d70e3433c21234431a9df9e7336efa29f (commit)] * Remove EPXA10DB machine support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0fec53a24a5e5f7ba68d891b68f568b6aeafaca6 (commit)] * Support for the Atmel AT91RM9200 processor: this adds support for the Cogent CSB337 and CSB637 boards [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=49978db4f39950cdaaf967e1aad4a324bdc2e180 (commit)] and the Atmel's DK and EK boards [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f0a13854be269357ff70022524ec503d3cba6a32 (commit)] * Add support for the serial device for machines with Atmel AT91RM9200 processors [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1e6c9c2878c9c1f301449c78551e0b7c5f3e3ae5 (commit)] * MIPS: * Add oprofile support to 5K, 20K and 25K [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2065988e9fb1628de7958b0f7f709b93302f7b97 (commit)] * SB1: Oprofile support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c03bc121212ecb36120b118a94c1b91a2e07b7b2 (commit)] * Add support for the built-in parallel port on SGI O2 (aka IP32) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8e75f744289f0a1c38b669e39a489af460640881 (commit)] * UML * Add support for throttling and unthrottling input when the tty driver can't handle it [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e4dcee8099802c71437a15b940f66106d9f88b2f (commit)] * implement soft interrupts [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1d7173baf286c8b720f97f119ec92be43076ebde (commit)] * FRV * Implement futex operations [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5c40f7f373889930d176a515ec375b60a70b5b49 (commit)] * Make futex code compilable on nommu [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7ee1dd3fee22f15728f545d266403fc977e1eb99 (commit)] * Sparc64: * Serial Console for E250 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c126cf80d450a4d0aac3de7162d4c14b5c971b24 (commit)] * Add support for *at(), ppoll, and pselect syscalls [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2d7d5f05111a9d913131a2764d8b20157f8f758d (commit)] * SH: * kexec() support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9d44190eae97ad4c9ce30f1084e1b0dabd646df5 (commit)] * Add support for the hp680 backlight, as found in the hp6xx series of sh devices [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=06c6f90032e39d33d02ab20f32e3f3cd87f58d28 (commit)] * m32r: Support M32104UT target platform. The M32104UT is an eval board based on an uT-Engine specification. This board has an MMU-less M32R family processor, M32104. [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9287d95ea194abf32fab24c6909f8ea55ab0292f (commit)] * Alpha: convert to generic irq framework. This allows automatic SMP IRQ affinity assignment other than default "all interrupts on all CPUs" which is rather expensive. This might be useful if the hardware can be programmed to distribute interrupts among different CPUs, like Alpha does [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eee45269b0f5979c70bc151c6c2f4e5f4f5ababe (commit)] * MMU-less CPUs: Provide shared-writable mmap support on ramfs [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=642fb4d1f1dd2417aa69189fe5ceb81e4fb72900 (commit)]. This made possible to use SYSV IPC SHM in MMU-less configurations [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b0e15190ead07056ab0c3844a499ff35e66d27cc (commit)] * IA64: Perfmon for Montecito [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9179cb65780def28770a895a4bc8fa60e903ab80 (commit)] * '''Filesystems''' * OCFS2: Clustering filesystem contributed by Oracle (Oracle-Cluster-File-System). It's general purpose extent based shared disk cluster filesystem with many similarities with ext3, support for 64 bit inode numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may also make it attractive for non-clustered use. It includes a simple heartbeat implementation for monitoring which nodes come and go and a distributed lock manager called "dlm" [http://lwn.net/Articles/137278/ (LWN article)], [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=29552b1462799afbe02af035b243e97579d63350 (commit)] * Configfs: It's a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager of kernel objects, or config_items. With sysfs, an object is created in kernel (for example, when a device is discovered) and it is registered with sysfs. Its attributes then appear in sysfs, allowing userspace to read the attributes via readdir(3)/read(2). It may allow some attributes to be modified via write(2). The important point is that the object is created and destroyed in kernel, the kernel controls the lifecycle of the sysfs representation, and sysfs is merely a window on all this. Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the same system. One is not a replacement for the other [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa (commit)] * FUSE: Make the maximum size of write data configurable by the filesystem. The previous fixed 4096 limit only worked on architectures where the page size is less or equal to this. This change make writing work on other architectures too, and also lets the filesystem receive bigger write requests in direct_io mode. Normal writes which go through the page cache are still limited to a page sized chunk per request [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3ec870d524c9150add120475c8ddcfa50574f98e (commit)] * NFSv4: Allow user to set the port used by the NFSv4 callback channel with the nfs.callback_tcpport boot option [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a72b44222d222749d54b3e370d825094352e389f (commit)] * NFS: support large reads and writes on the wire. Most NFS server implementations allow up to 64KB reads and writes on the wire. The Solaris NFS server allows up to a megabyte, for instance. Now the Linux NFS client supports transfer sizes up to 1MB, too. This will help reduce protocol and context switch overhead on read/write intensive NFS workloads, and support larger atomic read and write operations on servers that support them [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=40859d7ee64ed6bfad8a4e93f9bb5c1074afadff (commit)] * v9fs: add readpage support. v9fs mmap support was originally removed to make mergin easier, but there have been requests from folks who want readpage functionality (primarily to enable execution of files mounted via 9P). This patch adds readpage support (but not writepage which contained most of the objectionable code) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=147b31cf09ee493aa71c87c0dd2eef74b6b2aeba (commit)]. Add new and more efficient multiplexer implementation [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3cf6429a26da5c4d7b795e6d0f8f56ed2e4fdfc0 (commit)] and zero copy implementation to reduce the number of copies in the data and stat paths [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=531b1094b74365dcc55fa464d28a9a2497ae825d (commit)] * ext3: external journal device as a mount option. The syntax is : "# mount -t ext3 -o journal_dev=0x0820 ...", where 0x0820 means major=8 and minor=32 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=71b9625744b7d4a6a2416389a5ba464bdf11f07f (commit)] * FAT: Support Direct I/O [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e5174baaea7585760f02eef23b225847d209a8db (commit)] * RelayFS: Add support for global relay buffers. This can be used by clients to create a single global relayfs buffer instead of the default per-cpu buffers. This was suggested as being useful for certain debugging applications where it's more convenient to be able to get all the data from a single channel without having to go to the bother of dealing with per-cpu files [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e6c08367b8fc6dce6dfd1106f53f6ef28215b313 (commit)]. Also, add support for relay files in other filesystems [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=08c541a7ade230883c48225f4ea406a0117e7c2f (commit)] * XFS: make it work with SELinux [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=446ada4a03808f128e8f28daa0f103dc69d22d5b (commit)] * XFS: enable write barriers per default [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4ef19dddbaf2f24e492c18112fd8a04ce116daca (commit)] * Add tmpfs options for memory placement policies [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7339ff8302fd70aabf5f1ae26e0c4905fa74a495 (commit)] * HFS: add HFSX support which allows for case-sensitive filenames [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2179d372d9f8b5fc5c189c89bc6a565a42151b23 (commit)] * CIFS: Kerberos and CIFS ACL support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bf8206791750854bc6668266b694e8fe2cacb924 (commit)], [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a4b92c05ed02ad7abdd165823eaf4bbcb33ae5c (commit)]; and add some performance improvements [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=84afc29b185334f489975a003b128e1b15e24a54 (commit)], [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ec637e3ffb6b978143652477c7c5f96c9519b691 (commit)] * NTFS: Implement support for sector sizes above 512 bytes (up to the maximum supported by NTFS which is 4096 bytes) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=78af34f03d33d2ba179c9d35685860170b94a285 (commit)] * '''Networking''' * TIPC (Transparent Inter Process Communication). TIPC is a protocol designed for intra cluster communication. For more information see http://tipc.sourceforge.net [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b97bf3fd8f6a16966d4f18983b2c40993ff937d4 (commit)] * Netfilter x_tables, an abstraction layer for {ip,ip6,arp}_tables: This tries to do the best job for unifying the data structures and backend interfaces for the three evil clones ip_tables, ip6_tables and arp_tables [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc (commit)] * Add IFB (Intermediate Functional Block) network device: a new device to do intermediate functional block in a system shared manner. The new functionality can be grouped as: 1) qdiscs/policies that are per device as opposed to system wide. ifb allows for a device which can be redirected to thus providing an impression of sharing. 2) Allows for queueing incoming traffic for shaping instead of dropping. Packets are redirected to this device using tc/action mirred redirect construct [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=253af4235d24ddfcd9f5403485e9273b33d8fa5e (commit)] * LSM-IPSec: Security association restriction: implement per packet access control via the extension of the Linux Security Modules (LSM) interface by hooks in the XFRM and pfkey subsystems that leverage IPSec security associations to label packets. Such access controls augment the existing ones based on network interface and IP address. The former are very coarse-grained, and the latter can be spoofed. By using IPSec, the system can control access to remote hosts based on cryptographic keys generated using the IPSec mechanism. This enables access control on a per-machine basis or per-application if the remote machine is running the same mechanism and trusted to enforce the access control policy. [http://www.selinux-symposium.org/2005/presentations/session2/2-3-jaeger.pdf paper], [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5e0f76c6bbc0d26cd9625876f7beeb7b002f39bf (commit)] * TCP BIC: CUBIC window growth (2.0). Replace existing BIC version 1.1 with new version 2.0. The main change is to replace the window growth function with a cubic function as described in http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp/cubic-paper.pdf [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=df3271f3361b61ce02da0026b4a53e63bc2720cb (commit)] * Netfilter ip_tables: NUMA-aware allocation. Part of a performance problem with ip_tables is that memory allocation is not NUMA aware, but 'only' SMP aware (ie each CPU normally touch separate cache lines). Even with small iptables rules, the cost of this misplacement can be high on common workloads. Instead of using one vmalloc() area (located in the node of the iptables process), we now allocate an area for each possible CPU, using vmalloc_node() so that memory should be allocated in the CPU's node if possible [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=318360646941d6f3d4c6e4ee99107392728a4079 (commit)] * DCCPv6 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3df80d9320bcaea72b1b4761a319c79cb3fdaf5f (commit)] * netem: packet corruption option. It adds the ability to randomly corrupt packets with netem, useful for testing hardware offload in devices [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c865e5d99e25a171e8262fc0f7ba608568633c64 (commit)] * Update SCTP_PEER_ADDR_PARAMS socket option to the latest api draft [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=52ccb8e90c0ace233b8b740f2fc5de0dbd706b27 (commit)] * Add support for SCTP_DELAYED_ACK_TIME socket option. This option will get or set the delayed ack time [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7708610b1bff4a0ba8a73733d3c7c4bda9f94b21 (commit)] * XFRM: IPsec tunnel wildcard address support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ee51b1b6cece4dad408feeb0c3c9adb9cbd9f7d9 (commit)] * '''Drivers''' * DRM: * Add i945GM PCI ID [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5457f38e01ae2d296ff49db42254679018f13fa9 (commit)] * Add X600 PCI ID [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2fed3bd7436e8988980989493c16b4983be1a800 (commit)] * libata * Suspend support, and add support for the ata_piix drivers, other drivers will be ported in the future [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9b847548663ef1039dd49f0eb4463d001e596bc3 (commit)] * Add JMicron JMB360 support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bd12097c7415c13aff53aed473eec92acd15712a (commit)] * IDE devices * IDE: MODALIAS support for autoloading of ide-cd, ide-disk, ide-floppy and ide-tape to autoload these modules depending on the probed media type of the IDE device [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=263756ec228f1cdd49fc50b1f87001a4cebdfe12 (commit)] * piix: add Intel ICH8M device IDs [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b7bed9ec44cb282425f56033e5fb5448086cd758 (commit)] * SCSI * megaraid: remove overlapping PCI ID's from the legacy driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3492b328834319c9503c0a34c50fb3f009556443 (commit)] and remove the restriction where the legacy driver could not be built alongside the newgen [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=ed7e8ef7f12f5c3c8bbb85eeb0a1ded91c7c5dbf (commit)]. This means that some users of the legacy megaraid driver will find themselves unable to boot 2.6.16 until they switch to the newgen megaraid_mbox driver. * Input devices * Input: add MODALIAS input classes support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1d8f430c15b3a345db990e285742c67c2f52f9a6 (commit)] * Add support for Geyser 2 touchpads used on post Oct 2005 Apple Powerbooks to the appletouch driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e1e02c9f766e5cf20d951d35e6d2bc2683aa87ef (commit)] * Implement support for the fn key on Apple Powerbooks using USB based keyboards and makes them behave like their ADB counterparts [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eab9edd27f7ceaad6b57085817d63287bda15190 (commit)] * Add support for Cherry Cymotion keyboard [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=940824b0ac6661ff4f3b36e7bce17f681d0cbc23 (commit)] * Driver for beeper found in Linksys NSLU2 boxes. It should work on any ixp4xx based platforms [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=01387959022def72f95f4bc1341aa69e32a06b30 (commit)] * USB devices * A driver for USB ADSL modems based on the ADI eagle chipset (Eagle and ADI 930 usb adsl modems [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b72458a80c75cab832248f536412f386e20a93a0 (commit)] * Add USB storage support for the Nikon Coolpix 2000 camera [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=17fa6e552f2fc6bb06af767b0abf9cb642e13404 (commit)] * Add USB storage support for devices based in the alauda chip, like the Olympus MAUSB-10 and Fujifilm DPC-R1 USB Card reader/writer devices, both support XD and Smartmedia cards [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f (commit)] * Add support for ATI/Philips USB RF remotes (eg. ATI Remote Wonder II) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=735b0cbb5bbb981d726a465c157f20976794aab0 (commit)] * Support for Posiflex PP-7000 retail USB printer [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=effac8be4e46aabf22788d24caaa1ae9c295d26d (commit)] * Support for Linksys USB200M devices [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5e0f76c6bbc0d26cd9625876f7beeb7b002f39bf (commit)] * Add support for CA-42 clone cable (www.ca-42.com) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=838b42814c640ddcc378ba29cd31ffd64fb36bc5 (commit)] * usb-storage support for SONY DSC-T5 still camera [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ec7dc8d254985dc4a31858c2c7c7029290e223dd (commit)] and Rio Karma [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=abb02fdf83f981f2511b3772db6e106845c70ad9 (commit)] * ftdi: Two new ATIK based USB astronomical CCD cameras, ATIK-ATK16C and ATIK-ATK16HRC. These devices are also USB Astronomical CCD cameras that work through an FTDI 245BM chip, share the same base hardware but, it has a colour CCD chip instead of a grayscale one [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=09c280a24650ff74e713742e94120fdf7765cda8 (commit)] * ftdi_sio: Support two POS printers made by Westrex International (Model 777 and Model 8900F) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a94b52ac84828e193d18c96c1334c9997b524a35 (commit)] * Network devices * hostap: allow flashing firmware [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a485cde662f5b6b2299ee01a7e9e2c11683f807b (commit)] * New experimental driver for the Marvell Yukon2 Gigabit Ethernet chipset. This driver is based on the skge driver, but using the logic from the Syskonnect version of the sk98lin driver. It should support all the Yukon2 chipsets that are available in many current Intel and AMD motherboards [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cd28ab6a4e50a7601d22752aa7ce0c8197b10bdf (commit)] * sky2: add hardware VLAN acceleration support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d1f1370863f7fa3d76dc7d7779debdda854a5a60 (commit)], MII ioctl interface [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ef743d3359813795fb38c4308bff2311eb30651f (commit)], add Yukon-EC ultra support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5a5b1ea026572ac0e5e03d7322deb546d60f9e6e (commit)] * Add Wake on LAN support to sis900 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ea37ccea66e6bdd9f3571418b6461850088c114e (commit)] * Implements the UFO (feature merged in 2.6.15) support in S2io driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fed5eccdcf542742786701b2514b5cb7ab282b93 (commit)] * Intel ixp2000 network driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=15d014d13149aedd76cbff1b5c3bbfe839391457 (commit)] * ipw2100: support WEXT-18 enc_capa v3. This patch allows ipw2100 driver to advertise the WPA-related encryption options that it does really support. It's necessary to work correctly with Network Manager and other programs that actually check driver & card capabilities [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=166c3436d683cfe5316c7723ed746a93db053f12 (commit)] * Add support for the Intel IXDP2351 to the CS89x0 driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9c878967d32a10cb604718f7608efa0ea3d8b596 (commit)] * mv643xx_eth: Add multicast support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16e0301831767ee1b8e5e022cc08e76f9f8a8938 (commit)] * e1000: Added hardware support for PCI express, 82546GB( Quad Copper) and 82571 Fiber [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b7ee49db8b4b21dad3284d5507e7ea2946031f6e (commit)] * e1000: Added disable packet split capability [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=35ec56bb78fda9c88cd1ad30e048ce5b4398d33f (commit)] * ieee80211: Fix some of the ieee80211 crypto related code so that instead of having the host fully do crypto operations, the host_build_iv flag works properly (for WEP in this patch) which, if turned on, requires the hardware to do all crypto operations, but the ieee80211 layer builds the IV. The hardware also has to build the ICV [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a4bf26f30e398afa293b85103c885f03d4660a07 (commit)] * Sound devices * Add power management support for ak4531 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=11d3824ad7d6240d7ce44bdf1d9e81e62a903f72 (commit)], ens137x [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fe8be10786c040bce53c18048d75b1b23aec64ae (commit)], emu10k1 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=09668b441dacdf4640509b640ad73e24efd5204f (commit)], fm801 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b1e9ed26a9e472548a63a59014708fdae013b7a3 (commit)], cmipci [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cb60e5f5b2b19284479825cdaa6dd6b7078cf5d2 (commit)], SB16/AWE [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5bdb6a1629408f657f5f2c42b3c07c689c411499 (commit)], als4000 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=703529140cfb774366b839f38f027f283cb948b4 (commit)], es968 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7a8fef1f95e563a93c7d70048b63c1ca20685a1b (commit)], AD1848 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c66d7f72569e304acc134b2561b148fe7c23c0f7 (commit)], als100 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=480615f33fa48e1a4db33e40b21d4009250f5b23 (commit)], DT019x [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e2fa213591518bb1387f6042b8572c76ecdc6c6e (commit)], azt2320 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b6cc25cae365bada36c9f006e314b998eb2c5e7c (commit)] * emu10k1: enable side surround channels for Audigy2 EX [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2f020aa71197eddef749ad6202ca5a66c0c6e382 (commit)], add support for Audigy 2 subsystem 2006 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f6f8bb642350dafc21676ccd4fab333282064b8d (commit)], partial support for Creative emu1212m [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=19b99fbaed2e2971b756311435c67e84431d8515 (commit)], entry for SB Live 5.1 Digital OEM (SB0220) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a8ee72952bd7bd21df944ef1512a1e582abe0528 (commit)] * via82xx: add dxs entry for MSI KT800 Delta-FSR [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c1b8f5f0e4aabd4b47648dd9465fb750e07da9fb (commit)] * Add support for the CS5535 Audio device [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9b4ffa48ae855c8657a36014c5b0243ff69f4722 (commit)] * hda-codec: add AD1988 support [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fd66e0d0591dd12eb0bea1e9f3aa194bb93cebbd (commit)], support of ALC262, ALC883, ALC885, ALC861 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=df694daa3c0135202e4702cb2d11e68a43f6c51e (commit)], add the model entry (ALC880 6stack) for ASUS P5GD1-HVM [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7632c7b4443057e1294208a0d9a55d8558f2f6ca (commit)] * ice1724: add support of M-Audio Revolution 5.1 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=59acf76e0268e3f0156ef5113e89d838a8c02bb6 (commit)] * Add Digigram PCXHR driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e12229b4d2b7863b1baaeca759aa87703bf9fdf8 (commit)] * via82xx: add dxs entry for P4m800/VIA8237R [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=802c00f2f3700423df06a1149c23cd60dd59159c (commit)] * hda-codec: Add support for the Sigmatel STAC927x HDA codec family [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3cc08dc6ea677ed4e843120aa070e145b6781a4b (commit)] * hda-codec: Add Sigmatel HDA support for the Intel D975XBK motherboard [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d62c40e04cfcec3cef8093bd79d72fe86c8f2195 (commit)] * hda-codec: Add support for Agere's variant of Si3054/5 based HDA modem [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e061bf1aa3af8a3f2ae7e1b5f8a110eae7936615 (commit)] * V4L/DVB * Add support for the remote control receiver inside the DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital, and a keymap for the MCE remote bundled with it [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c239703a942117c3446ca06af537fc3ea12fb24 (commit)] * Support for DVB reception on the PCI half of the DViCO DVB-T Dual Digital [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=43eabb4e2284146f8bfae8730ae41c218b724b7d (commit)] * Add support for Lifeview FlyDVB Trio [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4aa6ba513e28884b56bac529553a47a6b160c310 (commit)] * Added digital support for cx88 (cx88-alsa) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b7f355d23c34399ccfd54fd613c306ab4a788234 (commit)] * Add Kworld/Vstream Xpert DVB-T card with cx22702 tuner [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f39624fda00d2a30d31f0fa06153e9b460295676 (commit)] * Add support for DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Gold [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=effee0333b6090ff4ff0463e8fb6084cf4406bbd (commit)] * Added support for VP-3054 (aka Digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro!) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fc40b261db15d010455ad0a4e2ac59da2ced730f (commit)] * Add remote for Compro Videomate Gold+ Pal version [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2a9a9a84f2ac6e4481f564c42a9268477465c359 (commit)] * Enable remote control on AVERTV STUDIO 303 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=899ad11b55206c30db7e3667d14c8bdb167f51f8 (commit)] * Adding support for the Hauppauge HVR1100 and HVR1100-LP products [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=611900c1858747a87657eb405ebab5b1e72bb57c (commit)] * Add support for KWorld DVB-S 100, based on the same chips as Hauppauge [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1c956a3ac087b7590296f5a0be2cdab2666158cd (commit)] * Enable IR support for the Nova-S-Plus [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fb56cb65e4b737c93727ea296050e8d24eb7cb42 (commit)] * Added Hauppauge ImpactVCB board [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cd1257d860f6ee09b589723a5d3888b1fed46487 (commit)] * Added V4L support for the Nova-S-Plus and Nova-SE2 DVB-S products [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0fa14aa6214823bb013b598add866e277a7efe28 (commit)] * Added basic support (tv + radio) for Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f639c9b21b763441bd6bd76185be6d2504d83d54 (commit)] * Added SECAM L' video standard [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f3c5987a386300abea9854b32814d0eab7af7841 (commit)] * Adds 32-bit compatibility for v4l2 framegrabber ioctls [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cf664a6458b254ce665d129c0960cff4f32b91f3 (commit)] * Add support for DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T USB devices [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8bf134d5f697311c04e867b6733d047a4b55a12 (commit)] * Add bttv card MagicTV (rebranded MachTV) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2d05ae6b5b77f063aa0f82cf0570f3e4b80b367c (commit)] * Added remote control support for pinnacle pctv [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=366cc64b0d9ac922ac4f0f54e06c13ec95249928 (commit)] * Add support for Samsung tuner TCPN 2121P30A, used in Hauppauge PVR-500 cards [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b3d37042d7d33baf0247d1df31031e64427f39b3 (commit)] * Add support for Galaxis DVB-S rev1.3 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9ead9bd1079b4b7ba45589f6495e79ec50237aed (commit)] * Add standard for South Korean NTSC-M using A2 audio, South Korea uses NTSC-M but with A2 audio instead of BTSC [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0dfd812d4b2afc797310943b451608d347854e76 (commit)] * Add IR support to KWorld DVB-T (cx22702-based) [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a77a922fcc56fe44fd8f65c041a52ff48474fafe (commit)] * Add support to ET61X151 and ET61X251 PC Camera Controllers made by Etoms Electronics [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7ce08c93e388922e25a96a7d9895784182e4c72c (commit)] * Various * 8xx PCMCIA: support for MPC885ADS and MPC866ADS [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1371d3be045a6a1a8b828b838069b5fe6e0ab4c6 (commit)] * Geode LX HW RNG Support: adds support to hw_random for the Geode LX HRNG device [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a7a4ad0998dcd682f4968e8ec5fc1259914a1c4a (commit)] * i2c-nforce2 add nforce4 MCP-04 device ID [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c72ccf09b6debe55b8e049377ad3183ed4f4cb3 (commit)] * i2c: Add support for Barco LPT->DVI to i2c-parport [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1d26f455eb0db0bf4d4b7177547f4310b645a32a (commit)] * hwmon: New vt8231 driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1de9e371b89e1cf4da123f0d92efa8eb134ca5e8 (commit)] * New character device driver for the Synclink GT and Synclink AC families of synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=705b6c7b34f2621f95f606d0e683daa10cdb8eb9 (commit)] * Add "bpp" boot option to nvidiafb to specify at what depth color the kernel must boot [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ade9185a39aa2bc51f95b4899836e59df671d844 (commit)] * Add support for the watchdog timer built into the EPX-C3 single board computer manufactured by Winsystems, Inc [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eed6565f70ce3fc958e5a3483c48fc4a8e111bdc (commit)] * Serial: make the number of UARTs registered configurable at compile time [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a61c2d78ce61e67baf27c43f6721db87a27ac762 (commit)] * Add 8250 support for Decision Computer International Co. PCCOM2 [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d9004eb466d03b7900ed432fecec6819012b4ed3 (commit)] * Altix: Add driver support for a 2 port PCI IOC3-based serial card on Altix boxes [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2d0cfb527944c2cfee2cffab14f52d483e329fcf (commit)] * Add f71805f hwmon driver [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e53004e20a58e9d28347e02adccb37a33e0d771a (commit)] [[Anchor(development)]] ==== 2.6.17 ==== * /!\ '''STILL NOT RELEASED!''' /!\ * Overview * sys_splice syscall * X86 "SMP alternatives" (optimize the kernel image at runtime, ej: switch between different spinlock implementations depending on the system where the kernel is run or on cpu hotplug/remove) [http://lwn.net/Articles/164121/ (LWN article)] * Lightweight robust futexes [http://lwn.net/Articles/172149/ (LWN article)] * Block queue IO tracing * User-space software suspend interface * New scheduler domain which optimizes scheduling decisions for multi-core CPUs sharing caches * Generic RTC subsystem * Raid5 reshaping support [http://lwn.net/Articles/169140/ (LWN article)] * iptables support for H.323 protocol, 64-to-32bit compatibility for 32-bit iptables userspace tools running in a 64-bit kernel * 64-to-32-bit socket ioctl compatibility * Add support for Router Preference (RFC4191), Router Reachability Probing (RFC4191) and experimental support for Route Information Option in RA (RFC4191) in IPV6 * CCID2 support for DCCP * '''Kernel Core changes''' * Core * Introduce the sys_splice() system call. A pipe is used as small kernel buffer that you can use to transfer data from one end to the other. The idea and first implementation were done by Linus Torvalds [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110507985702357&w=2 (mail)], [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110511497731192&w=2 (mail)], [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110511787707447&w=2 (mail)]. It's a "better sendfile()", it can take input from anything (not just file -> socket) that just has "splice_read()", and move it to anything else, without doing any extra copies of the data. For example, a digital video camera could stream to both a file and live video (or something else) without doubling the buffering and doing memcpy [http://lwn.net/Articles/178199/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5274f052e7b3dbd81935772eb551dfd0325dfa9d (commit)] * Add a new scheduler domain for representing multi-core with shared caches between cores. This makes possible to make clever cpu scheduling decisions on such systems, improving performance greatly for some cases (see commit) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1e9f28fa1eb9773bf65bae08288c6a0a38eef4a7 (commit)] * Lightweight robust futexes: if a process exits prematurely while holding a pthread_mutex_t lock shared with some other process (e.g. yum segfaults or it's kill -9-ed), then waiters for that lock need to be notified that the last owner of the lock exited in some irregular way. This creates a API to fix that [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/robust-futexes.txt Documentation], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt ABI documentation], [http://lwn.net/Articles/172149/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9056f13bfcdd054a0c3d730e4e096748d8a363a (commit 1)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0771dfefc9e538f077d0b43b6dec19a5a67d0e70 (commit 2)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dfd4e3ec246355274c9cf62c6b04a1ee6fa3caba (commit 3)] * Block queue IO tracing support (blktrace). This allows users to see any traffic happening on a block device queue. In other words, you can get very detailed stadistics of what your disks are doing. User space support tools available in: git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/blktrace.git [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2056a782f8e7e65fd4bfd027506b4ce1c5e9ccd4 (commit)] * Cpuset memory spread implementation: Alternative memory allocation policy, if enabled it spreads out these kinds of memory allocations over all the nodes allowed to a task, instead of preferring to place them on the node where the task is executing. All other kinds of allocations, including anonymous pages for a tasks stack and data regions, are not affected by this policy choice, and continue to be allocated preferring the node local to execution, as modified by the NUMA mempolicy [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=825a46af5ac171f9f41f794a0a00165588ba1589 (commit 1), [[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=44110fe385af23ca5eee8a6ad4ff55d50339097a (commit 2)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4b6a9316fab51af611dc8671f296734089f6a22a (commit 3)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=101a50019ae5e370d73984ee05d56dd3b08f330a (commit 4)] * sync_file_range() syscall [http://lwn.net/Articles/178199/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f79e2abb9bd452d97295f34376dedbec9686b986 (commit)] * Introduce a user space interface for swsusp [http://lwn.net/Articles/153203/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6e1819d615f24ce0726a7d0bd3dd0152d7b21654 (commit)], [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f577eb30afdc68233f25d4d82b04102129262365 (commit)] * CONFIG_UNWIND_INFO: Generates frame unwind information [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=604bf5a216e7f2d97cdf62614ca1281921531040 (commit)] * Reduce the size of (struct fdtable) to exactly 64 bytes on 32bits platforms, lowering kmalloc() allocated space by 50% [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0c9e63fd38a2fb2181668a0cdd622a3c23cfd567 (commit)] * Optimize select/poll by putting small data sets on the stack instead of using kmalloc for small fd sets, an old optimization from Linux 2.0 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=70674f95c0a2ea694d5c39f4e514f538a09be36f (commit)] * Implement /proc/slab_allocators [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=871751e25d956ad24f129ca972b7851feaa61d53 (commit)] * New /proc file /proc/self/mountstats, where mounted file systems can export information (configuration options, performance counters, and so on) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b4629fe2f094b719847f31be1ee5ab38300038b2 (commit)] * APIs * Deprecate the use of MS_VERBOSE and replace it with MS_SILENT [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9b04c997b1120feefa1e6ee8e2902270bc055cd2 (commit)] * Add API for flushing Anon pages [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=03beb07664d768db97bf454ae5c9581cd4737bb4 (commit)] * Add flush_kernel_dcache_page() API [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5a3a5a98b6422d05c39eaa32c8b3f83840c7b768 (commit)] * 2TB files: Add blkcnt_t as the type of inode.i_blocks. This enables you to make the size of blkcnt_t either 4 bytes or 8 bytes on 32 bits architecture with CONFIG_LSF. On h8300, i386, mips, powerpc, s390 and sh that define sector_t, blkcnt_t is defined as u64 if CONFIG_LSF is enabled; otherwise it is defined as unsigned long. On other architectures, it is defined as unsigned long [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a0f62ac6362c168754cccb36f196b3dfbddc3bc3 (commit)] * for_each_possible_cpu: defines for_each_possible_cpu, a for-loop over cpu_possible_map. for_each_online_cpu is for-loop cpu over cpu_online_map [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=631d6747e1d877a4baa924cb373b8b9511a53e5e (commit)] * unify page_to_pfn(),pfn_to_page(): There are 3 memory models, FLATMEM, DISCONTIGMEM, SPARSEMEM and each arch has its own page_to_pfn(), pfn_to_page() for each models [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a117e66ed45ac0569c039ea60bd7a9a61e031858 (commit)] * Notifier chain: Introduces three new, parallel APIs: one for blocking notifiers, one for atomic notifiers, and one for "raw" notifiers (which is really just the old API under a new name) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e041c683412d5bf44dc2b109053e3b837b71742d (commit)] * add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(): This patch adds the ability to mark symbols that will be changed in the future, so that kernel modules that don't include MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") and use the symbols, will be flagged and printed out to the system log [http://lwn.net/Articles/171838/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9f28bb7e1d0188a993403ab39b774785892805e1 (commit)] * Permit Dual-MIT/GPL licenses [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7529c301165079d0f149d0e54724829e602f8fc0 (commit)] * CFQ: * Seek and async performance tuning [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=206dc69b31ca05baac68c75b8ed2ba7dd857d273 (commit)] * Change cfq io context linking from list to tree: Improves performance on setups with many disks [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e2d74ac0664c89757bde8fb18c98cd7bf53da61c (commit)] * Generic RTC subsystem: This allows users to plug one or more RTCs to the system [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/rtc code)]. This removes a number of drivers under drivers/i2c which are implemented in this new subsystem [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6fc7f10cee28c7fa190920fefda8c696d5bf3074 (commit)]. * Remove RTC UIP synchronization [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=63732c2f37093d63102d53e70866cf87bf0c0479 (commit)] * debugfs: Add debugfs_create_blob() helper for exporting binary data [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dd308bc355a1aa4f202fe9a3133b6c676cb9606c (commit)] * relayfs: migrate from relayfs to a generic relay API [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b86ff981a8252d83d6a7719ae09f3a05307e3592 (commit)] * relay: add sendfile() support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=221415d76231d9012871e6e6abcbad906c46626a (commit)] * Enable mprotect on huge pages [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 (commit)] * Introduce FMODE_EXEC file flag, to indicate that file is being opened for execution. This is useful for distributed filesystems to maintain consistent behavior for returning ETXTBUSY when opening for write and execution happens on different nodes [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b500531e6f5f234ed267bd7060ee06d144faf0ca (commit)] * strndup_user(): This patch series creates a strndup_user() function to easy copying C strings from userspace [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=96840aa00a031069a136ec4c55d0bdd09ac6d3a7 (commit)] * msync(): perform dirty page levelling [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9c50823eebf7c256b92b4e0f02b5fb30e97788c2 (commit)] * kbuild * Improved modversioning support for external modules [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=040fcc819a2e7783a570f4bdcdd1f2a7f5f06837 (commit)] * Support building individual files for external modules [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=06300b21f4c79fd1578f4b7ca4b314fbab61a383 (commit)] * Mark unwind info for signal trampolines using the new S augmentation flag in recent GCCs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=da2e9e1ff40c863a12803c32209baaded3512433 (commit)] * vt: Add TIOCL_GETKMSGREDIRECT needed by the userland suspend tool to get the current value of kmsg_redirect from the kernel so that it can save it and restore it after resume [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0ca07731e495584bd84dca15a0f065470d594ec4 (commit)] * Removes the support for pps [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5ddcfa878d5b10b0ab94251a4229a8a9daaf93ed (commit)] * '''Architecture-specific''' * x86 32/64 * SMP "alternatives" for x86-32. This features detects the configuration of the system at boot time, and patches certain instructions in the kernel image on the fly with optimized versions for UP or SMP, depending on what system is running. This is useful for distros, who can provide a single kernel which auto-optimizes itself for UP or SMP environments. The feature can patch both SMP->UP and UP->SMP. The UP->SMP case is useful for CPU hotplug (which may be useful in virtualized environments to hot-add/remove CPUs in virtualized guests in reaction to load changes in the host) [http://lwn.net/Articles/164121/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a0b5817ad97bb718ab85322759d19a238712b47 (commit)] * Make CONFIG_REGPARM enabled by default. With this option, GCC passes the first 3 function parameters in registers. It's a noticable win both for size and for performance, and gcc[34] handles it correctly [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b824eb605ccba995fd32c6590aed365f93d48002 (commit)] * Use -mtune=generic for generic kernels. The upcomming gcc 4.2 got a new option -mtune=generic to tune code for both common AMD and Intel CPUs. Use this option when available for generic kernels. On x86-64 it is used with CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU. On i386 it is enabled with CONFIG_X86_GENERIC. It won't affect the base line CPU support in any ways and also not the minimum supported CPU [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dca99a38bccceda9e079d4c95abefbd9028605fe (commit)] * Increase the variability of the process stack on x86-64 for now. 8 MB is not really very random, use 1GB (or more with larger page sizes) instead[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=913bd906019514579b3c7ec5ab9c463e89207a57 (commit)] * Allow disabling the "sep" feature (X86_FEATURE_SEP) at boot. This forces use of the int80 vsyscall, useful mainly for testing or benchmarking the int80 vsyscall code [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4f88651125e2ca8b106b6f65b65ea45776517bf3 (commit)] * "make isoimage" support, FDINITRD= support. This adds a "make isoimage" to i386 and x86-64, which allows the automatic creation of a bootable CD image. It also adds an option FDINITRD= to include an initrd of the user's choice in generated floppy- or CD boot images [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=841b8a46bffec232377d2de157f971e812be4fe4 (commit)] * kprobes-booster [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=311ac88fd2d4194a95e9e38d2fe08917be98723c (commit)] * Remove the obsolete microcode_ioctl [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f45e4656ac0609437267b242953c07d523649f8d (commit)] * PPC * Numa: Support sparse online node map. The powerpc numa code unconditionally onlines all nodes from 0 to the highest node id found, regardless of whether cpus or memory are present in the nodes, which wastes 8K per node and complicates some cpu and memory hotplug situations, such as adding a resource that doesn't map to one of the nodes discovered at boot. Instead, this feature set nodes online as resources are scanned, and falls back to node 0 only when we're sure this isn't a NUMA machine [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=482ec7c403d239bb4f1732faf9a14988094ce08b (commit)] * Implement accurate task and cpu time accounting for 64-bit powerpc kernels. Instead of accounting a whole jiffy of time to a task on a timer interrupt because that task happened to be running at the time, we now account time in units of timebase ticks according to the actual time spent by the task in user mode and kernel mode, we also count the time spent processing hardware and software interrupts accurately. This is conditional on CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING, if that is not set, tick-based approximate accounting is done as before [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c6622f63db86fcbd41bf6fe05ddf2e00c1e51ced (commit)] * Support for the physmapped flash on m8xx [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=076d022c566fddde41fd4a858dd24bacad8304d7 (commit)] * Add PCI support for 8540 ADS [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8080d5497146d5d27d9e8e78229d1adc7fe280cf (commit)] * Add platform support for MPC834x USB controllers [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4b10cfd40e3fa1c1663b9c9fa22260d41e669c6f (commit)] * Add oprofile calltrace support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6c6bd754bf43d59756f094de144ecac239629dda (commit)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa465f8c7008c6cab32b05f3f1af57f7c86e8873 (commit)] * Add hvc backend for rtas, needed to get console output on those boards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f4d1749e9570d3984800c371c6e06eb35b9718b1 (commit)] * spufs * Enable SPE problem state MMIO access [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6df10a82f8de89c66eb91c371d62d76e87b2cbba (commit)] * Allow SPU code to do syscalls. An SPU does not have a way to implement system calls itself, but it can create intercepts to the kernel. This uses the method defined by the JSRE interface for C99 host library calls from an SPU to implement Linux system calls. It uses the reserved SPU stop code 0x2104 for this, using the structure layout and syscall numbers for ppc64-linux [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2dd14934c9138c562d93c501e88c6d6f061eb8ba (commit)] * Adds support for the LITE5200B, the new development board for the Freescale MPC5200 processor. It has two PCI slots and so a different PCI IRQ routing [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8dd311982c86141f4f2fd326c0edf0c2d9fd97b (commit)] * Adds support for the PCI hostbridge in MPC5200B [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5931c4350059ce9bd5fe398b628c478753a11e44 (commit)] * Implement mfc access for PPE-side DMA: This adds a new file called 'mfc' to each spufs directory. The file accepts DMA commands that are a subset of what would be legal DMA commands for problem state register access. Upon reading the file, a bitmask is returned with the completed tag groups set [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a33a7d7309d79656bc19a0e96fc4547a1633283e (commit)] * ARM * Add support for the new XScale v3 core. It's an ARMv5 ISA core with the following additions: L2 cache, I/O coherency support (on select chipsets), Low-Locality reference cache attributes (replaces mini-cache), supersections (v6 compatible), 36-bit addressing (v6 compatible), single instruction cache line clean/invalidate, LRU cache replacement (vs round-robin) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=23bdf86aa06ebe71bcbf6b7d25de9958c6ab33fa (commit)] * Add support for the Intel ixp23xx series of CPUs and support for the ADI Engineering Roadrunner, Intel IXDP2351, and IP Fabrics Double Espresso platforms. The ixp23xx is an XSC3 based CPU with 512K of L2 cache, a 64bit 66MHz PCI interface, two DDR RAM interfaces, QDR RAM interfaces, two gigabit MACs, two 10/100 MACs, expansion bus, four microengines, a Media and Switch Fabric unit almost identical to the one on the ixp2400, two xscale (8250ish) UARTs and a bunch of other stuff [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c4713074375c61f939310b04e92090afe29810dc (commit)] * proc-v6: page table walks with outer-cacheable attribute, and enable no-execute in page tables [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3747b36eeab93d8969e86987bbc1d44971229b26 (commit)] * Add support for the Cirrus ep93xx series of CPUs. The ep93xx is an ARM920T based CPU with two VICs, PL010 based UARTs, IrDA, Maverickcrunch floating point coprocessor, between 24 and 64 GPIOs, ethernet, OHCI USB and, depending on the model, pcmcia, raster engine, graphics accelerator, IDE controller and a bunch of other stuff. Add the core ep93xx support code, and support for the Glomation GESBC-9312-sx and the Technologic Systems TS-72xx SBCs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e7736d47a11a771ba87314be563b2cb6b8d11d14 (commit)] * ep93xx: Add GPIO interrupt support for the first 16 GPIO lines (port A and B ) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bd20ff5793b4ece4fa3e9e0fcf8e6bbd93526215 (commit)] * Add support for Intel's IXDP28x5 platform. This is just and IXDP2801 with a new CPU rev [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0328ad23cfd8a0501f44a1b83e49d5b0e47e2b3c (commit)] * s3c2410: Support for Simtec IM2440D20 CPU modules (Osiris) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=110d322b29c08d8cf1dba599fd45ad2b9752a4bb (commit)] * s3c24xx: Add USB bus clock source [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=36c64af4e013ddf44c44298f50ff138ef1e2e7b7 (commit)] * Battery support for sharp zaurus sl-5500 (collie). Collie slowly charges battery even with charging disabled, so fast charge is not enabled yet [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=48a03ae863e0031def037fc828d7ea1a29b6fb7b (commit)] * Add support for logicpd pxa270 card engine [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9937d4b0a9382c4c78411d1c53e62be396ee9a9 (commit)] * Adds support for the Ethernet controller integrated in the Atmel AT91RM9200 SoC processor. [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d4b7780ea1d2e08410fcc9963a57254147ae577a (commit)] * Add Cirrus EP93xx AMBA PL010 serial support: [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aee85fe8e8143d3f54d9e6d3c6cdd40ead563267 (commit)] * Add a driver for the on-chip watchdog on the cirrus ep93xx series of ARM CPUs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f52ac8fec8a13e207f675b0c16e0d5f800c1c204 (commit)] * Adds support for the LED(s) on the AT91RM9200-based boards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cc2832a1313340ff1de55f15fac5b7fe48fa2a72 (commit)] * Adds support for the I/O coherent cache available on the xsc3 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=23759dc6430428897a36c4d493f611eca55c9481 (commit)] * Add pci slave support for ixp23xx [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=532bda5d9cd2f94a9e374765c23858c7d8641f66 (commit)] * SD/MMC support for i.MX/MX1 SD/MMC controller [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=56ca904053ab14ba4067a72b69a5edf246771209 (commit)] * Support for 2.6 (MMC/SD driver) on the Atmel AT91RM9200 processor [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=65dbf34393f7b3d20e993d9651a825df0fa5376b (commit)] * Allow un-muxed syscalls to be available for everyone. It's been a while since the un-muxed socket and ipc syscalls were introduced, so make the unistd.h number definitions visible for non-EABI as well as EABI [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d53ace70052b5c0a08a4f92993c0614f84920abf (commit)] * nommu: Adds MPU support in boot/compressed/head.S [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=10c2df65060e1ab57b2f75e0749de0ee9b8f4810 (commit)] * nommu: Add nommu specific Kconfig and MMUEXT variable in Makefile [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8c07de6beac55c3273cbd679bfa67555ef14ef5 (commit)] * backlight: Generalise to support other Sharp SL hardware, this enables the driver to support other Zaurus hardware, specifically the SL-6000x (Tosa) model [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2c0f5fb08e8ad59f396b1bda41ccd93cbb00a09f (commit)] * PARISC * Add PREEMPT support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=50a34dbd612925f2ec55b1781632835ef36b97d5 (commit)] * Enable ioremap functionality unconditionally [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=29ef8295327653ff09a56285c35213cd31fa54b3 (commit)] * Add CONFIG_HPPA_IOREMAP to conditionally enable ioremap [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b8ce0aadcdebbaf5ec013c57e2a0803060817bcc (commit)] * MIPS: * Add early console for Cobalt [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e87dddeb92618d9dbb8b9f946a193739a4447609 (commit)] * Remove obsoleted serial au1x00_uart driver as announced in feature-removal-schedule.txt [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=335bd9dff31d042b773591933d3ee5bd62d5ea27 (commit)] * UML: * Add hotplug memory support to UML, see details in the commit [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=02dea0875b0f9b331a65fd6097dfd6115ca4ef24 (commit)] * Implement {get,set}_thread_area for i386 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aa6758d4867cd07bd76105ade6177fe6148e559a (commit)] * Sparc64: Add support for the Niagara platform (CPU, PCI devices, hypervisor, hypervisor serial console, etc) which includes a big rewrite of some parts of the sparc64 architecture [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c4a1745aa09fc110afdefea0e5d025043e348bae (commit)] * IA64: * Support for cpu0 removal [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ff741906ad3cf4b8ca1a958acb013a97a6381ca2 (commit)] * Export cpu cache info by sysfs: Export 8 attributes of cpu cache info under /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cache/indexX: 1) level 2) type 3) coherency_line_size 4) ways_of_associativity 5) size 6) shared_cpu_map 7) attributes 8) number_of_sets: number_of_sets=size/ways_of_associativity/coherency_line_size [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f19180056ea09ec6a5d32e741234451a1e6eba4d (commit)] * S390: * Channel path measurements: Gather extended measurements for channel paths from the channel subsystem and expose them to userspace via a sysfs attribute [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=495a5b45ac33b8fe2c49780fdbcc8014cb6d6ddc (commit)] * '''Filesystems''' * Ext3 * Support for multiple block allocation in ext3-get-blocks() [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b47b24781c59565f45acd765dc995a752d561e96 (commit)] * "nobh" writeback support for filesystems blocksize < pagesize [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a0e9285233a32edf267d27cd03fe0056951422cf (commit)] * XFS * Introduces multi-level in-core file extent [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0293ce3a9fd1b34c933a96577a8ba737b681cf75 (commit)] * Reenable the noikeep (delete inode cluster space) option by default [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e15f195cfb2fb1f2af0fdfc21277643deb26c0df (commit)] * Reorganize some of the in-core file extent:[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4eea22f01bb4fdba1aab4430c33adbe88d9d4985 (commit)] * JFS * Add uid, gid, and umask mount options. OS/2 doesn't initialize the uid, gid, or unix-style permission bits, the uid, gid, & umask mount options perform pretty much like those for the fat file system, overriding what is stored on disk. This is useful for users sharing the file system with OS/2 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69eb66d7da7dba2696281981347698e1693c2340 (commit)] * Add ext2 inode attributes for jfs. To see the type of inode attributes implemented see the commit [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa3241d24cf1182b0ffb6e4d412c3bc2a2ab7bf6 (commit)] * Reenable write barriers by default [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3bbcc8e3976f8bba2fd607c8850d7dfe7e332fda (commit)] * Provide support for the splice syscall [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b895840ce93fd2d150a86c800a3085eaab4eb9e (commit)] * NFS * Add I/O performance counters [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=91d5b47023b608227d605d1e916b29dd0215bff7 (commit)] * Introduce mechanism for tracking NFS client metrics. Add a per-superblock performance counter facility to the NFS client. This facility mimics the counters available for block devices and for networking. Expose these new counters via the new /proc/self/mountstats interface [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d9ef5a8c26aab09762afce43df64736720b4860e (commit)] * Use UNSTABLE + COMMIT for NFS O_DIRECT writes [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fad61490419b3e494f300e9b2579810ef3bcda31 (commit)] * Add RPC I/O statistics to /proc/self/mountstats [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4ece3a2d18fd7fe1d4972284a8c98c569020093f (commit)] * SUNRPC: add a handful of per-xprt counters, monitor generic transport events [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=262ca07de4d7f1bff20361c1353bb14b3607afb2 (commit)] * SUNRPC: track length of RPC wait queues which will eventually be exported to userland via the RPC iostats interface [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e19b63dafdf7d615b0d36b90990a07e7792b9d3a (commit)] * SUNRPC: introduce per-task RPC iostats [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ef759a2e54ed434b2f72b52a14edecd6d4eadf74 (commit)] * SUNRPC: provide a mechanism for collecting stats in the RPC client [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=11c556b3d8d481829ab5f9933a25d29b00913b5a (commit)] * CIFS * Add posix (advisory) byte range locking support to cifs client: Samba (version 3) server support for this is also currently being done. This client code is in an experimental path (requires enabling /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental) while it is being tested [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=08547b036b8445e2318e14f1f03308105b01fc5b (commit)] * Readdir perf optimizations part 1 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d47d7c1a850b867047fe17140fabd0376894e849 (commit)] * NTFS: Add support for sparse files which have a compression unit of 0 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a0646a1f04f1ec4c7514e5b00496b54e054a2c99 (commit)] * SELinux/audit * Disable the automatic labeling of new inodes on disk when no policy is loaded. Discussion in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180296 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8aad38752e81d1d4de67e3d8e2524618ce7c9276 (commit)] * Add a slab cache for the SELinux inode security struct [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7cae7e26f245151b9ccad868bf2edf8c8048d307 (commit)] * Hardwire important SE Linux events to the audit system [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=af601e4623d0303bfafa54ec728b7ae8493a8e1b (commit)] * Audit string fields interface + consumer [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=93315ed6dd12dacfc941f9eb8ca0293aadf99793 (commit)] * Add tty to syscall audit records [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a6c043a887a9db32a545539426ddfc8cc2c28f8f (commit)] * Add a little more information to the add/remove rule message emitted by the kernel [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5d3301088f7e412992d9e61cc3604cbdff3090ff (commit)] * More filter rule comparators. Currently, audit only supports the "=" and "!=" operators in the -F filter rules, add ">", ">=", "<", and "<=" [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b63862f46547487388e582e8ac9083830d34f058 (commit)] * Send an audit event when a network interface goes into promiscuous mode [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5bdb98868062c1b14025883049551af343233187 (commit)] * '''Networking''' * IPV6 * Add support for Router Preference (RFC4191) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ebacaaa0fdf4402cdf4c8e569f54af36b6f0aa2d (commit)] * Add Router Reachability Probing (RFC4191) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=270972554c91acd29412d8b6a10e606041012106 (commit)] * Add experimental support for Route Information Option in RA (RFC4191): [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=70ceb4f53929f73746be72f73707cd9f8753e2fc (commit)] * Add router_probe_interval sysctl [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5 (commit)] * Add accept_ra_pinfo sysctl. This controls whether we accept Prefix Information in RAs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c4fd30eb18666972230689eb30e8f90844bce635 (commit)] * Add accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen sysctl [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=09c884d4c3b45cda904c2291d4723074ff523611 (commit)] * Add accept_ra_defrtr sysctl: This controls whether we accept default router information in RAs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=65f5c7c1143fb8eed5bc7e7d8c926346e00fe3c0 (commit)] * Add accept_ra_rtr_pref sysctl [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=930d6ff2e2a5f1538448d3b0b2652a8f0c0f6cba (commit)] * DCCP * Initial feature negotiation implementation [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=afe00251dd9b53d51de91ff0099961f42bbf3754 (commit)] * Initial CCID2 (TCP-Like) implementation [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2a91aa3967398fb94eccc8da67c82bce9f67afdf (commit)], and make it the default as per the draft [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=93ce20928f6e197707add8f670ae0cd029107e8f (commit)] * Introduce sysctls for the default features, in /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/*: /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/ack_ratio, /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/rx_ccid, /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/send_ackvec, /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/send_ndp, /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/seq_window, /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/tx_ccid. Of course we also need the setsockopt for each app to tell its preferences, but for testing or defining something other than CCID2 as the default for apps that don't explicitely set their preference the sysctl interface is handy [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e55d912f5b75723159348a7fc7692f869a86636a (commit)] * Netfilter * Add H.323 conntrack/NAT helper [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5e35941d990123f155b02d5663e51a24f816b6f3 (commit)] * nf_conntrack, support for layer 3 protocol load on demand: x_tables matches and targets that require nf_conntrack_ipv[4|6] to work don't have enough information to load on demand these modules [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b9f78f9fca626875af8adc0f7366a38b8e625a0e (commit)] * Extend current iptables compatibility layer in order to get 32bit iptables to work on 64bit kernel. Current layer is insufficient due to alignment checks both in kernel and user space tools [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2722971cbe831117686039d5c334f2c0f560be13 (commit)] * Unify IPv4/IPv6 multiport match: This unifies ipt_multiport and ip6t_multiport to xt_multiport. As a result, this addes support for inversion and port range match to IPv6 packets [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 (commit)] * Unify IPv4/IPv6 esp match: This unifies ipt_esp and ip6t_esp to xt_esp. Please note that now a user program needs to specify IPPROTO_ESP as protocol to use esp match with IPv6. This means that ip6tables requires '-p esp' like iptables [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dc5ab2faece3b7473931357db7f63f596678481d (commit)] * Add RFC2863 operstate. This adds a dormant flag to network devices, RFC2863 operstate derived from these flags and possibility for userspace interaction. It allows drivers to signal that a device is unusable for user traffic without disabling queueing (and therefore the possibility for protocol establishment traffic to flow) and a userspace supplicant (WPA, 802.1X) to mark a device unusable without changes to the driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b00055aacdb172c05067612278ba27265fcd05ce (commit)] * Allow 32 bit socket ioctl in 64 bit kernel [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89bbfc95d65839d6ae23ddab8a3cc5af4ae88383 (commit)] * Socket timestamp 32 bit handler for 64 bit kernel [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f0ac2614412e2b597e2d5bfbd3960b4f73718b41 (commit)] * IPSEC: Sync series - SA expires. This allows a user to insert SA expires [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=53bc6b4d29c07664f3abe029b7e6878a1067899a (commit)] * IPSEC: Sync series - acquire insert: This introduces a feature similar to the one described in RFC 2367: "... the application needing an SA sends a PF_KEY SADB_ACQUIRE message down to the Key Engine, which then either returns an error or sends a similar SADB_ACQUIRE message up to one or more key management applications capable of creating such SAs". An app such as OSPF could then use ipsec KM to get keys [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=980ebd25794f0f87ac32844e2c73e9e81f0a72ba (commit)] * TCP: MTU probing: Implementation of packetization layer path mtu discovery for TCP, based on the internet-draft currently found at http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pmtud-method-05.txt [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5d424d5a674f782d0659a3b66d951f412901faee (commit)] * TCP/UDP getpeersec: Enable a security-aware application to retrieve the security context of an IPSec security association a particular TCP or UDP socket is using [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2c7946a7bf45ae86736ab3b43d0085e43947945c (commit)] * TCP: sysctl to allow TCP window > 32767 sans wscale [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=15d99e02babae8bc20b836917ace07d93e318149 (commit)] * Introduce tunnel4/tunnel6: Move the generic tunnel protocol stuff out of xfrm4_tunnel/xfrm6_tunnel and moves it into the new files of tunnel4.c and tunnel6 respectively [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d2acc3479cbccd5cfbca6c787be713ef1de12ec6 (commit)] * BRIDGE * Use LLC to send STP [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=12ac84c4a9c505e3e30529563b04cc8f6d5ebbf3 (commit)] * Use LLC for the receive path of Spanning Tree Protocol packets (STP) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cf0f02d04a830c8202e6a8f8bb37acc6c1629a91 (commit)] * Allow show/store of group multicast address [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fda93d92d7824159d8532995072dde2bee4bc4b3 (commit)] * X25 * Allow use of the optional user facility to insert ITU-T (http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/) specified DTE facilities in call set-up x25 packets [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a64b7b936dcd926ace745c07c14f45ecfaddb034 (commit)] * Allow dte facility patch to use 32 64 bit ioctl conversion mechanism [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a6b9f2e763a1d1492e164f13c13b995a9b98d78 (commit)] * Allow 32 bit x25 module structures to be passed to a 64 bit kernel via ioctl using the new compat_sock_ioctl registration mechanism [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b06e6ba25a37fe1c289049d0e0300d71ae39eff (commit)] * Wireless * WE-20, version 20 of the Wireless Extensions, it enables the full Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=711e2c33ac9221a419a9e28d05dd78a6a9c5fd4d (commit)] * Add the hardware independent software MAC layer [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=370121e5190a86a2d8a717ecd6f33028c7dc6fd4 (commit)] * softmac: reduce default rate to 11Mbps [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2638fed7ccb07ff43cdc109dd78e821efb629995 (commit)] * softmac: reduce scan dwell time: It currently takes something like 8 seconds to do a scan, because we spend half a second on each channel. Reduce that time to 20ms per channel [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16f4352733d19c2d496f682c08cff368ba0495d0 (commit)] * Add LEAP authentication type [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=24056bec086aaa99923b21c0e1a0e993bb1c7e2a (commit)] * Add flags for all geo channels [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d128f6c176bff9c4929476e13132804321a6d5c5 (commit)] * Add spectrum management information [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7bd64366044565d6861783613db191c8aaec691e (commit)] * Add 802.11h information element parsing: Added default handlers for various 802.11h DFS and TPC [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d1b46b0fba8c1049135ee5d60910b04463dccc95 (commit)] and TIM [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=41a25c616b3140c388ff6009a1cb0b6b06a10f29 (commit)] * '''Drivers''' * PCI: Scheduled removal of the obsolete PCI_LEGACY_PROC (/proc/pci) interface [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5eeca8e688b6affba4cd85262152fdd1b274ad33 (commit)] * ipmi * Add full driver model support for the IPMI driver. It links in the proper bus and device support. It adds an "ipmi" driver interface that has each BMC discovered by the driver (as a device) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=50c812b2b9513e3df34eae8c30cb2c221b79b2cb (commit)] * Add generic PCI handling [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b0defcdbd2b7da7694e2645da92716cea0a3c0ff (commit)] * AGP/DRM * ATI RS350 support: [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9d1ef8a64e21e57109be45a7345b09cf913e4b0e (commit)] * Enable VIA AGP driver on x86-64 for VIA P4 chipsets, needed for some newer EM64T systems [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9d1f6b28ee2429a1f94a9f7074ffae7f918d33be (commit)] * Rework radeon memory map [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d5ea702f1e8e3edeea6b673a58281bf99f3dbec5 (commit)] * Add all the r300 and r400 PCI ids from DRM CVS [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f3dd5c37382472a8b245ad791ed768771594e60c (commit)] * libata * Turn on ATAPI by default [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=418dc1f5a805822fcf1118804ddc689a4156db4a (commit)] * Add per-device max_sectors [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b00eec1d58ee71131375bfeb86e64bceec3f5618 (commit)] * ahci: Now that libata is smart enought to handle both soft and hard resets, add softreset method [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4658f79bec0b51222e769e328c2923f39f3bda77 (commit)] * Add support for the Promise Fasttrak TX4300/TX4310 4-port PCI SATA controllers based on the PDC40719 chip to sata_promise driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e1fd263c772e89706dee28aa794399ac4bd6b9c1 (commit)] * Add a new PCI ID for SiI 3124 to sata_sil24 driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4b9d7e04a8daaf3e5afe775ec9cbbfda5e32dd5b (commit)] * Add 6042 support to sata_mv driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e4e7b89280d1d666e2c09e5ad36cf071796c4c7e (commit)] * Make per-dev transfer mode limits per-dev. Now that each ata_device has xfer masks, per-dev limits can be made per-dev instead of per-port [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5a529139554f12cb265715117a2153c936286294 (commit)] * Simplex and other mode filtering logic. This provides the needed framework to support all the mode rules found in the PATA world [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5444a6f405618706eddbe1605ef8533b1b655764 (commit)] * Remove E.D.D [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aec5c3c1a929d7d79a420e943285cf3ba26a7c0d (commit)] * AHCI: add ATI SB600 PCI IDs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8b316a3973f05e572b4edeeda9072987f6bbaa44 (commit)] * SCSI * Allow displaying and setting of cache type via sysfs: This patch adds a scsi_disk class with the cache type and FUA parameters, so user land application can easily obtain them without having to parse dmesg. It also allows setting the cache type (use with care...) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6bdaa1f17dd32ec62345c7b57842f53e6278a2fa (commit)] * sas: add support for enclosure and bad ID rphy attributes [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a012564136a665f8d63443c057ba368572b483df (commit)] * mptsas: add support for enclosure and bay identifier attributes: Adds support to retrieve the enclosure and bay identifiers. This patch is from Eric with minor modifications from me, rewritten from a buggy patch of mine, based on the earlier CSMI implementation from Eric.. [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e3094447e013a59ccedcf60f6055f18225bd8465 (commit)] * qla2xxx: Add ISP54xx support, chip is similar in form to our ISP24xx offering [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=044cc6c8ec311c4ddeebfcc31c53dea282de70b7 (commit)] * Add big endian support to 3ware 9000 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=75913d9bb8328c4eca54cad39a5fb665b48383eb (commit)] * lpfc: Add support for FAN [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5024ab179c13d763f95c8391f45f22309609f479 (commit)] * lpfc: Add module parameter to limit number of outstanding commands per lpfc HBA [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b28485acb930f67c014024bc3b9c01129124e566 (commit)] * mptspi: Add transport class Domain Validation [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c92f222e1f14588171e63b550ca8c85fa9130061 (commit)] * qla2xxx: Add VPD sysfs attribute [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6f6417905cf272337a9762e1f92a1fffa651fcd3 (commit)] * Input devices * Add support for Braille devices [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b9ec4e109d7a342e83e1210e05797222e36555c3 (commit)] * Add SNES mouse support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b157d55eef38f014015b8058a9f733d1c1c49cb4 (commit)] * USB devices * Add OHCI support for AU1200 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d5fb7f1b5b832946eaf450b2a695ec3e7fd2d351 (commit)] * Add EHCI support for AU1200 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=76fa9a240de4294a097235c9ddd470c21eb3449e (commit)] * Add support for OCHI on AT91rm9200 based boards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=39a269c09f854d3d98cbb755b3568175f04efa10 (commit)] * Add support for AT91 (rm9200, eventually also sam9261 or uClinux) platforms [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bae4bd848dc0b7e6defc7a5d62834a35d1eed06d (commit)] * Add a new device ID to the cp2101 driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=59224f5352542b968c41200954e56c26c4f0a075 (commit)] * Add Icom ID1 USB product and vendor ids to the ftdi_sio driver. The Icom ID-1 1.2 GHz band digital transceiver is a new radio that has a USB interface [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bf58fbd5e86a43466e638407ff8a4eb7766a3b68 (commit)] * Add support for Creativelabs Silvercrest USB keyboard [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2e56222ed52cec40427fa89f23b228232e3e327e (commit)] * Add navman GPS device driver (USB serial) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9a66c64bb7033cb0180d419b2008acf7a141adc (commit)] * Add support for the Nokia ca42 version 2 cable to the cypress_m8 driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a5c44e29e5637b5e6fe59d225eb4f438688b3849 (commit)] * Adds Linksys USBVPN1 support (http://www1.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?prid=3D543&scid=3D30) to the pegasus driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=efafe6fb72b2bbab40080a08f7946f1eadb9bad9 (commit)] * EHCI for Freescale 83xx. This driver supports both the Dual-Role (DR) controller and the Multi-Port-Host (MPH) controller present in the Freescale MPC8349 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=80cb9aee01245b38325dd84f1359b14a3f01f10d (commit)] * Add a Video4linux2 driver for ZC0301 Image Processor and Control Chip.[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=60f780528f3ae603eb169a221628b93b6c6929f9 (commit)] * Adds support for three USB peripheral controllers: "musbhsfc" for peripherals only, as found in for example the IBM/AMCC 44EP processors; "musbhdrc" is OTG-capable (dual role), and is found in various products including OMAP 2430 and the new DaVinci SOCs. The full speed controller on the FreeScale MPC8272 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1c05ad4447e4ecbd61647c102fb6f2f5a6634ff3 (commit)] * Network devices * Driver for the Broadcom 43xx based wireless cards (from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de). This chip is embedded in lots of laptops: Apple (Airport Extreme), Acer, Asus, Dell, Compaq and [http://linux-bcom4301.sourceforge.net/go/hardware many others] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f222313a61a5e134de80767b35c672b91e78383c (commit)] * ipw2100 * Add LEAP authentication algorithm support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cbbdd03fadeddd02efec05ccfd4e6870ed913762 (commit)] * Add generic geo information [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=be6b3b15b511aededd89d1ebbc7b25d0edd1ccd3 (commit)] * ipw2200: * switch to the new ipw2200-fw-3.0 image format. You will also need to upgrade your firmware image to the 3.0 version, available from http://ipw2200.sf.net/firmware.php [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9006ea75cfaded82acbc34d03e9d4e86447f40a9 (commit)] * Support WE-18 WPA, used to advertise the WPA-related encryption options that it does really support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f1b50863aa6a96c61a57e3b3a5e76e67b38c5c3e (commit)] * Add LEAP authentication algorithm support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e234b4e5768b4f783fc45f20be8c6515b875f17 (commit)] * Bluetooth coexistence support. It adds a new module param "bt_coexist" which defaults to OFF [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=810dabd466fe70869b66ab64dd326b6153cef645 (commit)] * Add module parameter to enable/disable roaming [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4bfdb91dcff0dd4b70922de263ccffffb8fb1d16 (commit)] * Enable the "slow diversity" algorithm. This forces one antenna or the other, if the background noise is significantly quieter in one than the other [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=71de1f3dd14e3e39cef929506a9526779f5a447d (commit)] * Wireless extension sensitivity threshold support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=651be26f2daf31e61faf4b55ada709cf39ec76a2 (commit)] * TG3 * Add support for 5714S and 5715S [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d4d2c558fd3e1f5e386b153f194aa8f0be496c77 (commit)] * Add support for new chip 5755 which is very similar to 5787 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=af36e6b6d7f4ad7a5ccfd14dfa71ec941255f93d (commit)] * Add 5755 nvram support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d3c7b886978bef42f5ea487dec376c482d3cd7e3 (commit)] * Add basic support for 5787 and 5754 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d9ab5ad12b0d865bdb1b750d81192d34465541e9 (commit)] * Support additional nvrams and new nvram format for 5787 and 5754 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b27777a9b9b2b6d1c06000b7a31262d198b4238 (commit)] * Support 5787 hardware TSO [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5a6f3074c2ea5a7b4ff5b18f0e1fd9b1257e1a29 (commit)] and ipv6 checksum support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9c27dbdf64cba05d0cacc343118a7fd01d4b82f7 (commit)] * Support one-shot MSI on 5787. In this mode, MSI disables itself automatically after it is generated, saving the driver a register access to disable it for NAPI [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fcfa0a32c767219c1bdad621ef4a3aff1904cbbd (commit)] * Forcedeth * Let FORCEDETH no longer depend on EXPERIMENTAL [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=827700866ad0996e8c0f5ce75d1c01ae9b034cd6 (commit)] * Add support for vlan stripping/inserting in hardware [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ee407b02f3f1992bc746876c26f8175c8783562b (commit)] * Add highdma support for tx/rx rings [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0832b25a75d128e4f9724156380ba071c4f3f20d (commit)] * Add support for MSI/MSIX interrupts [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d33a73c81241e3d9ab8da2d0558429bdd5b4ef9a (commit)] * e1000 * Add support for ESB2 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6418ecc68e1d9416451b6f78ebb2c0b077e0abf2 (commit)] * Add TSO workaround for 82573 controller support: [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9f68788856b134f93d9d10b19aa902924c61fc02 (commit)] * Added a performance enhancement - prefetch [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30320be88fb9cae888eacf1f1eaae95a03720128 (commit)] * sky2 * Add MSI support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fb2690a9bfa330aff3de29cbdde526591ac90dce (commit)] * Remove support for untested Yukon EC/rev 0, the Yukon EC/rev0 (A1) chipset requires a bunch of workarounds [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=290d4de5b71f60bb5853a7ef9f0e8c817cd26892 (commit)] * Airo * Cache wireless scans [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9e75af30d529d54fc650586776c100d0665c0c93 (commit)] * Adds IWENCODEEXT and IWAUTH support for WEP and unencrypted operation, but no WPA [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4be757dd4c00ddabff2d6faf639466bb5d76bc79 (commit)] * S2io * Large Receive Offload (LRO) feature(v2) for Neterion 10GbE Xframe PCI-X and PCI-E NICs. More details in the commit [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7d3d0439f574a4857c97b3ad2e63b082b7382d7e (commit)] * BNX2: Add ETHTOOL_GREGS support (ethtool -d support) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=244ac4f446ac6a19caf5eb692c4844f29e6478bf (commit)] * natsemi * Converts the driver to use NAPI [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b27a16b7c4738ea16f6f0730caf382a3f57317bb (commit)] * Support oversized EEPROMs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a8b4cf42cf57e44e3c4a585e0f0a71e3a7efbf29 (commit)] * Starfire: Implement suspend and resume methods. It allows to put a computer with a starfire dual board into S4 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d4fbeabbc9e68c80738fe59135d201c3ed5fe40f (commit)] * sb1250-mac: Add support for the 4th port and other new features of the BCM1480 SOC [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f90fdc3cce3d8c8ed09615dc68cb789655078803 (commit)] * pcnet_cs: Add new id (Logitec LPM-LN100TE):[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c96a34ec3bad5ba37ee4da4a188ad534b2fa4321 (commit)] * isdn4linux: Add drivers for the Siemens Gigaset 3070 family of ISDN DECT PABXes connected via USB, either directly or over a DECT link using a Gigaset M105 or compatible DECT data adapter. The devices are integrated as ISDN adapters within the isdn4linux framework, supporting incoming and outgoing voice and data connections, and also as tty devices providing access to device specific AT commands. Supported devices include models 3070, 3075, 4170, 4175, SX205, SX255, and SX353 from the Siemens Gigaset product family, as well as the technically identical models 45isdn and 721X from the Deutsche Telekom Sinus series. Supported DECT adapters are the Gigaset M105 data and the technically identical Gigaset USB Adapter DECT, Sinus 45 data 2, and Sinus 721 data (but not the Gigaset M34 and Sinus 702 data which advertise themselves as CDC-ACM devices). These drivers have been developed over the last four years within the project http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x . [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/isdn/gigaset Source code] * sis900 adm7001 PHY support: This is required to get a SIS964 based motherboard ethernet working (FSC D1875) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=494aced2cda34c186083f7d53c419426eea3d584 (commit)] * spidernet: enable tx checksum offloading by default [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8dfc914a3f2ae4e303e2bff89f28fc14cee8a9a6 (commit)] * bonding: support carrier state for master [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ff59c4563a8d1b39597aab4917959146c61f09b0 (commit)] * axnet_cs.c: Add hardware multicast support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b8ab2dc3e1a7c525ca73ba0af3518ec0b7654b3b (commit)] * ALSA * Driver for AdLib FM cards. An AdLib card is just an OPL2, the driver has been tested with an actual ancient 8-bit ISA AdLib cards and works fine, but given that AdLib cards don't have their own mixer, upping the volume from 0 might be a problem without the card driver already loaded and driving the OPL3 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cf40a310a7aaf1944eea3e01e9c120b31850c3b6 (commit)] * Make procfs & OSS plugin code optional (CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS, CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=21a3479a0b606d36fe24093f70a1c27328cec286 (commit)] * Add Zoom Video support in the ES18xx driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=95b712965f0a50365cc0128dacc27acf562f2ff1 (commit)] * Add support for EDIROL UM-3ex [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e03173fce2f2c233b755f2d668d6d4247a717453 (commit)] * Add Leadtek Winfast tv 2000xp delux to whitelist in the bt848 driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=abf58f095525c0e46b4ee64a4f9c2084b4c08f4c (commit)] * Add support of Prodigy-7.1LT to the ice1724 driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=45fe722ba814dc50410729a473022c550dd96910 (commit)] * ac97: Added a codec patch for LM4550 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ba22429d3ea3b9945735b88d4dde74711171ffab (commit)] * HDA/ALC260: add 'acer' models [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0bfc90e95946ac420e2de049707232ce18ddeba9 (commit)] * via82xx - Add dxs entry for FSC Amilo L7300 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bd84b0cc99d267d6512f01a55af7dbb673f784af (commit)] * Add default entry for CTL Travel Master U553W [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c1fc8047310c9d3147f9521af651a5823a72d218 (commit)] * emu10k1 - Add the entry for Audigy4 SB0400 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4fcf0117d599965a5916985c9923776628e16779 (commit)] * via82xx - Add dxs entry for ASRock mobo [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=42611c02ac31e44abd53893209460ce60205cb8e (commit)] * Add more PCI subsystem IDs of DVB cards to the blacklist of cards to the bt87x driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0110f50b6eb7a833f0e1e4e9a58d04a03d58939c (commit)] * Add snd-als300 driver for Avance Logic ALS300/ALS300+ soundcards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b3a70d5ece60684c00d7d94ccc42741efdf99336 (commit)] * Add dxs entry for EPoX EP-8KRAI in via82xx driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c04d092bde6a5dce632dec595f3974a35ed2cc2a (commit)] * Add a mixer control which allows the user to switch the Aux playback between the internal Aux jack, Wavetable, and Rear Line-In on Aureon Universe cards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=af9b70ac0044d126b28d28894cd890447c0a9dc1 (commit)] * Add snd-riptide driver for Conexant Riptide chip [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=109a9638f0fe38915838b7b9acd98e7cfa91797f (commit)] * Add snd-miro driver for miroSOUND PCM [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1841f613fd2e73f09d3fa2beeccf2f8d978ec2db (commit)] * Add support of LG LW20 laptop with ALC880 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d681518a56d25d21d73a421174d189242adc68c7 (commit)] * hda-codec * Add PCM for 2nd ADC on ALC260 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4c5186ed6b25278df595edf2d355ee87b00c4426 (commit)] * Add missing model entries for Intel 945 boards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=353b9e667042d6faa15a41df022bf38c949a7b2f (commit)] * Added a new model 'laptop-eapd' to AD1986A codec for Samsung R65 and ASUS A6J laptops [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=825aa97241b46d2819c1db984c86a1a9df41b8e1 (commit)] * Add a model entry for Aopen i915GMm-HFS mobo with ALC880 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ede3531e8ce2deb81e477e18d72ef10efeb20ebe (commit)] * Add support for VAIO FE550G and SZ110 laptops with Sigmatel codec (7661). The new model 'vaio' is added [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=db064e503419c32df463326a3891a973bb30582e (commit)] * Add model entry for FIC P4M-915GD1 with ALC880 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a12606cff106335650f0e9382e87b0fb08733eff (commit)] * Added the support ASUS P4GPL-X with ALC880 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=84f3430c7255668a0298d166605d27e3c96b5de4 (commit)] * Add HP model [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=18a815d7426986890b88078ea63b77732baca0b5 (commit)] * Add lg model for LG laptop (m1 express dual) with ALC880 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ae6b813a4dbba2713df497c032798b845289653f (commit)] * Added the support for HP nx9420 (Angelfire) laptop with AD1981HD codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b2c2844c5a486020e5d564870d114a7f4cd5ea4f (commit)] * Add support for high definition audio on ATI SB600 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89be83f8eef781a801898c08a5317ed463fe872f (commit)] * usb-audio * Add a quirk entry for the Edirol PC-50 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=415b09e4559b0c95666af3cebe918386212aef98 (commit)] * Add Miditech Play'n Roll support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b2b8229dde970b95e407d90a140e8a8753e1f0f6 (commit)] * Add Roland G-70 support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cdca881d79dc4133b35db5c855b688ee9cba12a9 (commit)] * Add support for the Yamaha MDP-5 and EZ-J24 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4ccb4a4387b3ed8c5a03862ef1e6f7be484ade25 (commit)] * Add a quirk for the Casio AP-80R [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0243ef71acc0b5bd734b511ae6d9b4b481c1dc5e (commit)] * Add mixer control names for the Audiotrak Maya44 USB [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c7a93b852bf9ffcf466b304fa3cfac8823f9b932 (commit)] * Add a quirk entry for the Casio PL-40R. [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9808dc962f6780ce7eac47c82400fede7f4a08b3 (commit)] * V4L/DVB * Add new internal VIDIOC_INT commands for setting the tuner mode, for putting a chip into standby mode and to set/get the routing of inputs/outputs of audio or video of a chip. These new commands will replace older commands that are no longer up to the task [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=757d250518c4905c5d13c8974446e08a2e3cf244 (commit)] * Add IR support to KWorld DVB-T (cx22702-based) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=28ecc4490100488663f1a978846632800ab198d5 (commit)] * Add standard for South Korean NTSC-M using A2 audio, South Korea uses NTSC-M but with A2 audio instead of BTSC and several audio chips need this information in order to set the correct audio processing registers [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d97a11e091a0bf40f1cfb0bbf443ddd7b455b133 (commit)] * Hauppauge Grey Remote support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bf47e4e43e4dcf88fef61b1b4139ce2da20e1f73 (commit)] * Added terratec hybrid xs and kworld 2800rf support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4d17d0834a2e6a5cba096ea09592a4a096183300 (commit)] * Support for Galaxis DVB-S rev1.3 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8bd6301c2a33271b629ac1ef2088e110624d5665 (commit)] * Hauppauge HVR 900 Composite support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a94e95b443811c127734ef10f3b7d2220532c1d2 (commit)] * Add support for the Avermedia 777 DVB-T card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a78d0bfabda67dd40a5a97ba4c24265e1820e7ea (commit)] * Added signal detection support to tvp5150 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=19d7509c0531b0e08f52ab93070569e0aba54cdf (commit)] * Add initial support for KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=44256de13ecc72291b616fda5f2c7ca8b110feec (commit)] * Added support for the Tevion DVB-T 220RF, an analog/digital hybrid card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3dfb729f4513184d06a0c618179489ac7bb277e0 (commit)] * Add filtered Composite2 input to Pinnacle PCTV 40i: add filtered Composite2 input. This improves video quality for Composite signals on the S-Video connector of the card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cb46e3c28ef8055e82dfbc64ba64dda123833036 (commit)] * Add support for ELSA EX-VISION 700TV, which is the ELSA Japan's flagship model of the software encoding TV capture card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d0456d1d67044ff2987190d0d8148a88f1a775af (commit)] * Add support for Terratec Prodigy XS [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=282b7cb3e03d9ada4067083e61919d74197a1e5a (commit)] * Add radio support for KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e2798212e3ce0057336bc0807beb3213de1dc5be (commit)] * Add support for the Lifeview FlyDVB-T LR301 card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3d8466ece44c70555a101da73845955c443f4d18 (commit)] * Add DVB-T support for the Lifeview DVB Trio PCI card: only DVB-T support, no DVB-S yet [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=420f32fe4e3eed466a6563e15a89f4688134cc98 (commit)] * Add support for xc3028 analogue tuner (Hauppauge HVR900, Terratec Hybrid XS) to v4l [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0004fd59d57a5875db8897966c414a88b5dad481 (commit)] * Add support for Kworld ATSC110 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e1410adc7cc9e8511327179b5b86864be17b7f9 (commit)] * Add cpia2 camera support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ab33d5071de7a33616842882c11b5eb52a6c26a1 (commit)] * Add support for the FE6600 tuner used on the DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Hybrid board, and add support for the Zarlink ZL10353 DVB-T demodulator, which supersedes the MT352, used on the DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Hybrid and later model Plus boards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=780dfef37e2c941985b708f67aa0074edc922bea (commit)] * Add support for Satelco Easywatch DVB-S light [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=36f4f334a169e5d42721d74b5d92fda89f792b06 (commit)] * Add support for remote control in Lifeview FlyDVB-T Duo [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a8029170b907e7bfac5f6ea3fcd5d076e90beaf3 (commit)] * Add support for AVerMedia A169 Dual Analog tuner card (dual saa7134 decoders - only 1 working right now) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=68593af311aadb541b3b70acea175dea8e9cf7ca (commit)] * Added ID entries for the Genius VideoWonder DVB-T and the LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=42e6b3b476f89b08232d1c1efd2327665b9050c8 (commit)] * There seems to be a new version of the USB DVB-T stick from WideView with a new demod-revision inside and thus a new firwmare. This patch enables support for that [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d46e6451956df4bee829dfebd5b521d0ee4868d1 (commit)] * Added support for the new Lifeview hybrid cardbus modules [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d95b8942eed310759bc866a2a4c0f110578aaa69 (commit)] * Added keycodes for the DViCO FusionHDTV portable remote control in Cxusb driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c150178bff4ae76635ccb06abd5258933379ecc6 (commit)] * Remove VIDIOC_S_AUDIO from tvaudio: no longer used [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=11cda1075d8c40e536b77fce6dbf4cdbf8f77736 (commit)] * Add support for the Wolfson Microelectronics WM8739 stereo A/D converter from the ivtv driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=75c4570ca4849b089c4edfc14bf02b4720087aba (commit)] * Cx88 default picture controls values [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9f9c907fdc331fc6062d758f46f65cb0d2dd11be (commit)] * Add PAL / SECAM support to LG TALN series [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f3629be8388a679590eb919919ee63e2715ec25e (commit)] * Add support for the uPD6408x NEC Electronics 3-Dimensional Y/C separation i2c device [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=add953cecba870f4ad7730bd0a6d5eaaabeac3bc (commit)] * Creates a virtual video device driver. The Virtual Video Device Driver (aka vivi) is a device that can be used to test core v4l functionalities or be a prototype for newer development. When loaded, it provides a video device that generates a standard color bar, with a timestamp placed at top left corner [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1e6dd65e17b8b584026334b16485365bab486422 (commit)] * Infiniband: * PathScale InfiniPath Verbs Driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cd5e25d93e6efeb93db7b6731b0a674495270621 (commit)] * Various updates [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=064c94f9da8845f12446ab37142aa10f3c6f66ac (commit)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ace48471736a4b00753c74633f430c4a3a7d89cb (commit)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=52aef8183fbedb0232b20127b089e85e7aa095e3 (commit)] * IRDA * TOIM3232 dongle support: Here goes a patch for supporting TOIM3232 based serial IrDA dongles [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0ac81ae34ec8898e7eb1388fe21e3cee7b626a88 (commit)] * nsc-ircc: support for yet another Thinkpad IrDA chipset, a variation of the nsc-ircc PC8739x chipset, found in some IBM Thinkpad laptops [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0ed79c9b7dea5cd9a55589a495cf96f00cd037d9 (commit)] * nsc-ircc: Enable PnP support for the nsc-ircc chipset [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ec4f32d550b94b4b66c9c7689bc09c6b32c8e82e (commit)] * Video: * vgacon: Add support for soft scrollback. The scrollback buffer of the VGA console is located in VGA RAM. This RAM is fixed in size and is very small. To make the scrollback buffer larger, it must be placed instead in System RAM. The feature and the size of the buffer are made as a kernel config option. Besides consuming kernel memory, this feature will slow down the console by approximately 20% [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=15bdab959c9bb909c0317480dd9b35748a8f7887 (commit)] * fbdev: Support the framebuffer driver for the display controller in AMD Geode GX processors (Geode GX533, Geode GX500 etc). Tested at 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 at 8, 16, and 24 bpp with both CRT and TFT. No accelerated features currently implemented and compression remains disabled. This driver requires that the BIOS (or the SoftVG/Firmbase code in the BIOS) has created an appropriate virtual PCI header [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fc4effc7a98d0d320e478d1d42bc4a8a64380150 (commit)] * nvidiafb: Add suspend and resume hooks to make software suspend more reliable [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7a07cd786dbd0111b9dd977e114438220cb4eee5 (commit)] * Add ID for Quadro NVS280: Quadro NVS280 is a dual-head PCIe card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ed49843b897da9969e349c279ffc832efcb93213 (commit)] * fbdev: Make BIOS EDID reading configurable: DDC reading via the Video BIOS may take several tens of seconds with some combination of display cards and monitors [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=59153f7d7effdb5b3c81eb6d03914a866157b319 (commit)] * fbdev: add modeline for 1680x1050@60 for the Philips 200W display. aty128fb does not do DDC, it picks 1920x1440 or similar. It works ok with nvidiafb because it can ask for DDC data. [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b0c87978216836455ef5fbcac6df1ce6679750b0 (commit)] * au1200fb: Add support for Alchemy Au1200 framebuffer driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f95ec3c6df271ae4e6290cd6b95c18a009c76dc9 (commit)] * w100fb: Add acceleration support in w100fb.c (i.e. ATI Imageons) for the copyarea and fillrect operations [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9b0e1c5dd2941aec566047e10a5cc929ca7f7d4f (commit)] * Remove old radeon driver, which has been obsoleted by the new one since a few releases [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=39451a73a2d190763ba8a98f486cf23d63d22582 (commit)] * i2c * Add support for the CS5535/CS5536 in the scx200_acb driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16ffc5c99554bc1630bc3939e0950a75b2b1c811 (commit)] * Add Broadcom HT-1000 south bridge's PCI ID to i2c-piix driver. Note that at least on Supermicro H8SSL it uses non-standard SMBHSTCFG = 3 and standard values like 0 or 9 causes hangup [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5f7ea3c58c9aa571617a9d77dd2fbd4bd81cc50a (commit)] * Add the DS2482 I2C-to-w1 bridge driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=baf12ae29ab4cc6381e21b2e1a3af75a6a8f7566 (commit)] * acpiphp * Add dock event handling: These patches add generic dock event handling to acpiphp. If there are pci devices that need to be inserted/removed after the dock event, the event notification will be handed down to the normal pci hotplug event handler in acpiphp so that new bridges/devices can be enumerated. Because some dock stations do not have pci bridges or pci devices that need to be inserted after a dock, acpiphp will remain loaded to handle dock events even if no hotpluggable pci slots are discovered. You probably need to have the pci=assign-busses kernel parameter enabled to use these patches, and you may not allow ibm_acpi to handle docking notifications and use this patch [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=20416ea54087c25502d6fb973b8e119973e16341 (commit)] * Add new bus to acpi: If we add a new bridge with subordinate busses, we should call make sure that acpi is notified so that the PRT (if present) can be read and drivers who have registered on this bus will be notified when it is started. Also make sure to use the max reserved bus number for the starting the bus scan [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=15a1ae74879925d0d3f71ebc3f56d0a2c5db393a (commit)] * hwmon * Add support for the Intel Pentium M series to the hwmon-vid driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4c537fb287e68b84df685f4730348e83a163367b (commit)] * Add support for the Winbond W83687THF chip to the w83627hf hardware monitoring driver. This new chip is almost similar to the already supported W83627THF chip, except for VID and a few other minor changes [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c2db6ce14a743ac5f8973124272cf425c4f86b90 (commit)] * pcmcia * Add support for Possio GCC AKA PCMCIA Siemens MC45 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30bac7aa0e3678c79ff00fc9372f34712eeb34fc (commit)] * AT91RM9200 Compact Flash driver: This patch adds support for the Compact Flash controller integrated in he Atmel AT91RM9200 processor [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2c1f3b7a30286c16ba151fadb0abf0b20e2a1e45 (commit)] * Serial: * Add rs422 support to the Altix ioc4 serial driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=64b91379439ff0fb007bde90eb496299c14a9b2a (commit)] * serial_cs: Add Merlin U630 IDs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1de9cedfbdff1d8adb662cd3afc5bda66e393351 (commit)] * Allow 8250 PCI, PNP, GSC and HP300 support to be disabled with EMBEDDED enabled [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0cff260a42c051ee64c184ed05d96d18d243f7f6 (commit)] * mmc * Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver: Driver for the Secure Digital Host Controller Interface specification [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d129bceb1d44ed3c23b99164849193703372bab4 (commit)] * Add OMAP MMC host driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=730c9b7e6630f786fcec026fb11d2e6f2c90fdcb (commit)] * udf: fix uid/gid options and add uid/gid=ignore and forget options: As Pekka Enberg pointed out, with the if still following the else, you can still get a null uid written to the disk if you specify a default uid= without uid=forget. In other words, if the desktop user is uid=1000 and the mount option uid=1000 is given ( which is done on ubuntu automatically and probably other distributions that use hal ), then if any other user besides uid 1000 owns a file then a 0 will be written to the media as the owning uid instead [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0e6b3e5e97e2e8a25bcfc528dad94edf5220dfeb (commit)] * aoe: support dynamic resizing of AoE devices: Allow the driver to recognize AoE devices that have changed size. Devices not in use are updated automatically, and devices that are in use are updated at user request [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3ae1c24e395b2b65326439622223d88d92bfa03a (commit)] * dm/md: * Raid5 reshaping support [http://lwn.net/Articles/169140/ (LWN article)] [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ccfcc3c10b2a5cb8fd3c918199a4ff904fc6fb3e (commit)] * Infrastructure to allow normal IO to continue while array is expanding: We need to allow that different stripes are of different effective sizes, and use the appropriate size. Also, when a stripe is being expanded, we must block any IO attempts until the stripe is stable again [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7ecaa1e6a1ad69862e9980b6c777e11f26c4782d (commit)] * Following symlinks are created if dm-0 maps to sda: /sys/block/dm-0/slaves/sda --> /sys/block/sda, /sys/block/sda/holders/dm-0 --> /sys/block/dm-0 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f165921df46a977e3561f1bd9f13a348441486d1 (commit)] * Following symlinks are created if md0 is built from sda and sdb: /sys/block/md0/slaves/sda --> /sys/block/sda, /sys/block/md0/slaves/sdb --> /sys/block/sdb, /sys/block/sda/holders/md0 --> /sys/block/md0, /sys/block/sdb/holders/md0 --> /sys/block/md0 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5463c7904c952aa6b6804dd902c72a5332fa5221 (commit)] * LED * Adds an LED driver for LEDs exported by the Sharp LOCOMO chip as found on some models of Sharp Zaurus [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4d3cb35476903768541f79e61f171e79e6065098 (commit)] * Add NAND MTD activity LED trigger [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8fe833c1b010489b71b082e553b1dfa80ef81061 (commit)] * Adds LED drivers for LEDs found on the Sharp Zaurus c7x0 (corgi, shepherd, husky) and cxx00 (akita, spitz, borzoi) models [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3179108daaaccbf28b17d6d8b0e06abf0eee6d9f (commit)] * Add an LED trigger for IDE disk activity to the ide-disk driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2bfb646cdf348cb77c572f06d5b9d17ea205c7e2 (commit)] * Add an LED trigger for the charger status as found on the Sharp Zaurus series of devices [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=181bf8aa68a1d062d7f98abb0f1cb8871910320c (commit)] * Adds LED drivers for LEDs found on the Sharp Zaurus c6000 model (tosa) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6d0cf3e0480f6be9232854387794443d1a904d6d (commit)] * LED: class documentation [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=75c1d31d9ea71025b73430c696b727e8aa15872d (commit)] * Add LED class [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c72a1d608dd0eb3d553a08bfdf1c0041bebaa8a0 (commit)] * add LED device support for ixp4xx devices [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6a0c51bfce5ae4058366017d861aea6564d25aee (commit)] * Add support for LED triggers to the LED subsystem. "Triggers" are events which change the state of an LED. Two kinds of trigger are available, simple ones which can be added to exising code with minimum disruption and complex ones for implementing new or more complex functionality [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c3bc9956ec52fb2c70f29aa894d8eec766116584 (commit)] * Add an example of a complex LED trigger in the form of a generic timer which triggers the LED its attached to at a user specified frequency and duty cycle [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6655c6fe575b720eb8cb6c143ae10995a7aa1916 (commit)] * Add driver support for general purpose I/O feature of the Synclink GT adapters [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0080b7aae88c75e2a6b38dfcb228b0f239e18e3c (commit)] * WATCHDOG at91_wdt.c Watchdog driver for the Atmel AT91RM9200 processor [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=853807fb500a9442d88646b7be92bfa51334f8e8 (commit)] [[Anchor(rules)]] Rules and tips: * Name of the new feature/description of the change, including a small explanation (if possible). Add links to web pages (if available), papers, etc. Keep the structure of previous changelogs! * If there's a interesting email (benchmarks, announcements if there's no web page, etc) about it in the mailing lists, get a link in one of the list's archives (at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel please, just for coherence. There're also fsdev & netdev mailing lists, etc) and add it. * Add commit's link to the git's web interface if possible, using the "(commit)" word. * To find commit's links you can search in the [http://www.kernel.org/git git web interface]. Remember that there're two main GIT trees where you can search for commits: [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git the one which has all the stuff committed after 2.6.12-rc2] (ie: current development) and [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git the one which has all the stuff BEFORE 2.6.12-rc2] * However, if you want to keep track in "realtime", do NOT use the git's web interface (or the RSS). The RSS gets overflowed when there's a big merge. And more importantly, the shortlog you find in git's web interface does NOT care when things were really "committed": If a developer writes a patch, merges it in his git repository and then Linus pulls and merges it a month after it was merged in the developer's repository , the commit data won't appear in the "todays shortlog", but in the one-month-old changes (this could be fixed in the future however). * IOW: To keep track of the linux merges in realtime, the best option is to [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#git-commits-head subscribe to the git-commits-head] mailing list (or search in the archives). Commit IDs are in the X-Git-Commit mail header. Tell your mailer to show them (by default it will be hidden unless you activate the "see the whole mail" option), if your mailer is good enought you'll be able to add a script which gets the Commit ID out of the header and launch a browser with the "http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=" needed gitweb URL before it. * It may look too hard to review the thousands of emails you get from the git-commit-head list, get the commit ID, the URL, a description and format all of it to put it here: "Formatting" is what would take most of your time. But the fact is that you can avoid most of the hard job by using some tricks. First of all, most of the relevant commits will be merged (and sent to the git-commits-head list) in the first two weeks after a kernel is released. When the mailing list sends you the commit messages, use the "mark" feature of your mailer to mark important commits - this is a easy operation, since the subject tells you if the commit is important, you can review quite a lot of commit messages per minute. When you're done, create an action/filter/whatever which allows you to extract the commit id. My MUA (sylpheed) allows me to create an "action" which allows me to pass the selected message(s) to a command. This allows to me to order my messages by marked/umarked to make easier to select at the same time all the marked messages, the I tell sylpheed to execute the previous "action", which runs a scripts which "greps" the commit-id out of the email headers and appends it to a file. This way I get a file with a list of all the relevant commit IDs (Other MUAS could have another methods to achieve this same goal or not have any at all). Now, with a local linux git repository (updated to head) and with a bit of scripting you can get (with git) the changelog information of every commit ID, so you can parse that information and generate a wiki-compatible-syntax list of commits with descriptions, URLs to gitweb automatically generated, etc. You'll need to fix the descriptions, but you get a LOT of work done automatically. * The web interface will show "meta-commits". When Linus merges things from a remote repository, You'll see a "Merge git://git.domain.com/foo/bar" style of message commit. If you click it for details you'll see a huge merge, but then the git shortlog will also show the individual commits. So those "meta-commits" are useful to add links to big merges which do one thing but do not mean anything by themselves. Those "meta-commits" will not be mailed to the git-commits-head mailing list. Random related stuff: * [http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.14-rc5/2.6.14-rc5-mm1/broken-out/post-halloween-doc.patch davej's post halloween document], [http://kernelnewbies.org/status/latest.html Kernelnewbies status] * Todo: Find links to corresponding changesets for the untracked 2.5 releases (if you're really bored) |
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Linux 6.17 was released on Sunday, 28 September 2025.
Summary: This release includes an easier way to select CPU bug mitigations, based on chosen attack vectors that will be updated as new CPU bugs are discovered. It also adds new file_getattr/file_setattr system calls for setting extended file attributes with openat(2) semantics, better and more secure core dumping, initial priority inheritance support for solving priority inversion, unconditionally compilation of the task scheduler with SMP support, per NUMA node proactive reclaim for better control of memory reclaim on NUMA systems, a new fallocate(2) flag for more efficient writing of zeroes, and support for linear temporal logic monitors in the runtime verification. As always, there are many other features, new drivers, improvements and fixes.
You might be interested in the list of changes done by LWN: part 1, part 2.
Contents
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Prominent features
- Easier CPU bug mitigation selection
- New file_getattr/file_setattr system calls
- Better and more secure core dumping
- Initial priority inheritance support for solving priority inversion
- Unconditionally compile task scheduler with SMP support
- Per NUMA node proactive reclaim, for better control of memory reclaim on NUMA systems
- Introduce a new fallocate(2) flag, for more efficient writing of zeroes
- Runtime Verification: Support for Linear temporal logic monitors
- Core (various)
- File systems
- Memory management
- Block layer
- Tracing, perf and BPF
- Virtualization
- Cryptography
- Security
- Networking
- Architectures
-
Drivers
- Graphics
- Power Management
- Storage
- Drivers in the Staging area
- Networking
- Audio
- Tablets, touch screens, keyboards, mouses
- TV tuners, webcams, video capturers
- Universal Serial Bus
- Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
- Watchdog
- Serial
- CPU Frequency scaling
- Voltage, current regulators, power capping, power supply
- Real Time Clock (RTC)
- Pin Controllers (pinctrl)
- Multi Media Card (MMC)
- Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
- Industrial I/O (iio)
- Multi Function Devices (MFD)
- Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
- Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C + I3C)
- Hardware monitoring (hwmon)
- General Purpose I/O (gpio)
- Cryptography hardware acceleration
- PCI
- Clock
- PHY ("physical layer" framework)
- EDAC (Error Detection And Correction)
- DMA engines
- Various
- List of Pull Requests
- Other news sites
1. Prominent features
1.1. Easier CPU bug mitigation selection
This release proposes new kernel command line options to make it easier to control which CPU mitigations are applied. These options select relevant mitigations based on chosen attack vectors. Administrators are encouraged to consider which attack vectors are relevant and disable all others in order to recoup system performance. When new relevant CPU vulnerabilities are found, they will be added to these attack vector controls so administrators will likely not need to reconfigure their command line parameters as mitigations will continue to be correctly applied based on the chosen attack vector controls.
Documentation: Attack Vector Controls
Recommended LWN article: Better CPU vulnerability mitigation configuration
1.2. New file_getattr/file_setattr system calls
This release include two new syscalls file_getattr() and file_setattr(), which can be used to set extended file attributes. They take dir fd in conjunction with a pathname argument. The syscall then operates on inode opened according to openat(2) semantics. This is an alternative to FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR/FS_IOC_FSSETXATTRioctl with a difference that file don't need to be open as file can be referenced with a path instead of fd. By having this one can manipulated filesystem inode attributes not only on regular files but also on special ones.
1.3. Better and more secure core dumping
This release continues building on top of features incorporated in past release, and extends the coredump socket to allow the coredump server to tell the kernel how to process individual coredumps, which allows for fine-grained coredump management. This scheme allows for safer core dumping.
Recommended LWN article: Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs
1.4. Initial priority inheritance support for solving priority inversion
A common way to solve the problem of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_inversion is priority inheritance: a lower priority task will inherit the priority of a higher-priority task when they are competing for a shared resourced (lock). This release adds an initial version of proxy execution: a mechanism for mutex-owning tasks to inherit the scheduling context of higher priority waiters. Currently limited to a single runqueue and conditional on CONFIG_EXPERT, and other limitations.
Recommended LWN article: A proxy-execution baby step
1.5. Unconditionally compile task scheduler with SMP support
This is not a feature, but rather an interesting change that shows where the world is heading. In this release, the task scheduler has removed code that is specific for single-processor systems, leaving only the multiprocessor code available. This does not mean that you cannot run Linux on a single-processor system. Rather, it means that the code paths that were specific for those systems have been removed, and from now on, the multiprocessor-specific code will handle these systems, by detecting only one processor. The consequence of this change is simplification and removal of many lines of code and #ifdef code in the task scheduler.
Recommended LWN article: An end to uniprocessor configurations
1.6. Per NUMA node proactive reclaim, for better control of memory reclaim on NUMA systems
This release adds support for allowing proactive reclaim in general on a NUMA system. per-node interface extends support for beyond a memcg-specific interface, respecting the current semantics of memory.reclaim: respecting aging LRU and not supporting artificially triggering eviction on nodes belonging to non-bottom tiers. This allows userspace to do echo 512M swappiness=10 > /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/reclaim
1.7. Introduce a new fallocate(2) flag, for more efficient writing of zeroes
Currently, userspace can use fallocate(2) to quickly create a pre-allocated file. However, on most filesystems, such as ext4 and XFS, this creates pre-allocation blocks in an unwritten state, and the FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE flag also behaves similarly. The extent state must be converted to a written state when the user writes data into this range later, which can trigger numerous metadata changes and consequent journal I/O. We need a method to create a pre-allocated file with written extents that can be used for pure overwriting. At the moment, the only method available is to create an empty file and write zero data into it, which is slow and consumes a considerable amount of disk bandwidth
Fortunately, with the development and more and more widely used of flash-based storage devices, we can efficiently write zeros to SSDs using the unmap write zeroes command if the devices do not write physical zeroes to the media. For example, if SCSI SSDs support the UMMAP bit or NVMe SSDs support the DEAC bit, the write zeroes command does not write actual data to the device, instead, NVMe converts the zeroed range to a deallocated state, which works fast and consumes almost no disk write bandwidth. This release introduce a new flag FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES, into fallocate(2) to use it.
1.8. Runtime Verification: Support for Linear temporal logic monitors
(See this documentation for more details on what Runtime Verification is)
Real-time applications may have design flaws causing them to have unexpected latency. For example, the applications may raise page faults, or may be blocked trying to take a mutex without priority inheritance.
However, while attempting to implement DA monitors for these real-time rules, deterministic automaton is found to be inappropriate as the specification language. The automaton is complicated, hard to understand, and error-prone. For these cases, linear temporal logic is found to be more suitable, concise and intuitive. This release adds support for expressing
Documentation: Real-time application monitors
Recommended LWN article: Extending run-time verification for the kernel
2. Core (various)
(FEATURED) Introduce file_getattr and file_setattr syscalls (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
coredump: extend the coredump socket to allow the coredump server to tell the kernel how to process individual coredumps. This allows for fine-grained coredump management. Userspace can decide to just let the kernel write out the coredump, or generate the coredump itself, or just reject it commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Refactor write_begin/write_end (allows adding Ext4 IOCB_DONTCACHE support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
(FEATURED) fallocate: Introduce FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES flag. Filesystems that support this operation should allocate written extents and issue zeroes to the specified range of the device. (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Crashkernel reservation from cma (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
sleep: add kernel parameter to disable asynchronous suspend/resume commit
Allow reaped pidfds receive in scm_pidfd (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
binfmt_elf: Remove the 4k limitation of program header size commit
Add compatibility option for content of /proc/cgroups commit
cgroup: nmi safe css_rstat_updated (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
handle, pidfs: allow open_by_handle_at() purely based on file handle (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
futex: Use RCU-based per-CPU reference counting (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- io_uring
cmd for tx timestamps (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
mock: add basic infra for test mock files (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
net: Allow to do vectorized send commit
Add cap for multishot recv receive size commit, commit, commit
nop: add IORING_NOP_TW completion flag commit
net: Support multishot receive len cap commit
pidfs: persistent info & xattrs (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rtla/timerlat: Support actions on threshold and on end (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- rust
Add bug/warn abstractions (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add acpi match table support for rust drivers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
bits: add support for bits/genmask macros commit
More rust bindings for device property reads (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
A few common borrow/borrowmut implementations (cover), commit, commit, commit
time: Convert hrtimer to use Instant and Delta (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
uaccess: add strncpy_from_user commit
- sched
(FEATURED) Make SMP unconditional (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
fair: Manage lag and run to parity with different slices (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
(FEATURED) Single "RunQueue Proxy Execution (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
sched_ext, rcu: Eject BPF scheduler on RCU CPU stall panic commit
sched_ext: Add support for cgroup bandwidth control interface commit, commit
sched_ext: Drop kfuncs marked for removal in 6.15 commit
Add dl_bw_dump.py for printing bandwidth accounting info commit
rcu: Enable rcu_normal_wake_from_gp on small systems commit
Remove srcu-lite in favor of srcu-fast (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
syscall_user_dispatch: Add PR_SYS_DISPATCH_INCLUSIVE_ON (cover), commit, commit, commit
timekeeping: Provide support for auxiliary timekeepers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
vdso/gettimeofday: Add support for auxiliary clocks commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rv: Add monitors to validate task switch (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
(FEATURED) rv: Linear temporal logic monitors for RT application (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
workqueue: Add WQ_PERCPU, system_dfl_wq and system_percpu_wq (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
workqueue: Basic memory allocation profiling support commit
iommufd: Destroy vdevice on device unbind (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
panic: add 'panic_sys_info' sysctl to take human readable string parameter commit
Allow to use the printk kthread immediately even for 1st nbcon commit
hung_task: extend hung task blocker tracking to rwsems commit
mount-related stuff commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support clang stack depth tracking (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Generalize panic_print's dump function to be used by other kernel parts (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add ability to register a debugfs file for a ref_tracker_dir (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
relayfs: misc changes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
scripts: add zboot support to extract-vmlinux commit
Make max number of pools boot-time configurable commit
tools/accounting/delaytop: add delaytop to record top-n task delay commit
umd: Remove usermode driver framework commit
Deferred unwinding infrastructure (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
userfaultfd: assorted fixes and cleanups (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
tools/nolibc: add support for clock_nanosleep() and nanosleep() commit
3. File systems
- BTRFS
Improve read performance on compressed data with better readahead commit
Update defrag ioctl, add new flag to request no compression on existing extents commit
Restrict writes to block devices after mount commit
Enable large data folio support under CONFIG_BTRFS_EXPERIMENTAL commit
sysfs: track current commit duration in commit_stats commit
Free space tree optimization and cleanups (20% runtime improvement on an empty file creation benchmark) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
xarray for extent buffers is now indexed by denser keys, leading to better packing of the nodes commit
Set/get accessor speedups commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- EXT4
Better scalability for ext4 block allocation (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support uncached buffered I/O commit
Add FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES support commit
Show the default enabled i_version option commit and preserve it commit
- NFS
NFSD: offer write delegation for OPEN with OPEN4_SHARE_ACCESS only commit
Remove the max-ops-per-compound-limit commit, commit, commit
Re-enable the ability for NFSD to perform NFSv4.2 COPY operations asynchronously commit
Create a kernel keyring commit
Assortment of i/o fixes for the nfs client (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support the kernel keyring for tls commit
- F2FS
New mount api conversion (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Account and print more stats during recovery commit
Add gc_boost_gc_greedy sysfs node commit
Add gc_boost_gc_multiple sysfs node commit
Enable tuning of boost_zoned_gc_percent via sysfs commit
Introduce reserved_pin_section sysfs entry commit
- FUSE
- EROFS
- OVERLAYFS
Support layers on case-folding capable filesystems commit
- SMB
cifs: Add support for creating reparse points over SMB1 commit
4. Memory management
Optimize mprotect() for large folios. Provides some quite large (>3x) speedups when dealing with large folios (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Optimize mremap() for large folios. A 37% reduction in execution time was measured in a memset+mremap+munmap microbenchmark (cover), commit, commit
(FEATURED) Per-node proactive reclaim, implements a per-node control of proactive reclaim - beyond the current memcg-based implementation commit, commit, commit, commit
Use per-vma locks for /proc/pid/maps reads (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Remove pXX_devmap page table bit and pfn_t type (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
gup: Optimize longterm pin_user_pages() for large folio commit
Misc rework on hugetlb faulting path (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Implement numa node notifier (internal API). Previously these were lumped under the more general memory on/offline notifier (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
memfd: Reserve hugetlb folios before allocation (cover), commit, commit, commit
Madvise cleanup (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
mremap: allow multi-VMA move for huge folio, find ineligible earlier (cover), commit, commit, commit
mremap: permit mremap() move of multiple VMAs (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Make migrate_isolate a standalone bit (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Readahead tweaks for larger folios (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
shmem, swap: bugfix and improvement of mTHP swap in (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
damon: introduce DAMON_STAT for simple and practical access monitoring (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
damon/vaddr: Allow interleaving in migrate_{hot,cold} actions (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Fault in complete folios instead of individual pages for tmpfs commit
ksm: prevent KSM from breaking merging of new VMAs (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Optimize mprotect() for large folios (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
folio_pte_batch() improvements commit, commit, commit, commit
Use per_vma lock for MADV_DONTNEED commit
shmem: hold shmem_swaplist spinlock (not mutex) much less commit
vmscan: apply proportional reclaim pressure for memcg when MGLRU is enabled commit
vmstat: remove the NR_WRITEBACK_TEMP node_stat_item counter commit, (cover)
Add script to display page state for a given PID and VADDR commit
5. Block layer
Optimize wbt and update its comments and doc (cover), commit, commit, commit
Improve read ahead size for rotational devices commit
Add FS_IOC_GETLBMD_CAP ioctl to query metadata and protection info (PI) capabilities. This ioctl returns information about the files integrity profile. This is useful for userspace applications to understand a files end-to-end data protection support and configure the I/O accordingly (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Allow off-daemon zero-copy buffer registration (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Set dm_target_passes_crypto feature for dm-thin commit
dm-verity: remove support for asynchronous hashes commit
md: allow removing faulty rdev during resync commit
ufs: core: Add HID support commit
ufs: host: mediatek: Add more UFSCHI hardware versions commit
ufs: host: mediatek: Support FDE (AES) clock scaling commit
ufs: host: mediatek: Support clock scaling with Vcore binding commit
ufs: ufs-pci: Add support for Intel Wildcat Lake commit
ufs: ufs-qcom: Enable QUnipro Internal Clock Gating commit
Remove pktcdvd driver commit
6. Tracing, perf and BPF
bpf: Add cookie to tracing bpf_link_info commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
bpf: Add struct bpf_token_info commit
Introduce bpf_cgroup_read_xattr commit, commit, commit, commit
bpf: Add cookie object to bpf maps commit, commit, commit, commit
Bpf standard streams (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Move uid filtering to bpf filters (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Implement mprog api on top of existing cgroup progs (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add kfuncs for read-only string operations (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add show_fdinfo for perf_event commit
bpf: propagate read/precision marks over state graph backedges commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for a drm tool like pmu (cover), commit, commit, commit
perf ftrace latency: Add -e option to measure time between two events commit
Pipe mode header dumping and minor space saving (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
New perf ilist app (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
perf: Make code more generic with modern defaults (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
perf record: collect BPF metadata from existing BPF programs commit
perf record: collect BPF metadata from new programs commit
perf script: Add -e option to flamegraph script commit
perf script: Handle -i option for perf script flamegraph commit
perf symbol-elf: Add support for the block argument for libbfd commit
perf: Remove libcrypto dependency (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
perf tools: display the new PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA event commit
perf: ftrace: add graph tracer options args/retval/retval-hex/retaddr commit
tools/perf: Add --exclude-buildids option to perf archive command commit
ftrace: Make DYNAMIC_FTRACE always enabled for architectures that support it commit
ftrace: add graph tracer options args/retval/retval-hex/retaddr commit
tools/perf: Add --exclude-buildids option to perf archive command commit
Enable execmem_rox_cache for ftrace and kprobes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Deprecate auto-mounting tracefs in debugfs commit
fprobe-events: Register fprobe only when the event is enabled to reduce overhead. Also support multiple tprobes on the same tracepoint (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Have eprobes handle arrays commit
7. Virtualization
virtio: introduce support for GSO over UDP tunnel commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
KVM: Make irqfd registration globally unique (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
vhost-net: VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER support (cover), commit, commit, commit
vsock: Introduce SIOCINQ ioctl support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
iommu: Overhaul device posted IRQs support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
vfio/qat: add support for intel QAT 6xxx virtual functions commit
8. Cryptography
Sha-512 library functions (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Sha-256 library improvements (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
SHA-1 library functions commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Improve crc32c() performance on newer x86_64 CPUs commit, commit
9. Security
- apparmor
ima: add a knob ima= to allow disabling IMA in kdump kernel commit
Enhancements to the secvar interface in static key management mode (cover), commit, commit, commit
- selinux:
Add support for sync send() and use it in ftpm and svsm drivers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
10. Networking
af_unix: Introduce SO_INQ & SCM_INQ commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
TCP: Add MSG_MORE flag to optimize tcp large packet transmission commit
TCP: receiver changes commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
TCP: Remove obsolete rfc3517/rfc6675 code (cover), commit, commit, commit
Prevent deadlocks and mis-configuration with per-napi threaded config (cover), commit, commit, commit
ieee80211: add Radio Measurement action fields commit
xsk: introduce XDP_MAX_TX_SKB_BUDGET setsockopt commit
seg6: Allow End.X behavior to accept an oif commit, commit, commit, commit
ipmr, ip6mr: Allow MC-routing locally-generated MC packets (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
tun: Introduce gso over udp tunnel (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
XDP: A fistful of generic changes (+libeth_xdp) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
bonding: Add broadcast_neighbor for no-stacking networking arch (cover), commit, commit, commit
Provide support for auxiliary clocks for ptp_sys_offset_extended (cover), commit, commit, commit
pse-pd: Add support for pse budget evaluation strategy (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
ethtool: rss: add notifications (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
ethtool: rss: support RSS_SET via Netlink (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
ethtool: rss: support creating and removing contexts via Netlink commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
handshake: Add new netlink parameter 'HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_KEYRING' commit
ip6_tunnel: enable to change proto of fb tunnels commit
ipv6: add force_forwarding sysctl to enable per-interface forwarding commit
- mctp
Improved bind handling (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
backport of mctp routing for bridged endpoints. (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add TCP_MAXSEG socket option support (cover), commit, commit
- neighbour
- netfilter
- packet scheduler
openvswitch: allow providing upcall pid for the 'execute' command commit
- Wireless
Add support to handle per link statistics of multi-link station (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
S1g short beacon support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Macro improvements and MLO enhancements (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for link reconfiguration offload to driver commit, commit
Set/get wiphy parameters on per-radio basis (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Remove DISALLOW_PUNCTURING_5GHZ code (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- Bluetooth
11. Architectures
- ARM
New SoCs:
Add support for mediatek mt6572 soc, an older mobile phone chip from mediatek that was extremely popular a decade ago but never got upstreamed until now (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
exynos2200, a recent high-end mobile phone chip used in a few Samsung phones like the Galaxy S22 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Renesas R-Car V4M-7 (R8A779H2), an updated version of R-Car V4M (R8A779H0) and used in automotive applications commit, commit, commit, commit
Tegra264, a new chip from NVIDIA, but support is fairly minimal for now (cover), commit, commit
- New boards:
Six 32-bit industrial boards based on stm32 (stm32mp157f-dk2 board (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit), imx6 (Engicam MicroGEA BMM board commit, Engicam MicroGEA RMM board commit, support Engicam MicroGEA-MX6UL SoM commit) and am33 (BeagleBone Green Eco board commit) chips
Add support for beaglebone green eco board (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for am62d2 soc and evm (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
allwinner: t527: Add OrangePi 4A board (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
freescale: Add support for the GOcontroll Moduline Display (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add new imx imx95-libra-rdk-fpsc sbc (cover), commit, commit
Two newly added ASPEED BMC based motherboards commit, commit, commit
qcom: msm8976-longcheer-l9360: Add initial device tree (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
mediatek: mt8186-corsola: Consolidate and add new devices (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Introduce cix p1 (sky1) soc (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for raspberrypi rp1 pci device using a dt overlay (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
tps6594: Add TI TPS652G1 support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for the imx aipstz bridge (cover), commit, commit, commit
Axiado ax3000 soc and evaluation board support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add device tree for nvidia's gb200nvl bmc (cover), commit, commit
Add meta (facebook) santabarbara bmc (ast2600) (cover), commit, commit
Support engicam microgea boards (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support i.mx28 amarula rmm board (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for sony xperia z ultra (togari) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
tegra: Add device-tree for ASUS VivoTab RT TF600T (cover), commit, commit
tegra: Add device-tree for Asus Portable AiO P1801-T (cover), commit, commit
qcom: sm8550: Add support for camss commit
renesas: Add CN15 eMMC and SD overlays for RZ/V2H and RZ/V2N EVKs commit
Add friendlyelec nanopi m5 support for rockchip rk3576 (cover), commit, commit
Add support for firefly station-m3/roc-rk3588s-pc (cover), commit, commit
Add support for sakura pi rk3308b (cover), commit, commit, commit
Add radxa rock 5t support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Support for milk-v duo module 01 evb (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
apple: Add Apple SoC GPU commit
Support for tegra264 and tegra254 in cbb driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add STM32MP25 timers support: MFD, PWM, IIO and counter drivers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rockchip: enable further peripherals on ArmSoM Sige5 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add device tree support for Luckfox Omni3576 and Core3576 (cover), commit, commit, commit
perf: Enable branch stack sampling (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Support feat_mte_store_only feature (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Optimize loop to reduce redundant operations of contpte_ptep_get commit
module: Use text-poke API for late relocations. commit
Implement HAVE_LIVEPATCH commit
Private stack support for arm64 jit (cover), commit, commit, commit
Initial BBML2 support for contpte_convert() (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
smp: Support non-SGIs for IPIs commit
Add viommu infrastructure (part-4 hw queue) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: import IOMMUFD module namespace commit
Add a single source of truth for ubwc configuration data (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Enable qups and serial on sa8255p qualcomm platforms (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
qcom: qcom_stats: Add DDR stats (cover), commit, commit, commit
soc: qcom: rpmh-rsc: Add RSC version 4 support commit
soc: qcom: socinfo: Add support to retrieve APPSBL build details commit
soc: qcom: socinfo: Add support to retrieve TME build details commit
- KVM
Map GPU device memory as cacheable (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
SCTLR2, DoubleFault2, and NV external abort fixes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Expose FEAT_MTE_TAGGED_FAR feature to guest commit
Expose MTE_STORE_ONLY feature to guest commit
Support for GICv5, the next generation interrupt controller for arm64, including support for interrupt routing, MSIs, interrupt translation and wired interrupts (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Enable GICv3 guests on GICv5 hosts using FEAT_GCIE_LEGACY (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
nv: Userspace register visibility fixes commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Allow userspace to write GICD_TYPER2.nASSGIcap (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
General updates and two new drivers for hisilicon uncore pmu (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- RISCV
Add SBI FWFT misaligned exception delegation support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
KVM: Enable ring-based dirty memory tracking commit
Add voyager board support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add sophgo evb v1/v2 board support (cover), commit, commit, commit
sophgo: add more sg2042 isa extension support (cover), commit, commit, commit
sophgo: sg2044: add ziccrse extension commit
irqchip/riscv-imsic: Add kernel parameter to disable IPIs commit
perf/kvm: Add reporting of interrupt events commit
- S390
- X86
- platform
samsung-laptop: Expose charge_types commit
amd: pmc: Add Lenovo Yoga 6 13ALC6 to pmc quirk list commit
intel/pmc: Add Bartlett Lake support to intel_pmc_core commit
Intel VSEC/PMT: Introduce Discovery Driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
pmt: Crashlog type1 version2 support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add Lenovo WMI Gaming Series Drivers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
hp-wmi: Add support for Fn+P hotkey commit
Support ov5670 on ipu3 devices (cover), commit, commit, commit
oxpec: Add support for OneXPlayer X1 Mini Pro (Strix Point) commit, commit
x86-android-tablets: Add ovc-capacity-table info commit, commit
AMD: Add CPUID faulting support commit
(FEATURED) CPU bugs: Attack vector controls restructuration (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
efi: Implement support for embedding SBAT data for x86 commit
cpu: Add new Intel CPU model numbers for Wildcatlake and Novalake commit
Introduce cet supervisor state support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
hfi: Add support for amd hardware feedback interface (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Enable use of EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE for ftrace and kprobes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- KVM
Optimize SEV cache flushing (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add mitigation for VMSCAPE, a vulnerability affecting a broad range of amd64 CPUs that may allow a guest to influence the branch prediction in host userspace. It particularly affects hypervisors like QEMU commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
SVM: Allow SNP guest policy to specify SINGLE_SOCKET commit
SVM: Allow SNP guest policy disallow running with SMT enabled commit
SVM: Fold svm_vcpu_init_msrpm() into its sole caller (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
VMX: Preserve host's DEBUGCTL.FREEZE_IN_SMM commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add CONFIG_KVM_IOAPIC to allow disabling support for KVM's I/O APIC (and PIC and PIT) emulation (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Advertise support for LKGS commit
kdump: crashkernel reservation from CMA (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
intel_rapl: Add support for Bartlett Lake platform commit
intel_rapl_msr: Add pl4 support for panther lake commit
iommu/amd: Support for HATdis and HATS features (cover), commit, commit
Introduce debugfs support in iommu (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
perf: Support panther lake uncore (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Intel vendor events and tma 5.02 metrics (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- platform
- LOONGARCH
- POWERPC
- MIPS
- SUPERH
12. Drivers
12.1. Graphics
- amdgpu
Add user queue instance count in HW IP info commit
DC Patches June 04, 2025 commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
DC Patches June 16, 2025 commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Enable debugfs information based on client-id (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Create a task info option for wedge events commit
- xe:
- i915
drm_panic support for i915/xe (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for fractional link bpps (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
drm/xe/display: Program double buffered LUT registers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Rough flip queue implementation (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Panel Replay + Adaptive sync commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- bochs
Add support for drm_panic commit
connector: hdmi: Allow using the YUV420 output format (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
display: generic HDMI CEC helpers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
fourcc: Add RGB161616 and BGR161616 formats commit
- hyperv
Add freescale i.mx8qxp display controller support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- adreno:
- msm
Add support for SM8750 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Sparse / "VM_BIND" support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- panel
Add winstar wf40eswaa6mnn0 panel support (cover), commit, commit
Add dell inspiron 7441 / latitude 7455 (x1e-80-100) commit
panel-edp: Add CMN N116BCJ-EAK commit
panel-edp: Add KDC KD116N3730A05 commit
panel-edp: Add support for AUO G156HAN03.0 panel commit
Add display support for fairphone 3 smartphone (cover), commit, commit, commit
Add DSI panel support for gameforce-ace commit
visionox-rm69299: modernize & support the variant found in the SHIFT6mq (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
panel-edp: Add CMN N116BCJ-EAK commit
panel-edp: add N160JCE-ELL CMN panel for Lenovo Thinkbook 16 commit
himax-hx8394: Add Support for Huiling hl055fhav028c commit
Add support for Renesas R61307 based MIPI DSI panel commit
Add support for Renesas R69328 based MIPI DSI panel commit
panel-simple: add AUO P238HAN01 panel entry commit
ilitek-ili9881c: Add configuration for 7" Raspberry Pi 720x1280 commit
- panfrost:
- sitronix
- tidss
- vkms
- sun4i
ttm/pool: allow debugfs dumps for numa pools. commit
Add Display Unit support for rz/v2h(p) soc (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rcar-du: rzg2l_mipi_dsi: add MIPI DSI command support (cover), commit
rz-du: Support panels connected directly to the DPAD output commit
Make global edid_info depend on config_firmware_edid commit
fourcc: Add additional float formats (cover), commit, commit
Improve gpu_scheduler trace events + UAPI commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
12.2. Power Management
efi: Add ovmf debug log driver commit
efistub: Lower default log level commit
ACPI: APEI: Enable einjv2 support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
DPTF: Support for Wildcat Lake commit
tools/power turbostat: Support more than 64 built-in-counters commit
tools/power turbostat: add format "average" for external attributes commit
tools/power turbostat: probe and display L3 cache topology commit
thermal/drivers/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm: Add support for GEN2 rev 2 PMIC peripherals commit
thermal/drivers/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm: Add support for LITE PMIC peripherals commit
thermal/drivers/rockchip: Support RK3576 SoC in the thermal driver commit
thermal: intel: int340x: Allow temperature override commit
12.3. Storage
scsi: pm80xx: Add controller SCSI host fatal error uevents commit
ata: libata-sata: Add link_power_management_supported sysfs attribute commit
nvme: Support for administrative controllers (cover), commit
nvmet: add support for FDP in fabrics passthru path commit
12.4. Drivers in the Staging area
Intel ipu7 pci and input system device drivers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
axis-fifo: remove sysfs interface commit
axis-fifo: add debugfs interface for dumping fifo registers commit
atomisp: gc0310: Modernize and move to drivers/media commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
atomisp: remove debug sysfs attributes active_bo and free_bo commit
12.5. Networking
- Bluetooth:
btintel_pcie: Add support for device 0x4d76 commit
btnxpuart: Add uevents for FW dump and FW download complete commit, commit
btusb: Add RTL8852BE device 0x13d3:0x3618 commit
btusb: Add a new VID/PID 2c7c/7009 for MT7925 commit
btusb: Add new VID/PID 0489/e14e for MT7925 commit
btusb: QCA: Support downloading custom-made firmwares commit
btintel_pcie: Support Function level reset commit
btusb: Add USB ID 3625:010b for TP-LINK Archer TX10UB Nano commit
btusb: Add one more ID 0x28de:0x1401 for Qualcomm WCN6855 commit
btusb: Add support for variant of RTL8851BE (USB ID 13d3:3601) commit
Rdma support for dma handle (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
RDMA/efa: Add Network HW statistics counters commit
RDMA/qib: Remove outdated driver commit
IB/mad: Add Flow Control for Solicited MADs (cover), commit, commit, commit
Octeontx2-pf: extend link modes support commit, commit, commit
Octeontx2-af: RPM: misc feaures (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
RDMA/bnxt_re: Use macro instead of hard coded value commit
RDMA/efa: Add CQ with external memory support (cover), commit, commit, commit
RDMA/mana_ib: Add device statistics support commit
RDMA/mana_ib: add support of multiple ports commit
net/mlx5: fs, add multiple prios to RDMA TRANSPORT steering domain commit
RDMA/rxe: Prefetching pages with explicit ODP (cover), commit, commit
RDMA/bnxt_re: Support 2G message size commit
mlx5: Add multiple priorities support RDMA TRANSPORT tables commit, commit
eth: Revert the removal of he DLink/Sundance (ST201) driver commit
airoha: Add PPPoE offload support commit
amd-xgbe: add hardware PTP timestamping (cover), commit, commit
amd-xgbe: add support for giant packet size commit
bcmasp: Add support for re-starting auto-negotiation commit
bcmgenet: add support for GRO software interrupt coalescing (cover), commit, commit
Introducing broadcom bnge ethernet driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
cadence: Expose refclk for rmii and enable rmii (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
kvaser_pciefd: Simplify identification of physical CAN interfaces (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rcar_canfd: Add support for Transceiver Delay Compensation (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
dsa: b53: fix BCM5325 support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
dsa: b53: mmap: Add bcm63xx EPHY power control (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
dsa: microchip: Add KSZ8463 switch support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
can: tscan1: CAN_TSCAN1 can depend on PC104 commit
PHC support in ENA driver commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
fbnic: Add support for 25g, 50g, and 100g to fbnic (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
fbnic: Create fw_log file in DebugFS commit
fbnic: Add firmware logging support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
fec: allow disable coalescing commit
ftgmac100: Add SoC reset support for RMII mode (cover), commit, commit, commit
gve: Add rx hw timestamping support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
gve: Af_xdp zero-copy for dqo rda (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
gve: XDP TX and redirect support for DQ RDA commit, commit, commit
hibmcge: Support some features for the HIBMCGE driver commit, commit, commit
hibmcge: support for statistics of reset failures commit
ibmveth: Add multi buffers rx replenishment hcall support commit
hns3: remove tx spare info from debugfs commit
i40e: add link_down_events statistic commit
ice: add 40G speed to Admin Command GET PORT OPTION commit
ice: add E835 device IDs commit
dpll: add all inputs phase offset monitor (cover), commit, commit, commit
dpll: Add reference SYNC feature (cover), commit, commit, commit
Add link_down_events counters to ixgbe and ice drivers (cover), commit, commit
idpf: add initial PTP support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
idpf: Add flow steering support (cover), commit, commit, commit
idpf: replace Tx flow scheduling buffer ring with buffer pool commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
idpf: Add RDMA support for Intel IPU E2000 commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
ifb: support BIG TCP packets commit
igc: Harmonize queue priority and add preemptible queue support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
ixgbe: Support malicious driver detection (mdd) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add link_down_events counters to ixgbe and ice drivers (cover), commit, commit
Add libeth_xdp helper lib (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add vf drivers for wangxun virtual functions (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
mana: Add handler for hardware servicing events commit
mana: Support bandwidth clamping in mana using net shapers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
mana: Expose additional hardware counters for drop and TC via ethtool. commit
mdio: Add MDIO bus controller for Airoha AN7583 commit, commit
- mlx5
Add IFC bits to support RSS for IPSec offload commit
HWS, Optimize matchers ICM usage (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support rate management on traffic classes in devlink and mlx5 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Expose serial numbers in devlink info commit
misc changes 2025-07-16 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
- mlx5e
netconsole: Add support for msgid in sysdata (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
netdevsim: Support setting a permanent address (cover), commit, commit
netdevsim: Implement rx statistics using netdev_pcpu_stat_dstats (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
CN20K silicon with mbox support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
phy: bcm54811: PHY initialization (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for the ipq5018 internal ge phy (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
phy: micrel: add extended PHY support for KSZ9477-class devices (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
phy: Add c45_phy_ids sysfs directory entry commit
phy: qcom: Add shared phy counter support for qca807x and qca808x (cover), commit, commit, commit
phy: qcom: qca807x: Enable WoL support using shared library commit
phy: bcm54811: PHY initialization (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
pse-pd: Add support for pse budget evaluation strategy (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Enable eee at 5gbps on rtl8126 commit
sophgo: Add ethernet support for SG2042 (cover), commit, commit, commit
stmmac: convert stmmac "pcs" to phylink (cover), commit, commit, commit
ti: icssg-prueth: Add prp offload support to ICSSG driver commit
Add vf drivers for wangxun virtual functions (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Convert lan78xx driver to the phylink (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
qmi_wwan: add Telit Cinterion LE910C4-WWX new compositions commit
usb: smsc95xx: add support for ethtool pause parameters commit
ath11k: support usercase-specific firmware overrides commit
- ath12k
Extend support to parse wmi service bit (cover), commit, commit
Add num_stations counter for each interface commit
Add support for transmit histogram stats commit
Add support to TDMA and MLO stats commit
Add support to RTT stats commit
Add split-phy scan support in single wiphy (cover), commit, commit
Add support to fill link statistics of multi-link station (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add MU-MIMO and 160 MHz bandwidth support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Allow beacon protection keys to be installed in hardware commit
Support average ack rssi in station dump commit
brcmfmac: Add support for the SDIO 43751 device commit
brcmfmac: support CYW54591 PCIE device commit
- iwlwifi
Stop supporting iwl_omi_send_status_notif ver 1 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
updates - 2025-09-11 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
mvm: Remove NAN support commit
Support RZL platform device ID commit
- mt76
- rtw88
- rtw89
Tweak tx wake notify matching condition (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for USB devices (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for RTL8852BU (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
coex: add logic related to MLO (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
coex: RTL8852B coexistence Wi-Fi firmware support for v0.29.122.0 (cover), commit
coex: update to support latest firmware of RTL8922AE commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
regd/acpi: support regulatory rules via ACPI DSM and parse rule of regd_UK commit
regd/acpi: support 6 GHz VLP policy via ACPI DSM commit
More improvement of STA + P2P MCC commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support channel switch and correct EHT settings commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
More finetune on MCC feature commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
netdevsim: implement peer queue flow control commit
12.6. Audio
hda/realtek: Add Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300) to quirks commit
hda/realtek: Add support for ASUS Commercial laptops using CS35L41 HDA commit
Add support for asus nuc using cs35l41 (cover), commit, commit
hda/realtek: Add support for HP EliteBook x360 830 G6 and EliteBook 830 G6 commit
hda/realtek: Audio disappears on HP 15-fc000 after warm boot again commit
hda/realtek: add LG gram 16Z90R-A to alc269 fixup table commit
hda/tas2781: Add compatible for hardware id TIAS2781 and TXNW2781 commit
hda/tas2781: Support L"SmartAmpCalibrationData" to save calibrated data commit
hda: Add device entry for QEMU commit
hda: add MODULE_FIRMWARE for cs35l41/cs35l56 commit
usb-audio: Add DSD support for Comtrue USB Audio device commit
codecs: rt5640: Retry DEVICE_ID verification commit
Intel: avs: Add rt5640 machine board commit
- ASoC
Intel: soc-acpi-intel-ptl-match: add support ptl-rt721-l0 commit
Intel: soc-acpi-intel-lnl-match: add rt1320_l12_rt714_l0 support commit
Intel: sof_rt5682: Add HDMI-In capture with rt5682 support for PTL. commit
SDCA: add a HID device for HIDE entity commit
SDCA: add support for HIDE entity properties and HID descriptor/report commit
Add audio support for acp7.2 platform commit
amd: acp: add soundwire machine for ACP7.0 and ACP7.1 sof stack commit
SOF: ipc4-priv: Add kernel doc for fw_context_save of sof_ipc4_fw_data commit
SOF: amd: add alternate machines for ACP7.0 and ACP7.1 platforms commit
codecs: Add acpi_match_table for aw88399 driver commit
codecs: Add calibration function to aw88399 chip commit
imx-card: Add WM8524 support commit
Enable usb audio offloading on fairphone 4 smartphone (cover), commit, commit, commit
dt-bindings: tas57xx: add tas5753 compatibility commit
amd: Add support for acp7.2 platform commit
amd: acp: Add SoundWire SOF machine driver support for acp7.2 platform commit
amd: acp: Add SoundWire legacy machine driver support for acp7.2 platform commit
amd: acp: Enable I2S support for acp7.2 based platforms commit
amd: acp: Enable acp7.2 platform based DMIC support in machine driver commit
amd: ps: Add SoundWire pci and dma driver support for acp7.2 platform commit
tas571x: add support for tas5753 commit
12.7. Tablets, touch screens, keyboards, mouses
Add two new features for quicki2c (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add wake-on-touch feature support for thc (cover), commit, commit, commit
Atkbd: correctly map f13 - f24 commit
I8042: add tuxedo infinitybook pro gen10 amd to i8042 quirk table commit
Pcf50633-input: remove the driver commit
Support overlay objects on touchscreens (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Xpad: add support for flydigi apex 5 commit
amd_sfh: Enable operating mode commit
apple: combine patch series for all patches recently sent upstream (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
dts: mediatek: mt8395-genio-1200-evk: Add MT6359 PMIC key support commit
elecom: add support for ELECOM M-DT2DRBK commit
logitech: Add ids for G PRO 2 LIGHTSPEED commit
mtk-pmic-keys: add support for MT6359 PMIC keys commit
multitouch: Add support for Touch Bars on x86 MacBook Pros (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
synaptics-rmi4: add support for F1A commit
synaptics-rmi4: add support for Forcepads (F21) commit
uclogic: Add support for XP-PEN Artist 22R Pro (cover), commit
12.8. TV tuners, webcams, video capturers
uvcvideo: Introduce V4L2_META_FMT_UVC_MSXU_1_5 + other meta fixes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Extend raw format support for rzg2l-cru driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
amphion: Add H264 and HEVC profile and level control commit
amphion: Support dmabuf and v4l2 buffer without binding commit
Enable support for error detection in csi2rx (cover), commit, commit
dw9714: add support for powerdown pin commit
imx8: add camera support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
ipu-bridge: Add Onsemi MT9M114 HID to list of supported sensors commit
Support ov5670 on ipu3 devices (cover), commit, commit, commit
Add support for hevc and vp9 codecs in decoder (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Extend raw format support for rzg2l-cru driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rcar-csi2: Add D-PHY support for V4H (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
rcar-vin: Unify notifiers and enable MC on Gen2 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rkisp1: Add RKISP1_CID_SUPPORTED_PARAMS_BLOCKS ctrl and WDR support (cover), commit, commit, commit
uvcvideo: use vb2 ioctl and fop helpers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Extend raw format support for rzg2l-cru driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
v4l2-common: Add the missing Raw Bayer pixel formats commit, commit
v4l2: Add support for NV12M tiled variants to v4l2_format_info() commit
vsp1: Add VSPX support commit
hi556: Support full range of power rails commit
ipu-bridge: Add Toshiba T4KA3 HID to list of supported sensor commit
ipu-bridge: Add Onsemi MT9M114 HID to list of supported sensors commit
rkvdec: Unstage the driver commit
tc358743: Add support for 972Mbit/s link freq commit
cedrus: Add support for additional output formats commit
12.9. Universal Serial Bus
thunderbolt: Enable end-to-end flow control also in transmit commit
serial: option: add Telit Cinterion LE910C4-WWX new compositions commit
serial: option: add Foxconn T99W709 commit
usb-storage: Add unusual-devs entry for Novatek NTK96550-based camera commit
dwc3: pci: add support for the Intel Wildcat Lake commit
typec: altmodes/displayport: add irq_hpd to sysfs commit
chipidea: Add support for s32g2 and s32g3 commit, commit, commit, commit
12.10. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Support for amlogic the new spi ip (cover), commit, commit, commit
intel: Allow writeable MTD partition with module param commit
adc: ad7173: add SPI offload support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
spi-fsl-dspi: DSPI support for NXP S32G platforms (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
spi-fsl-lpspi: Generic fixes and support for S32G devices (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
spi-qpic-snand: enable 8 bits ECC strength support (cover), commit, commit
sophgo: Add SPI NOR controller for SG2042 (cover), commit, commit, commit
12.11. Watchdog
sbsa: Adjust keepalive timeout to avoid MediaTek WS0 race condition commit
12.12. Serial
qcom-geni: Add support for 8 Mbps baud rate commit
qcom-geni: Enable support for half-duplex mode commit
Add rsci driver for renesas rz/t2h soc (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
12.13. CPU Frequency scaling
devfreq: Add HiSilicon uncore frequency scaling driver (cover), commit, commit
intel_pstate: Add Granite Rapids support in no-HWP mode commit
12.14. Voltage, current regulators, power capping, power supply
a523: Add power controllers (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rockchip: Add power controller support for RK3528 commit, commit, commit, commit
Apple mac system management controller (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add th1520 gpu support with power sequencing (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Mediatek dimensity 1200 - add dvfsrc support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
pca9450: Support PWM mode also for pca9451a commit
Add rpmh regulator support for pm7550 & pmr735b (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
supply: qcom_battmgr: Add lithium-polymer entry commit
supply: qcom_battmgr: Report battery capacity commit
regulator: rpi-panel-v2: Add regulator for 7" Raspberry Pi 720x1280 commit
12.15. Real Time Clock (RTC)
12.16. Pin Controllers (pinctrl)
mediatek: Add pinctrl driver for mt8189 commit
Add support for amlogic s7/s7d/s6 pinctrl (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
tps6594: Add TI TPS652G1 support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add pinctrl driver for milos (sm7635) (cover), commit, commit
qcom: add multi TLMM region option parameter commit
Add support for raspberrypi rp1 pci device using a dt overlay (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
rp1: Implement RaspberryPi RP1 pinmux/pinconf support commit
stm32: add irq affinity, RIF, module support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Introduce hdp support for stm32mp platforms (cover), commit, commit, commit
12.17. Multi Media Card (MMC)
Introduce the loongson-2k mmc host controller driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add cadence MMC/SDHCI driver commit
12.18. Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
Add driver for intel discrete graphics (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
spinand: gigadevice:Add support for GD5F1GM9 chips commit
spinand: winbond: Add comment about the maximum frequency commit
spinand: winbond: Enable high-speed modes on w25n0xjw commit
spinand: winbond: Enable high-speed modes on w35n0xjw commit
12.19. Industrial I/O (iio)
Add driver for nicera d3-323-aa pir sensor (cover), commit, commit, commit
adxl313: add power-save on activity/inactivity (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
adc: Add support for AD4170 series of ADCs (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for ad4080 adc (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for ad7405/adum770x (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
adc: ad7606: enable Vdrive and Vrefin power supply voltages (cover), commit, commit
adc: add ad7606 calibration support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
adc: ad7768-1: Add features, improvements, and fixes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
adc: ad7606: enable Vdrive and Vrefin power supply voltages (cover), commit, commit
Add support for wom (wake-on-motion) feature (cover), commit, commit, commit
adc: ad4851: add spi 3-wire support commit
cros_ec_sensors: add cros_ec_activity driver commit
12.20. Multi Function Devices (MFD)
adp5585: support keymap events and drop legacy Input driver (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Apple mac system management controller (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
tps6594: Add TI TPS652G1 support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
12.21. Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
Add support for pwmchip devices for faster and easier userspace access (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
argon-fan-hat: Add Argon40 Fan HAT support commit, commit, commit
pwm-mediatek: Add support for MT6991/MT8196 SoCs (cover), commit, commit, commit
pxa: Allow to enable for SpacemiT K1 SoC commit
sophgo-sg2042: Add support for SG2044 commit
12.22. Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C + I3C)
Add driver for the Renesas IP and support RZ/G3S+G3E commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add RIIC support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
12.23. Hardware monitoring (hwmon)
corsair-psu: add support for hx1200i series 2025 commit
amc6821: add cooling device support (cover), commit, commit, commit
asus-ec-sensors: add proart x870e-creator wifi commit
asus-ec-sensors: add support for rog strix z490-f gaming commit
emc2305: Add support for PWM frequency, polarity and output commit, commit
Improvements and ina228 support (cover), commit, commit, commit
pmbus/adp1050: Add regulator support for ltp8800 commit
12.24. General Purpose I/O (gpio)
12.25. Cryptography hardware acceleration
Caam: imx8qxp support (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
hisilicon/sec2: implement full backlog mode for sec commit
inside-secure - remove crc32 support commit
- qat
refactor and add live migration enablers for GEN6 devices commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
enable decompression service for GEN6 devices commit
enable power management debugfs for GEN6 devices commit
enable rate limiting feature for GEN6 devices commit
enable telemetry for GEN6 devices commit
validate service in rate limiting sysfs api commit
stm32: remove crc32 and crc32c support commit
12.26. PCI
Add qualcomm sa8255p based firmware managed pcie root complex (cover), commit, commit, commit
EP: Add RC-to-EP doorbell with platform MSI controller (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
PCI: imx6: Add IMX8MM_EP and IMX8MP_EP fixed 256-byte BAR 4 in epc_features commit
Powernv pcie hotplug driver fixes (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Support Immediate Readiness on devices without PM capabilities commit
dwc: Add Sophgo SG2044 PCIe controller driver in Root Complex mode commit
endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: allow arbitrary BAR mapping (cover), commit, commit
qcom: Add support for parsing the new Root Port binding commit
vmd: Add VMD Device ID Support for Panther Lake (PTL)-H/P/U commit
12.27. Clock
Add clock drivers for milos (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add video clock controller for sm6350 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add support for videocc, camcc, dispcc and gpucc on qualcomm qcs615 platform (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
qcom: Add camera clock controller support for sc8180x (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
qcom: Add support to attach multiple power domains in cc probe (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add cmn pll clock controller support for ipq5424 (cover), commit, commit, commit
Add cmn pll clock controller support for ipq5018 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add rpmh and tcsr clock support for milos (sm7635) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add cpg/mssr support for rz/n2h soc (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add initial support for renesas rz/t2h soc (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add clock support for cmu_hsi2 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Enable pcie multilink and usb support in cadence torrent serdes driver (cover), commit, commit
renesas: Skip monitor checks for external clocks and add clocks for GBETH (cover), commit, commit
12.28. PHY ("physical layer" framework)
cadence: Sierra: Add PCIe + USB PHY multilink configuration commit
dt-bindings: phy: samsung,mipi-video-phy: document exynos7870 MIPI phy commit
qcom: Introduce USB support for SM8750 (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
12.29. EDAC (Error Detection And Correction)
i10nm: Add Intel Granite Rapids-D support commit
ie31200: Add Intel Raptor Lake-HX SoCs support commit
ie31200: Enable support for Core i5-14600 and i7-14700 commit
igen6: Add Intel Wildcat Lake SoCs support commit
ie31200: Add Intel Bartlett Lake-S SoCs support commit
12.30. DMA engines
Add driver for Sophgo CV18XX/SG200X dmamux commit
12.31. Various
- reset
accel/ivpu: Add inference_timeout_ms module parameter commit
accel/ivpu: Add initial Wildcat Lake support commit
accel/ivpu: Add turbo flag to the DRM_IVPU_CMDQ_CREATE ioctl commit
accel/qaic: Add Reliability, Accessibility, Serviceability (RAS) commit
bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: Add Foxconn T99W696 modem commit
bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: Add support for EM929x and set MRU to 32768 for better performance. commit
cxl/events: Update to rev 3.2, improvements and add trace memory sparing event record (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit
Add microchip zl3073x support (part 1) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add all inputs phase offset monitor (cover), commit, commit, commit
zl3073x: Add misc features (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
Add mailbox driver for ast2700 series (cover), commit, commit
memory: mtk-smi: Add ostd setting for mt8186 commit
misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add TI TPS652G1 PMIC PFSM commit
Add microchip zl3073x support (part 1) (cover), commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit
dpll: Add reference sync feature (cover), commit, commit, commit
bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: Add Telit FN990B40 modem support commit
13. List of Pull Requests