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#pragma description Summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux Kernel during the 2.5.x, 2.6.x and 3.x development cycles | #pragma description Summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux Kernel during the 2.5.x, 2.6.x, 3.x and 4.x development cycles |
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= 5.x = * [[Linux_5.19]] Released Sun, 31 Jul 2022 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.18]] Released Sun, 22 May 2022 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.17]] Released Sun, 20 Mar 2022 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.16]] Released Sun, 9 Jan 2022 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.15]] Released Sun, 31 Oct 2021 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.14]] Released Sun, 29 Aug 2021 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.13]] Released Sun, 27 June 2021 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.12]] Released Sun, 25 Apr 2021 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.11]] Released Sun, 14 Feb 2021 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.10]] Released Sun, 13 December 2020 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.9]] Released Sun, 11 October 2020 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.8]] Released Sun, 2 August 2020 (64 days) * [[Linux_5.7]] Released Sun, 31 May 2020 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.6]] Released Sun, 29 March 2020 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.5]] Released Sun, 26 January 2020 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.4]] Released Sun, 24 Nov 2019 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.3]] Released Sun, 15 September 2019 (70 days) * [[Linux_5.2]] Released Sun, 7 July 2019 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.1]] Released Sun, 5 May 2019 (63 days) * [[Linux_5.0]] Released Sun, 3 March 2019 (70 days) |
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* ["Linux 4.4"] Released 10 January, 2016 (70 days) * ["Linux 4.3"] Released 1 November, 2015 (63 days) * ["Linux 4.2"] Released 30 August, 2015 (70 days) * ["Linux 4.1"] Released 21 June, 2015 (70 days) * ["Linux 4.0"] Released 12 April, 2015 (63 days) |
* [[Linux_4.20]] Released 23 December, 2018 (62 days) * [[Linux_4.19]] Released 22 October, 2018 (71 days) * [[Linux_4.18]] Released 12 August, 2018 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.17]] Released 3 Jun, 2018 (63 days) * [[Linux_4.16]] Released 1 Apr, 2018 (73 days) * [[Linux_4.15]] Released 18 January, 2018 (77 days) * [[Linux_4.14]] Released 12 November, 2017 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.13]] Released 3 September, 2017 (63 days) * [[Linux_4.12]] Released 2 July, 2017 (63 days) * [[Linux_4.11]] Released 30 April, 2017 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.10]] Released 19 February, 2017 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.9]] Released 11 December, 2016 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.8]] Released 2 October, 2016 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.7]] Released 24 July, 2016 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.6]] Released 15 May, 2016 (63 days) * [[Linux_4.5]] Released 13 March, 2016 (63 days) * [[Linux_4.4]] Released 10 January, 2016 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.3]] Released 1 November, 2015 (63 days) * [[Linux_4.2]] Released 30 August, 2015 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.1]] Released 21 June, 2015 (70 days) * [[Linux_4.0]] Released 12 April, 2015 (63 days) |
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* ["Linux 3.19"] Released 8 February, 2015 (63 days) * ["Linux 3.18"] Released 7 December, 2014 (63 days) * ["Linux 3.17"] Released 5 October, 2014 (63 days) * ["Linux 3.16"] Released 3 August, 2014 (56 days) * ["Linux 3.15"] Released 8 June, 2014 (70 days) * ["Linux 3.14"] Released 30 March, 2014 (70 days) * ["Linux 3.13"] Released 19 January, 2014 (78 days) * ["Linux 3.12"] Released 2 November, 2013 (61 days) * ["Linux 3.11"] Released 2 September, 2013 (64 days) * ["Linux 3.10"] Released 30 June, 2013 (63 days) * ["Linux 3.9"] Released 28 April, 2013 (69 days) * ["Linux 3.8"] Released 18 February, 2013 70 ( days) * ["Linux 3.7"] Released 10 December 2012 (71 days) * ["Linux 3.6"] Released 30 September, 2012 (71 days) * ["Linux 3.5"] Released 21 July, 2012 (62 days) * ["Linux 3.4"] Released 20 May, 2012 (63 days) * ["Linux 3.3"] Released 18 March, 2012 (74 days) * ["Linux 3.2"] Released 4 January, 2012 (72 days) * ["Linux 3.1"] Released 24 October, 2011 (95 days) * ["Linux 3.0"] Released 21 July, 2011 (64 days) |
* [[Linux_3.19]] Released 8 February, 2015 (63 days) * [[Linux_3.18]] Released 7 December, 2014 (63 days) * [[Linux_3.17]] Released 5 October, 2014 (63 days) * [[Linux_3.16]] Released 3 August, 2014 (56 days) * [[Linux_3.15]] Released 8 June, 2014 (70 days) * [[Linux_3.14]] Released 30 March, 2014 (70 days) * [[Linux_3.13]] Released 19 January, 2014 (78 days) * [[Linux_3.12]] Released 2 November, 2013 (61 days) * [[Linux_3.11]] Released 2 September, 2013 (64 days) * [[Linux_3.10]] Released 30 June, 2013 (63 days) * [[Linux_3.9]] Released 28 April, 2013 (69 days) * [[Linux_3.8]] Released 18 February, 2013 70 ( days) * [[Linux_3.7]] Released 10 December 2012 (71 days) * [[Linux_3.6]] Released 30 September, 2012 (71 days) * [[Linux_3.5]] Released 21 July, 2012 (62 days) * [[Linux_3.4]] Released 20 May, 2012 (63 days) * [[Linux_3.3]] Released 18 March, 2012 (74 days) * [[Linux_3.2]] Released 4 January, 2012 (72 days) * [[Linux_3.1]] Released 24 October, 2011 (95 days) * [[Linux_3.0]] Released 21 July, 2011 (64 days) |
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* [:Linux 2 6 39:Linux 2.6.39] Released 18 May, 2011 (65 days) * [:Linux 2 6 38:Linux 2.6.38] Released 14 March, 2011 (69 days) * [:Linux 2 6 37:Linux 2.6.37] Released 4 January, 2011 (76 days) * [:Linux 2 6 36:Linux 2.6.36] Released 20 October, 2010 (80 days) * [:Linux 2 6 35:Linux 2.6.35] Released 1 August, 2010 (76 days) * [:Linux 2 6 34:Linux 2.6.34] Released 16 May, 2010 (81 days) * [:Linux 2 6 33:Linux 2.6.33] Released 24 February, 2010 (83 days) * [:Linux 2 6 32:Linux 2.6.32] Released 3 December, 2009 (84 days) * [:Linux 2 6 31:Linux 2.6.31] Released 9 September, 2009 (92 days) * [:Linux 2 6 30:Linux 2.6.30] Released 9 June, 2009 (77 days) * [:Linux 2 6 29:Linux 2.6.29] Released 24 March, 2009 (89 days) * [:Linux 2 6 28:Linux 2.6.28] Released 25 December, 2008 (77 days) * [:Linux 2 6 27:Linux 2.6.27] Released 9 October, 2008 (88 days) * [:Linux 2 6 26:Linux 2.6.26] Released 13 July, 2008 (87 days) * [:Linux 2 6 25:Linux 2.6.25] Released 17 April, 2008 (84 days) * [:Linux 2 6 24:Linux 2.6.24] Released 24 January, 2008 (107 days) * [:Linux 2 6 23:Linux 2.6.23] Released 9 October, 2007 (93 days) * [:Linux 2 6 22:Linux 2.6.22] Released 8 July, 2007 (73 days) * [:Linux 2 6 21:Linux 2.6.21] Released 26 April, 2007 (80 days) * [:Linux 2 6 20:Linux 2.6.20] Released 5 February, 2007 (68 days) * [:Linux 2 6 19:Linux 2.6.19] Released 29 November, 2006 (70 days) * [:Linux 2 6 18:Linux 2.6.18] Released 20 September, 2006 (95 days) * [:Linux 2 6 17:Linux 2.6.17] Released 17 June, 2006 (88 days) * [:Linux 2 6 16:Linux 2.6.16] Released 20 March, 2006 (76 days) * [:Linux 2 6 15:Linux 2.6.15] Released 3 January, 2006 (68 days) * [:Linux 2 6 14:Linux 2.6.14] Released 27 October, 2005 (59 days) * [:Linux 2 6 13:Linux 2.6.13] Released 29 August, 2005 (73 days) * [:Linux 2 6 12:Linux 2.6.12] Released 17 June, 2005 (107 days) * [:Linux 2 6 11:Linux 2.6.11] Released 2 March, 2005 (68 days) * [:Linux 2 6 10:Linux 2.6.10] Released 24 December, 2004 (66 days) * [:Linux 2 6 9:Linux 2.6.9] Released 19 October, 2004 (66 days) * [:Linux 2 6 8:Linux 2.6.8] Released 14 August, 2004 (59 days) * [:Linux 2 6 7:Linux 2.6.7] Released 16 June, 2004 (37 days) * [:Linux 2 6 6:Linux 2.6.6] Released 10 May, 2004 (36 days) * [:Linux 2 6 5:Linux 2.6.5] Released 4 April, 2004 (24 days) * [:Linux 2 6 4:Linux 2.6.4] Released 11 March, 2004 (22 days) * [:Linux 2 6 3:Linux 2.6.3] Released 18 February, 2004 (14 days) * [:Linux 2 6 2:Linux 2.6.2] Released 4 February, 2004 (26 days) * [:Linux 2 6 1:Linux 2.6.1] Released 9 January, 2004 (22 days) * [:Linux 2 6 0:Linux 2.6.0] Released 18 December, 2003 |
* [[Linux_2_6_39|Linux 2.6.39]] Released 18 May, 2011 (65 days) * [[Linux_2_6_38|Linux 2.6.38]] Released 14 March, 2011 (69 days) * [[Linux_2_6_37|Linux 2.6.37]] Released 4 January, 2011 (76 days) * [[Linux_2_6_36|Linux 2.6.36]] Released 20 October, 2010 (80 days) * [[Linux_2_6_35|Linux 2.6.35]] Released 1 August, 2010 (76 days) * [[Linux_2_6_34|Linux 2.6.34]] Released 16 May, 2010 (81 days) * [[Linux_2_6_33|Linux 2.6.33]] Released 24 February, 2010 (83 days) * [[Linux_2_6_32|Linux 2.6.32]] Released 3 December, 2009 (84 days) * [[Linux_2_6_31|Linux 2.6.31]] Released 9 September, 2009 (92 days) * [[Linux_2_6_30|Linux 2.6.30]] Released 9 June, 2009 (77 days) * [[Linux_2_6_29|Linux 2.6.29]] Released 24 March, 2009 (89 days) * [[Linux_2_6_28|Linux 2.6.28]] Released 25 December, 2008 (77 days) * [[Linux_2_6_27|Linux 2.6.27]] Released 9 October, 2008 (88 days) * [[Linux_2_6_26|Linux 2.6.26]] Released 13 July, 2008 (87 days) * [[Linux_2_6_25|Linux 2.6.25]] Released 17 April, 2008 (84 days) * [[Linux_2_6_24|Linux 2.6.24]] Released 24 January, 2008 (107 days) * [[Linux_2_6_23|Linux 2.6.23]] Released 9 October, 2007 (93 days) * [[Linux_2_6_22|Linux 2.6.22]] Released 8 July, 2007 (73 days) * [[Linux_2_6_21|Linux 2.6.21]] Released 26 April, 2007 (80 days) * [[Linux_2_6_20|Linux 2.6.20]] Released 5 February, 2007 (68 days) * [[Linux_2_6_19|Linux 2.6.19]] Released 29 November, 2006 (70 days) * [[Linux_2_6_18|Linux 2.6.18]] Released 20 September, 2006 (95 days) * [[Linux_2_6_17|Linux 2.6.17]] Released 17 June, 2006 (88 days) * [[Linux_2_6_16|Linux 2.6.16]] Released 20 March, 2006 (76 days) * [[Linux_2_6_15|Linux 2.6.15]] Released 3 January, 2006 (68 days) * [[Linux_2_6_14|Linux 2.6.14]] Released 27 October, 2005 (59 days) * [[Linux_2_6_13|Linux 2.6.13]] Released 29 August, 2005 (73 days) * [[Linux_2_6_12|Linux 2.6.12]] Released 17 June, 2005 (107 days) * [[Linux_2_6_11|Linux 2.6.11]] Released 2 March, 2005 (68 days) * [[Linux_2_6_10|Linux 2.6.10]] Released 24 December, 2004 (66 days) * [[Linux_2_6_9|Linux 2.6.9]] Released 19 October, 2004 (66 days) * [[Linux_2_6_8|Linux 2.6.8]] Released 14 August, 2004 (59 days) * [[Linux_2_6_7|Linux 2.6.7]] Released 16 June, 2004 (37 days) * [[Linux_2_6_6|Linux 2.6.6]] Released 10 May, 2004 (36 days) * [[Linux_2_6_5|Linux 2.6.5]] Released 4 April, 2004 (24 days) * [[Linux_2_6_4|Linux 2.6.4]] Released 11 March, 2004 (22 days) * [[Linux_2_6_3|Linux 2.6.3]] Released 18 February, 2004 (14 days) * [[Linux_2_6_2|Linux 2.6.2]] Released 4 February, 2004 (26 days) * [[Linux_2_6_1|Linux 2.6.1]] Released 9 January, 2004 (22 days) * [[Linux_2_6_0|Linux 2.6.0]] Released 18 December, 2003 |
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* Libata driver architecture [http://lwn.net/Articles/44243/ (LWN article)] | * Libata driver architecture [[http://lwn.net/Articles/44243/|(LWN article)]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104344596912094&w=2 32-bit dev_t] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=104344596912094&w=2|32-bit dev_t]] |
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* [http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html SELinux] | * [[http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html|SELinux]] |
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* [http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ Linux Virtual Server layer] | * [[http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/|Linux Virtual Server layer]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m=104529418208788&w=2 Anticipatory Scheduler] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=104529418208788&w=2|Anticipatory Scheduler]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104981044405395&w=2 Switch the IDE I/O layers to taskfile] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=104981044405395&w=2|Switch the IDE I/O layers to taskfile]] |
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* [http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget USB gadget support] | * [[http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget|USB gadget support]] |
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* New interrupt handling API [http://lwn.net/Articles/29555/ (LWN article)] | * New interrupt handling API [[http://lwn.net/Articles/29555/|(LWN article)]] |
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* [http://www.kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=603 Desktop Interactivity Improvements] | * [[http://www.kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=603|Desktop Interactivity Improvements]] |
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* [http://high-res-timers.sourceforge.net/ POSIX timers] | * [[http://high-res-timers.sourceforge.net/|POSIX timers]] |
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* [http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/dcache/dcache_lock.html Avoid dcache_lock while path walking] | * [[http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/dcache/dcache_lock.html|Avoid dcache_lock while path walking]] |
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* [http://home.arcor.de/efocht/sched/ NUMA aware scheduler extensions] | * [[http://home.arcor.de/efocht/sched/|NUMA aware scheduler extensions]] |
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* [http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/linux/schedlat.html Remove long-held locks for low scheduling latency] | * [[http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/linux/schedlat.html|Remove long-held locks for low scheduling latency]] |
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* [http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/ Add lm-sensors drivers for hardware health monitoring] | * [[http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/|Add lm-sensors drivers for hardware health monitoring]] |
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* [http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/ Rewrite of the console layer] | * [[http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/|Rewrite of the console layer]] |
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* [http://lists.insecure.org/lists/linux-kernel/2002/Oct/6214.html In-kernel module loader] | * [[http://lists.insecure.org/lists/linux-kernel/2002/Oct/6214.html|In-kernel module loader]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101843329231392&w=2 Zerocopy NFS] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101843329231392&w=2|Zerocopy NFS]] |
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* [http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/nio-improve.html Better I/O performance with epoll], [http://lwn.net/Articles/14168/ (LWN article)] | * [[http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/nio-improve.html|Better I/O performance with epoll]], [[http://lwn.net/Articles/14168/|(LWN article)]] |
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* [http://www.uclinux.org/ MMU-less processor support (ucLinux)] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101095500820185&w=2 Replace initrd by initramfs] |
* [[http://www.uclinux.org/|MMU-less processor support (ucLinux)]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101095500820185&w=2|Replace initrd by initramfs]] |
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* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~zippel/lc/ New Linux configuration system: kconfig] * [http://samba.org/~jamesm/crypto/ CryptoAPI] * [ftp://ftp.linux-ipv6.org/pub/usagi/patch/ipsec/ IPSEC] * [http://www.linuxtv.org/dvb/ Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) layer] * [http://www.sistina.com/products_lvm.htm Device mapper for Logical Volume Manager (LVM2)] |
* [[http://www.xs4all.nl/~zippel/lc/|New Linux configuration system: kconfig]] * [[http://samba.org/~jamesm/crypto/|CryptoAPI]] * [[ftp://ftp.linux-ipv6.org/pub/usagi/patch/ipsec/|IPSEC]] * [[http://www.linuxtv.org/dvb/|Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) layer]] * [[http://www.sistina.com/products_lvm.htm|Device mapper for Logical Volume Manager (LVM2)]] |
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* New sysfs filesystem (formerly known as driverfs) [http://lwn.net/Articles/36850/ (LWN article)] | * New sysfs filesystem (formerly known as driverfs) [[http://lwn.net/Articles/36850/|(LWN article)]] |
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* x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling [http://lwn.net/Articles/9042/ (LWN article)] | * x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling [[http://lwn.net/Articles/9042/|(LWN article)]] |
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* [http://www.psc.edu/general/filesys/afs/ Andrew File System (AFS) support] * [http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ OProfile, a low-overhead profiler] * [http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking Read-Copy Update (RCU) Mutual Exclusion] * [http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ Add support for NFS v4] |
* [[http://www.psc.edu/general/filesys/afs/|Andrew File System (AFS) support]] * [[http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/|OProfile, a low-overhead profiler]] * [[http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking|Read-Copy Update (RCU) Mutual Exclusion]] * [[http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/|Add support for NFS v4]] |
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* [http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ NFS v4] support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=4aebf5c40f30cc754927f4f3d20dffa9c7162814 (commit)], [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=102927937802523&w=2 (announcement)] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103298446916066&w=2 ext2/ext3 large directory support: HTree index] * [http://us1.samba.org/samba/Linux_CIFS_client.html Add new CIFS (Common Internet File System)] * [http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LargeBlockDevices Remove the 2TB block device limit]: Block devices can now access up to 16TB on 32-bit architectures, and up to 8EB on 64-bit architectures. statfs64() syscall added: statfs() couldn't handle it. |
* [[http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/|NFS v4]] support [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=b59e9ac5ec332ba084b44553ab1bd47e1ac30e41|(commit)]], [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=102927937802523&w=2|(announcement)]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=103298446916066&w=2|ext2/ext3 large directory support: HTree index]] * [[http://us1.samba.org/samba/Linux_CIFS_client.html|Add new CIFS (Common Internet File System)]] * [[http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LargeBlockDevices|Remove the 2TB block device limit]]: Block devices can now access up to 16TB on 32-bit architectures, and up to 8EB on 64-bit architectures. statfs64() syscall added: statfs() couldn't handle it. |
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* NFS direct I/O [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=fef2661181855f2d70c0b4c36f76ae6db15a2b93 (commit)] | * NFS direct I/O [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=c03e7607e0391b919d3f6ded8c98fdcddbcb20b1|(commit)]] |
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* [http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa Parallelizing page replacement] * [http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa NUMA topology support * [http://www.brodo.de/cpufreq/ Add support for CPU clock/voltage scaling] |
* [[http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa|Parallelizing page replacement]] * [[http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa|NUMA topology support]] * [[http://www.brodo.de/cpufreq/|Add support for CPU clock/voltage scaling]] |
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* [http://users.pandora.be/bart.de.schuymer/ebtables/ Ethernet bridge tables support] | * [[http://users.pandora.be/bart.de.schuymer/ebtables/|Ethernet bridge tables support]] |
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* [http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ XFS filesystem from SGI] | * [[http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/|XFS filesystem from SGI]] |
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* [http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/index.html Add User-Mode Linux (UML)] | * [[http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/index.html|Add User-Mode Linux (UML)]] |
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* [http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa discontigmem support (ia32)] | * [[http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa|discontigmem support (ia32)]] |
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* [http://www.sf.net/projects/lksctp SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)] | * [[http://www.sf.net/projects/lksctp|SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)]] |
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* [http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf Improved POSIX threading support] * [http://freshmeat.net/projects/linux-aio/ Asynchronous IO (aio) support] |
* [[http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf|Improved POSIX threading support]] * [[http://freshmeat.net/projects/linux-aio/|Asynchronous IO (aio) support]] |
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* [http://lsm.immunix.org/ Add Linux Security Module (LSM)] * [http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tls-patches/ Thread-Local Storage (TLS) support] |
* [[http://lsm.immunix.org/|Add Linux Security Module (LSM)]] * [[http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tls-patches/|Thread-Local Storage (TLS) support]] |
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* [http://surriel.com/patches/ New VM with reverse mappings] | * [[http://surriel.com/patches/|New VM with reverse mappings]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=102591369418106&w=2 Faster internal kernel clock frequency] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=102591369418106&w=2|Faster internal kernel clock frequency]] |
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* [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/patches/Hotcpu/ Hotplug CPU support] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20030208091619/bazar.conectiva.com.br/~acme/patches/wip/ More complete IEEE 802.2 stack] |
* [[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/patches/Hotcpu/|Hotplug CPU support]] * [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030208091619/bazar.conectiva.com.br/~acme/patches/wip/|More complete IEEE 802.2 stack]] |
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* [http://falcon.sch.bme.hu/~seasons/linux/swsusp.html Software suspend (to disk & RAM)] | * [[http://falcon.sch.bme.hu/~seasons/linux/swsusp.html|Software suspend (to disk & RAM)]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=101586205801483&w=2 New quota system supporting plugins] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=101586205801483&w=2|New quota system supporting plugins]] |
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* [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=e4ca57ce9faaaecb6dc5237960ea95d067770211 Support for IDE TCQ (Tagged Command Queueing)] | * [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=f015724e4111549ab6544dd85123c094cea749e4|Support for IDE TCQ (Tagged Command Queueing)]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101968599501262&w=2 Fast walk dcache] * [http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ Replace old NTFS driver with NTFS TNG driver] |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101968599501262&w=2|Fast walk dcache]] * [[http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/|Replace old NTFS driver with NTFS TNG driver]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101231993430394&w=2 Radix-tree pagecache] * [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/cpu-affinity Syscall interface for CPU task affinity] |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101231993430394&w=2|Radix-tree pagecache]] * [[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/cpu-affinity|Syscall interface for CPU task affinity]] |
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi/ ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)] * [ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/NAPI/ NAPI network interrupt mitigation] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101531164109904&w=2 Futexes (Fast Lightweight Userspace Semaphores] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-video&m=101508220707263&w=2 Video for Linux (V4L) redesign] * [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html New driver API for Wireless Extensions] |
* [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi/|ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)]] * [[ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/NAPI/|NAPI network interrupt mitigation]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101531164109904&w=2|Futexes (Fast Lightweight Userspace Semaphores]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-video&m=101508220707263&w=2|Video for Linux (V4L) redesign]] * [[http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html|New driver API for Wireless Extensions]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101043315213024&w=2 HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) update] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101426108626124&w=2 per_cpu infrastructure] * [http://www-124.ibm.com/jfs/ Add JFS (Journaling FileSystem from IBM)] |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101043315213024&w=2|HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) update]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101426108626124&w=2|per_cpu infrastructure]] * [[http://www-124.ibm.com/jfs/|Add JFS (Journaling FileSystem from IBM)]] |
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* [http://linuxppc64.org/ New architecture: PowerPC 64-bit (ppc64)] * [http://www.x86-64.org/ New architecture: AMD 64-bit (x86-64)] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101406121032371&w=2 Pagetables in highmem support] * [http://www.alsa-project.org/ Add ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture] |
* [[http://linuxppc64.org/|New architecture: PowerPC 64-bit (ppc64)]] * [[http://www.x86-64.org/|New architecture: AMD 64-bit (x86-64)]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101406121032371&w=2|Pagetables in highmem support]] * [[http://www.alsa-project.org/|Add ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture]] |
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* [http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/pthreads/ Support for Next Generation POSIX Threading] * [ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/preempt-kernel/ Add preempt kernel option] |
* [[http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/pthreads/|Support for Next Generation POSIX Threading]] * [[ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/preempt-kernel/|Add preempt kernel option]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100942323913586&w=2 Per filesystem slabcache & fs.h] | * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=100942323913586&w=2|Per filesystem slabcache & fs.h]] |
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* [http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mochel/doc/ New driver model & unified device tree] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100173574819266&w=2 PnP BIOS driver] |
* [[http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mochel/doc/|New driver model & unified device tree]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=100173574819266&w=2|PnP BIOS driver]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101077476005939&w=2 Support reiserfs external journal] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101121711408999&w=2 IDE layer update] * [http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0202.0/0260.html Untangle sched.h & fs.h include dependancies] |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101077476005939&w=2|Support reiserfs external journal]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101121711408999&w=2|IDE layer update]] * [[http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0202.0/0260.html|Untangle sched.h & fs.h include dependancies]] |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100992347220716&w=2 New kernel device structure (kdev_t)] * [http://people.redhat.com/mingo/O(1)-scheduler/ O(1) scheduler for improved scalability] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=98307457705210&w=2 Filesystem per-process namespaces, late-boot cleanups] * [http://www.linux-usb.org/usb2.html Initial support for USB 2.0] |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=100992347220716&w=2|New kernel device structure (kdev_t)]] * [[http://people.redhat.com/mingo/O(1)-scheduler/|O(1) scheduler for improved scalability]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=98307457705210&w=2|Filesystem per-process namespaces, late-boot cleanups]] * [[http://www.linux-usb.org/usb2.html|Initial support for USB 2.0]] |
This is a list of links to every changelog.
5.x
Linux_5.19 Released Sun, 31 Jul 2022 (70 days)
Linux_5.18 Released Sun, 22 May 2022 (63 days)
Linux_5.17 Released Sun, 20 Mar 2022 (70 days)
Linux_5.16 Released Sun, 9 Jan 2022 (70 days)
Linux_5.15 Released Sun, 31 Oct 2021 (63 days)
Linux_5.14 Released Sun, 29 Aug 2021 (63 days)
Linux_5.13 Released Sun, 27 June 2021 (63 days)
Linux_5.12 Released Sun, 25 Apr 2021 (70 days)
Linux_5.11 Released Sun, 14 Feb 2021 (63 days)
Linux_5.10 Released Sun, 13 December 2020 (63 days)
Linux_5.9 Released Sun, 11 October 2020 (70 days)
Linux_5.8 Released Sun, 2 August 2020 (64 days)
Linux_5.7 Released Sun, 31 May 2020 (63 days)
Linux_5.6 Released Sun, 29 March 2020 (63 days)
Linux_5.5 Released Sun, 26 January 2020 (63 days)
Linux_5.4 Released Sun, 24 Nov 2019 (70 days)
Linux_5.3 Released Sun, 15 September 2019 (70 days)
Linux_5.2 Released Sun, 7 July 2019 (63 days)
Linux_5.1 Released Sun, 5 May 2019 (63 days)
Linux_5.0 Released Sun, 3 March 2019 (70 days)
4.x
Linux_4.20 Released 23 December, 2018 (62 days)
Linux_4.19 Released 22 October, 2018 (71 days)
Linux_4.18 Released 12 August, 2018 (70 days)
Linux_4.17 Released 3 Jun, 2018 (63 days)
Linux_4.16 Released 1 Apr, 2018 (73 days)
Linux_4.15 Released 18 January, 2018 (77 days)
Linux_4.14 Released 12 November, 2017 (70 days)
Linux_4.13 Released 3 September, 2017 (63 days)
Linux_4.12 Released 2 July, 2017 (63 days)
Linux_4.11 Released 30 April, 2017 (70 days)
Linux_4.10 Released 19 February, 2017 (70 days)
Linux_4.9 Released 11 December, 2016 (70 days)
Linux_4.8 Released 2 October, 2016 (70 days)
Linux_4.7 Released 24 July, 2016 (70 days)
Linux_4.6 Released 15 May, 2016 (63 days)
Linux_4.5 Released 13 March, 2016 (63 days)
Linux_4.4 Released 10 January, 2016 (70 days)
Linux_4.3 Released 1 November, 2015 (63 days)
Linux_4.2 Released 30 August, 2015 (70 days)
Linux_4.1 Released 21 June, 2015 (70 days)
Linux_4.0 Released 12 April, 2015 (63 days)
3.x
Linux_3.19 Released 8 February, 2015 (63 days)
Linux_3.18 Released 7 December, 2014 (63 days)
Linux_3.17 Released 5 October, 2014 (63 days)
Linux_3.16 Released 3 August, 2014 (56 days)
Linux_3.15 Released 8 June, 2014 (70 days)
Linux_3.14 Released 30 March, 2014 (70 days)
Linux_3.13 Released 19 January, 2014 (78 days)
Linux_3.12 Released 2 November, 2013 (61 days)
Linux_3.11 Released 2 September, 2013 (64 days)
Linux_3.10 Released 30 June, 2013 (63 days)
Linux_3.9 Released 28 April, 2013 (69 days)
Linux_3.8 Released 18 February, 2013 70 ( days)
Linux_3.7 Released 10 December 2012 (71 days)
Linux_3.6 Released 30 September, 2012 (71 days)
Linux_3.5 Released 21 July, 2012 (62 days)
Linux_3.4 Released 20 May, 2012 (63 days)
Linux_3.3 Released 18 March, 2012 (74 days)
Linux_3.2 Released 4 January, 2012 (72 days)
Linux_3.1 Released 24 October, 2011 (95 days)
Linux_3.0 Released 21 July, 2011 (64 days)
2.6.x
Linux 2.6.39 Released 18 May, 2011 (65 days)
Linux 2.6.38 Released 14 March, 2011 (69 days)
Linux 2.6.37 Released 4 January, 2011 (76 days)
Linux 2.6.36 Released 20 October, 2010 (80 days)
Linux 2.6.35 Released 1 August, 2010 (76 days)
Linux 2.6.34 Released 16 May, 2010 (81 days)
Linux 2.6.33 Released 24 February, 2010 (83 days)
Linux 2.6.32 Released 3 December, 2009 (84 days)
Linux 2.6.31 Released 9 September, 2009 (92 days)
Linux 2.6.30 Released 9 June, 2009 (77 days)
Linux 2.6.29 Released 24 March, 2009 (89 days)
Linux 2.6.28 Released 25 December, 2008 (77 days)
Linux 2.6.27 Released 9 October, 2008 (88 days)
Linux 2.6.26 Released 13 July, 2008 (87 days)
Linux 2.6.25 Released 17 April, 2008 (84 days)
Linux 2.6.24 Released 24 January, 2008 (107 days)
Linux 2.6.23 Released 9 October, 2007 (93 days)
Linux 2.6.22 Released 8 July, 2007 (73 days)
Linux 2.6.21 Released 26 April, 2007 (80 days)
Linux 2.6.20 Released 5 February, 2007 (68 days)
Linux 2.6.19 Released 29 November, 2006 (70 days)
Linux 2.6.18 Released 20 September, 2006 (95 days)
Linux 2.6.17 Released 17 June, 2006 (88 days)
Linux 2.6.16 Released 20 March, 2006 (76 days)
Linux 2.6.15 Released 3 January, 2006 (68 days)
Linux 2.6.14 Released 27 October, 2005 (59 days)
Linux 2.6.13 Released 29 August, 2005 (73 days)
Linux 2.6.12 Released 17 June, 2005 (107 days)
Linux 2.6.11 Released 2 March, 2005 (68 days)
Linux 2.6.10 Released 24 December, 2004 (66 days)
Linux 2.6.9 Released 19 October, 2004 (66 days)
Linux 2.6.8 Released 14 August, 2004 (59 days)
Linux 2.6.7 Released 16 June, 2004 (37 days)
Linux 2.6.6 Released 10 May, 2004 (36 days)
Linux 2.6.5 Released 4 April, 2004 (24 days)
Linux 2.6.4 Released 11 March, 2004 (22 days)
Linux 2.6.3 Released 18 February, 2004 (14 days)
Linux 2.6.2 Released 4 February, 2004 (26 days)
Linux 2.6.1 Released 9 January, 2004 (22 days)
Linux 2.6.0 Released 18 December, 2003
2.5.x
2.6.0-test9:
Libata driver architecture (LWN article)
2.6.0-test6:
- Direct I/O support for reiserfs
2.6.0-test3:
2.6.0-test1:
2.5.75 released July 10, 2003:
- "kblockd" kernel threads
- "nointegrity" JFS mount option
2.5.74 released July 2, 2003:
2.5.73 released June 22, 2003:
2.5.72 released June 17, 2003:
2.5.71 released June 14, 2003:
2.5.70 released May 27, 2003:
2.5.69 released May 5, 2003:
New interrupt handling API (LWN article)
- Runtime barrier instruction patching: Allows optimal performance on different processors without the need to ship multiple kernels
2.5.68 released April 20, 2003:
- Merging s390 and s390x into a single architecture
- Generation of hotplug events from kobject registration
2.5.67 released April 7, 2003:
2.5.66 released March 24, 2003:
2.5.65 released March 17, 2003:
2.5.64 released March 5, 2003:
2.5.63 released February 24, 2003:
2.5.62 released February 17, 2003:
2.5.61 released February 15, 2003:
2.5.60 released February 10, 2003:
- New modversions implementation
- 64-bit jiffies
2.5.59 released Janury 17, 2003:
2.5.58 released January 14, 2003:
2.5.57 released January 13, 2003:
2.5.56 released January 10, 2003:
2.5.55 released January 9, 2003:
2.5.54 released January 2, 2003:
- Support for AGP 3.0
2.5.53 released December 24, 2002:
- SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support: Systems that support the SYSENTER extension (Basically Intel Pentium-II and above, and AMD Athlons) now have a faster method of making the transition from userspace to kernelspace when a syscall is performed. Pentium Pro also has SYSENTER, but due to errata, is unusable. Need an updated glibc to use it.
2.5.52 released December 16, 2002:
2.5.51 released December 10, 2002:
- Compatibility syscall layer
2.5.50 released November 27, 2002:
2.5.49 released November 22, 2002:
2.5.48 released November 18, 2002:
2.5.47 released November 11, 2002:
2.5.46 released November 4, 2002:
Per-cpu hot & cold page lists
- Extended Attributes and ACLs for ext2/ext3
2.5.45 released October 31, 2002:
2.5.44 released October 19, 2002:
New sysfs filesystem (formerly known as driverfs) (LWN article)
- Plug'N Play Layer Rewrite
x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling (LWN article)
2.5.43 released October 16, 2002:
- Remove kiobufs
2.5.42 released October 12, 2002:
NFS v4 support (commit), (announcement)
Remove the 2TB block device limit: Block devices can now access up to 16TB on 32-bit architectures, and up to 8EB on 64-bit architectures. statfs64() syscall added: statfs() couldn't handle it.
- Improved i2o (Intelligent Input/Ouput) layer
2.5.41 released October 7, 2002:
NFS direct I/O (commit)
2.5.40 released October 1, 2002:
2.5.39 released September 27, 2002:
- New IO scheduler ("deadline")
2.5.38 released September 22, 2002:
2.5.37 released September 20, 2002:
- Remove the global tasklist
2.5.36 released September 18, 2002:
- Hugepage support
2.5.35 released September 16, 2002:
- Serial ATA support
2.5.34 released September 9, 2002:
- POSIX threading support for signals
2.5.33 released August 31, 2002:
- TCP segmentation offload
2.5.32 released August 27, 2002:
- Porting all input devices over to input API
- New MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) driver
2.5.31 released August 11, 2002:
- Support insane number of processes
- Disk description cleanups
- Remove incomplete SPX network stack
2.5.30 released August 1, 2002:
- Remove khttpd
2.5.29 released July 27, 2002:
- Strict address space accounting
2.5.28 released July 24, 2002:
- Remove the "Big IRQ lock"
- Serial driver restructure
2.5.27 released July 20, 2002:
2.5.26 releasaed July 16, 2002:
Direct pagecache <-> BIO disk I/O
2.5.25 releaseed July 5, 2002:
- Unified naming for disk devices
2.5.24 released June 20, 2002:
2.5.23 released June 19, 2002:
2.5.22 released June 17, 2002:
2.5.21 released June 9, 2002:
2.5.20 released June 3, 2002:
2.5.19 released May 29, 2002:
2.5.18 released May 25, 2002:
->getattr() ->setattr() ->permission() changes
2.5.17 released May 21, 2002:
- Move ISDN4linux to CAPI based interface
2.5.16 released May 18, 2002:
2.5.15 released May 9, 2002:
2.5.14 released May 6, 2002:
- Bluetooth support (no longer experimental!)
2.5.13 released May 3, 2002:
2.5.12 released May 1, 2002:
- Rewrite of the buffer layer
2.5.11 released April 29, 2002:
- Rewrite of the framebuffer layer
2.5.10 released April 24, 2002:
2.5.9 released April 22, 2002:
- Smarter IRQ balancing
2.5.8 released April 14, 2002:
2.5.7 released March 18, 2002:
2.5.6 released March 8, 2002:
- Unicode and large file support for smbfs
- Killing kdev_t for block devices
2.5.5 released February 20, 2002:
2.5.4 released February 11, 2002:
Per network protocol slabcache & sock.h
2.5.3 released January 30, 2002:
- Generic Extended Attribute support
- Break Configure.help into multiple files
2.5.2 released January 15, 2002:
2.5.1 December 17, 2001:
- VFS changes: Now it is possible to atomically move a subtree to another place, "mount --move olddir newdir"
- Rewrite of the block IO (bio) layer