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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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= 6.0 = * [[Linux_6.0]] Released Sun, 2 Oct 2022 (63 days) = 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) |
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* [wiki:Linux_3.7 Linux 3.7] Released, 2012 ( days) * [wiki:Linux_3.6 Linux 3.6] Released Sep 30, 2012 (71 days) * [wiki:Linux_3.5 Linux 3.5] Released 21 Jul, 2012 (62 days) * [wiki:Linux_3.4 Linux 3.4] Released 20 May, 2012 (63 days) * [wiki:Linux_3.3 Linux 3.3] Released 18 Mar, 2012 (74 days) * [wiki:Linux_3.2 Linux 3.2] Released 4 Jan, 2012 (72 days) * [wiki:Linux_3.1 Linux 3.1] Released 24 Oct, 2011 (95 days) * [wiki:Linux_3.0 Linux 3.0] Released 21 Jul, 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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* [wiki:Linux_2_6_39 Linux 2.6.39] Released 18 May, 2011 (65 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_38 Linux 2.6.38] Released 14 March, 2011 (69 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_37 Linux 2.6.37] Released 4 January, 2011 (76 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_36 Linux 2.6.36] Released 20 October, 2010 (80 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_35 Linux 2.6.35] Released 1 August, 2010 (76 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_34 Linux 2.6.34] Released 16 May, 2010 (81 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_33 Linux 2.6.33] Released 24 February, 2010 (83 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_32 Linux 2.6.32] Released 3 December, 2009 (84 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_31 Linux 2.6.31] Released 9 September, 2009 (92 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_30 Linux 2.6.30] Released 9 June, 2009 (77 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_29 Linux 2.6.29] Released 24 March, 2009 (89 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_28 Linux 2.6.28] Released 25 December, 2008 (77 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_27 Linux 2.6.27] Released 9 October, 2008 (88 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_26 Linux 2.6.26] Released 13 July, 2008 (87 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_25 Linux 2.6.25] Released 17 April, 2008 (84 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_24 Linux 2.6.24] Released 24 January, 2008 (107 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_23 Linux 2.6.23] Released 9 October, 2007 (93 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_22 Linux 2.6.22] Released 8 July, 2007 (73 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_21 Linux 2.6.21] Released 26 April, 2007 (80 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_20 Linux 2.6.20] Released 5 February, 2007 (68 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_19 Linux 2.6.19] Released 29 November, 2006 (70 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_18 Linux 2.6.18] Released 20 September, 2006 (95 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_17 Linux 2.6.17] Released 17 June, 2006 (88 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_16 Linux 2.6.16] Released 20 March, 2006 (76 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_15 Linux 2.6.15] Released 3 January, 2006 (68 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_14 Linux 2.6.14] Released 27 October, 2005 (59 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_13 Linux 2.6.13] Released 29 August, 2005 (73 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_12 Linux 2.6.12] Released 17 June, 2005 (107 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_11 Linux 2.6.11] Released 2 March, 2005 (68 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_10 Linux 2.6.10] Released 24 December, 2004 (66 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_9 Linux 2.6.9] Released 19 October, 2004 (66 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_8 Linux 2.6.8] Released 14 August, 2004 (59 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_7 Linux 2.6.7] Released 16 June, 2004 (37 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_6 Linux 2.6.6] Released 10 May, 2004 (36 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_5 Linux 2.6.5] Released 4 April, 2004 (24 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_4 Linux 2.6.4] Released 11 March, 2004 (22 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_3 Linux 2.6.3] Released 18 February, 2004 (14 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_2 Linux 2.6.2] Released 4 February, 2004 (26 days) * [wiki:Linux_2_6_1 Linux 2.6.1] Released 9 January, 2004 (22 days) * [wiki: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] * Direct I/O support for reiserfs |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=104344596912094&w=2|32-bit dev_t]] * Direct I/O support for reiserfs |
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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] * "kblockd" kernel threads * "nointegrity" JFS mount option |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=104529418208788&w=2|Anticipatory Scheduler]] * "kblockd" kernel threads * "nointegrity" JFS mount option |
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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)] * Runtime barrier instruction patching: Allows optimal performance on different processors without the need to ship multiple kernels |
* New interrupt handling API [[http://lwn.net/Articles/29555/|(LWN article)]] * Runtime barrier instruction patching: Allows optimal performance on different processors without the need to ship multiple kernels |
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* Merging s390 and s390x into a single architecture * Generation of hotplug events from kobject registration |
* Merging s390 and s390x into a single architecture * Generation of hotplug events from kobject registration |
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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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* New modversions implementation * 64-bit jiffies |
* New modversions implementation * 64-bit jiffies |
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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] * Support for AGP 3.0 |
* [[http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/|Add lm-sensors drivers for hardware health monitoring]] * Support for AGP 3.0 |
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* 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. | * 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. |
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* [http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/ Rewrite of the console layer] * Compatibility syscall layer |
* [[http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/|Rewrite of the console layer]] * Compatibility syscall 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)] * Per-cpu hot & cold page lists * [http://www.uclinux.org/ MMU-less processor support (ucLinux)] * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101095500820185&w=2 Replace initrd by initramfs] * Extended Attributes and ACLs for ext2/ext3 |
* [[http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/nio-improve.html|Better I/O performance with epoll]], [[http://lwn.net/Articles/14168/|(LWN article)]] * Per-cpu hot & cold page lists * [[http://www.uclinux.org/|MMU-less processor support (ucLinux)]] * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=101095500820185&w=2|Replace initrd by initramfs]] * Extended Attributes and ACLs for ext2/ext3 |
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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)] * Plug'N Play Layer Rewrite * x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling [http://lwn.net/Articles/9042/ (LWN article)] |
* New sysfs filesystem (formerly known as driverfs) [[http://lwn.net/Articles/36850/|(LWN article)]] * Plug'N Play Layer Rewrite * 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] * Remove kiobufs |
* [[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]] * Remove kiobufs |
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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. * Improved i2o (Intelligent Input/Ouput) layer |
* [[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. * Improved i2o (Intelligent Input/Ouput) layer |
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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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* New IO scheduler ("deadline") | * New IO scheduler ("deadline") |
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* [http://users.pandora.be/bart.de.schuymer/ebtables/ Ethernet bridge tables support] * Remove the global tasklist |
* [[http://users.pandora.be/bart.de.schuymer/ebtables/|Ethernet bridge tables support]] * Remove the global tasklist |
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* Hugepage support * [http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ XFS filesystem from SGI] |
* Hugepage support * [[http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/|XFS filesystem from SGI]] |
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* Serial ATA support * [http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/index.html Add User-Mode Linux (UML)] |
* Serial ATA support * [[http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/index.html|Add User-Mode Linux (UML)]] |
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* POSIX threading support for signals * [http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa discontigmem support (ia32)] |
* POSIX threading support for signals * [[http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa|discontigmem support (ia32)]] |
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* TCP segmentation offload * [http://www.sf.net/projects/lksctp SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)] |
* TCP segmentation offload * [[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] * Porting all input devices over to input API * New MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) driver |
* [[http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf|Improved POSIX threading support]] * [[http://freshmeat.net/projects/linux-aio/|Asynchronous IO (aio) support]] * Porting all input devices over to input API * New MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) driver |
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* Support insane number of processes * Disk description cleanups * Remove incomplete SPX network stack |
* Support insane number of processes * Disk description cleanups * Remove incomplete SPX network stack |
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* Remove khttpd | * Remove khttpd |
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* Strict address space accounting * [http://lsm.immunix.org/ Add Linux Security Module (LSM)] * [http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tls-patches/ Thread-Local Storage (TLS) support] |
* Strict address space accounting * [[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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* Remove the "Big IRQ lock" * Serial driver restructure |
* Remove the "Big IRQ lock" * Serial driver restructure |
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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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* Direct pagecache <-> BIO disk I/O | * Direct pagecache <-> BIO disk I/O |
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* [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=102591369418106&w=2 Faster internal kernel clock frequency] * Unified naming for disk devices |
* [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=102591369418106&w=2|Faster internal kernel clock frequency]] * Unified naming for disk devices |
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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)] * ->getattr() ->setattr() ->permission() changes |
* [[http://falcon.sch.bme.hu/~seasons/linux/swsusp.html|Software suspend (to disk & RAM)]] * ->getattr() ->setattr() ->permission() changes |
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* Move ISDN4linux to CAPI based interface * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=101586205801483&w=2 New quota system supporting plugins] |
* Move ISDN4linux to CAPI based interface * [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=101586205801483&w=2|New quota system supporting plugins]] |
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* Bluetooth support (no longer experimental!) * [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)] |
* Bluetooth support (no longer experimental!) * [[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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* Rewrite of the buffer layer | * Rewrite of the buffer layer |
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* Rewrite of the framebuffer layer * [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] |
* Rewrite of the framebuffer layer * [[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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* Smarter IRQ balancing | * Smarter IRQ balancing |
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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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* Unicode and large file support for smbfs * [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)] * Killing kdev_t for block devices |
* Unicode and large file support for smbfs * [[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)]] * Killing kdev_t for block devices |
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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] * Per network protocol slabcache & sock.h * [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100942323913586&w=2 Per filesystem slabcache & fs.h] |
* [[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]] * Per network protocol slabcache & sock.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] * Generic Extended Attribute support * [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] * Break Configure.help into multiple files |
* [[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]] * Generic Extended Attribute support * [[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]] * Break Configure.help into multiple files |
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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]] |
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* 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 |
* 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 |
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CategoryReleases | CategoryReleases |
This is a list of links to every changelog.
6.0
Linux_6.0 Released Sun, 2 Oct 2022 (63 days)
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