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| The purpose of this page is tracking and explaining the features added in every release, just like the [http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.php/DragonFly_Status Dragonfly people did]. | #pragma keywords Linux, Kernel, Operative System, Linus Torvalds, Open Source, drivers, filesystems, network, memory management, scheduler, preemtion, 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], [http://www.h-online.com/open/features/ H-Online], or the Linux Kernel mailing list (there is a web interface in [http://www.lkml.org www.lkml.org]). 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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| It'd be nice if kernel hackers would spend some minutes adding their stuff here. The one place where you can find a comparable changelog are the fabulous LWN kernel articles: http://lwn.net/Kernel/, or the [http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/ driver porting guide] - but there's no reason why the kernel community shouldn't embrace and extend those efforts ;) | 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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| TODO: * Import (and extend, explain, etc) LWN's [http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/ list of 2.6 API changes] (need to ask for permission?) * Import [http://kernelnewbies.org/status/latest.html Kernelnewbies status] list * Import relevant data from [http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt davej's post halloween document] * Keep track of what gets changed 2.6.14: 2.6.13: 2.6.12: 2.6.11: 2.6.10: 2.6.9: 2.6.8: 2.6.7: 2.6.6: 2.6.5: 2.6.4: 2.6.3: 2.6.2: 2.6.1: 2.6.0: 2.6.0-test9: * [http://lwn.net/Articles/44243/ libata driver architecture] (Jeff Garzik) 2.6.0-test6: * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104344596912094&w=2 32-bit dev_t] (Andries Brouwer, Al Viro) 2.6.0-test3: * [http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html SELinux] (Stephen Smalley, SELinux team) 2.6.0-test1: * [http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ Linux Virtual Server layer] (Wensong Zhang) 2.5.75: * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m=104529418208788&w=2 Anticipatory Scheduler] (Nick Piggin, Andrew Morton) 2.5.71: * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104981044405395&w=2 Switch the IDE I/O layers to taskfile](Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz, Alan Cox) 2.5.70: * [http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget USB gadget support] (David Brownell, Stuart Lynne, Greg Kroah-Hartman) |
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Changes done in each Linux kernel release. Other places to get news about the Linux kernel are [http://lwn.net/Kernel/ LWN kernel status], [http://www.h-online.com/open/features/ H-Online], or the Linux Kernel mailing list (there is a web interface in [http://www.lkml.org www.lkml.org]). List of changes of older releases can be found at LinuxVersions. If you're going to add something here look first at LinuxChangesRules!
You can discuss the latest Linux kernel changes on the [http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/list.php?4 New Linux Kernel Features Forum].