==== 2.6.18 ==== * Still not released * Overview * http://lwn.net/Articles/190301 * '''Kernel Core changes''' * Various core changes * Driver Core: Add SYS_HYPERVISOR config option and a /sys/hypervisor subsystem when set by architecture dependent hypervisors (e.g. s390 or Xen) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4039483fd3065920f035eed39ec59085421c0a4f (commit)] * Driver model: add ISA bus, needed for proper support of ISA sound cards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a5117ba7da37deb09df5eb802dace229b3fb1e9f (commit)] * '''Architecture-specific''' * x86 32/64 * Make powernow-k7 work on SMP kernels [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=436fe7b8b4a5016ef1fcb32bff77bde84003e15d (commit)] * Cache pollution aware ____copy_from_user_ll(). Performance data in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c22ce143d15eb288543fe9873e1c5ac1c01b69a1 (commit)] __ * PPC * ARM * Add the base support for Hilscher's netX network processors [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bb6d8c8828123e01e2ae6c9d9c4870477889fd94 (commit)] * lpd7a40x: AMBA CLCD support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=903e2bbda92e5a14f8050154046a14230abb800b (commit)] * Add support for Philips PNX4008 ARM platform [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=78818e477bf785391b02672d053fdbb2e111fb50 (commit)] * Add spi support to lubbock platform [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9df5db80a781c1a1c67388c82f64f835093c3cc3 (commit)] * Add support for NXDKN development board [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=693532dcff871543639743e9c2e2b99c492f8f8d (commit)] * Core support for the Samsung S3C2442, and its serial port [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=96ce2385dd2817da549910001a69ac0a2762a1b9 (commit)] * framebuffer driver for Hilscher netX [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3095faf5295f2da9118469c925d2cfb7775ad287 (commit)] * Add support for NXDB500 development board [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=af614ba072dab2940471fec1f30bd59b8272fc6b (commit)] * Add support for NXEB500HMI development board [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2697c5e1f799f201366d5fd7d25e96a21587f1a9 (commit)] * MIPS: * Support for the R5500-based NEC EMMA2RH Mark-eins board [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=355c471f2ff324c21f8a1fb8e2e242a0f2a4aa68 (commit)] * Support for the GT-64120-based Wind River 4KC PPMC Evaluation board [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a240a469649eaab03f0c4c7fbb21ea5041bf5572 (commit)] * Support for the RM9000-based Basler eXcite smart camera platform [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=35189fad3cb5f6e3ab66c8321928a851de0cd2b1 (commit)] * APM emu support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=952fa954a61cee43de5afba91ae605e30ed2586c (commit)] * Remove support for NEC DDB5476 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=470b160364db5b8096b8e557a23c97eb6612be67 (commit)] * OMAP: Add core support for the TI F-Sample Board (OMAP 850) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=495f71db30e279a5a696fa6622fc75451caa8366 (commit)] * OMAP: Readd Amstrad Delta USB support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0711615290510bfba11c3f4eabcde6ac92c0766e (commit)] * OMAP: Add GPMC support for OMAP2 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4bbbc1adc2095c6504a556819dd8842135df300b (commit)] * OMAP: Add bitbank SPI driver for Innovator 1510 touchscreen [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c15e5d10b160ca0fe71f5865c771bf4ad0e7ed85 (commit)] * ep93xx: add cirrus logic edb9302 support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1100c257ad11954416df5fcf4bcfcab43de54f57 (commit)] * UML: * SPARC64 * Conversion over to the generic IRQ layer [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e18e2a00efc8352c131eb8d5a460149fb5776f1c (commit)] * Virtualize IRQ numbers [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8047e247c899f80c33a23ad7e9e250224f0d26a5 (commit)] * IA64: * S390: * m68knommu: ColdFire 532x register definitions [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c99df64f0be6763bf5079560ccd96911c231b7b (commit)] * '''Filesystems''' * Ext3 * XFS * JFS * JFFS2 * XATTR support including POSIX-ACL and SELinux support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aa98d7cf59b5b0764d3502662053489585faf2fe (commit)] * Allow alternate JFFS2 mount variant for root filesystem, details in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9482b4374e2596e6f3f1ab30c4ea469f4ac6311 (commit)] * FUSE * NFS * CIFS * NTFS * '''SELinux/audit''' * Add security class for appletalk sockets so that they can be distinguished in SELinux policy [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e3ff15e6d8ba931fa9a6c7f9fe711edc77e96e5 (commit)] * Add new flask definitions to SELinux, secmark, which implements a new scheme for adding security markings to packets via iptables. This adds support for a new object class ('packet'), and associated permissions ('send', 'recv', 'relabelto'). More info in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=29a395eac4c320c570e73f0a90d8953d80da8359 (commit)] * Add execve argument logging [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=473ae30bc7b1dda5c5791c773f95e9424ddfead9 (commit)] * Add ppid logging [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f46038ff7d23ae092d61b366332c05aab8227b48 (commit)] * Add filtering by ppid [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3c66251e573219a0532a5a07381b2f60a412d9eb (commit)] * audit: path-based rules, using internally the inotify API. More details in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f368c07d7214a7c41dfceb76c8db473b850f0229 (commit)] * '''Networking''' * Add generic segmentation offload (GSO) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f6a78bfcb141f963187464bac838d46a81c3882a (commit)] * Add GSO support for TCPv6. Performance numbers in the commit link. [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f83ef8c0b58dac17211a4c0b6df0e2b1bd6637b1 (commit)] * Three new modules available for the plugable congestion control framework * TCP Compound, an algorithm researched by Microsoft and implemented in Windows Vista but that will hit the streets first in Linux ;-) For more details, see the link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f890f921040fef6a35e39d15b729af1fd1a35f29 (commit)] * TCP Veno, which aims to improve TCP performance over wireless networks. More details in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=76f1017757aa0c308a0b83ca611c9a89ee9a79a4 (commit)] * TCP Low Priority. Details about this algorithm in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c106d7e782bd4805f39da30e81018f861b4b8c5 (commit)] * TCP Probe congestion window tracing for capturing the changes to TCP connection state in response to incoming packets. More details in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a42e9d6ce89cfd19aee9f990b7231ce697f0d00f (commit)] * Limited slow start for Highspeed TCP (RFC3742 limited slow start) congestion control module [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=738980ffa658c86bd494ebb242ce8e44aff16a9e (commit)] * net.ipv4.ip_autoconfig sysctl removal [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bdeb04c6d9a957ae2a51c3033414467b82b2a736 (commit)] * Add new per-packet access controls to SELinux, replacing the old packet controls. Packets are labeled with the iptables SECMARK and CONNSECMARK targets, then security policy for the packets is enforced with these controls. The feature needs updated SELinux userspace libraries. More information, including instructions to restore the previous behaviour for backwards compatibility, in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4e5ab4cb85683cf77b507ba0c4d48871e1562305 (commit)] * Add secmark support to core networking, to allow security subsystems to place security markings on network packets [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=984bc16cc92ea3c247bf34ad667cfb95331b9d3c (commit)] * Bridge: Add basic netlink support to the Ethernet bridge for link management, including: dump interfaces in bridges, monitor link status changes and change state of bridge port. More details in the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=11dc1f36a6701b502ecb695f308aae46ede8bac6 (commit)] * LLC: Add multicast support for datagrams [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bc0e646796928918e45b6465e02616f2fe65c3c1 (commit)] * Add sysctl (ip_conntrack_checksum) to disable checksumming [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=39a27a35c5c1b5be499a0576a35c45a011788bf8 (commit)] * Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl. If set, provide RFC2861 behavior and time out the congestion window after an idle period. An idle period is defined at the current RTO. If unset, the congestion window will not be timed out after an idle period [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=35089bb203f44e33b6bbb6c4de0b0708f9a48921 (commit)] * IPV6 * DCCP * Netfilter * Add SIP protocol support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ae5b7d8ba2c28d7d9835856fe0ca5f6ec95ea768 (commit)] * Add statistic match which is a combination of the nth and random matches [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f3389805e53a13bd969ee1c8fc5a4137b7c6c167 (commit)] * H.323 helper: Add support for Call Forwarding [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c0d4cfd96dd0cc0dbf49435898808b5553af4822 (commit)] * Add xtables SECMARK target, allowing the admin to apply security marks to packets via both iptables and ip6tables [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5e6874cdb8de94cd3c15d853a8ef9c6f4c305055 (commit)] * Add quota match [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=62b7743483b402f8fb73545d5d487ca714e82766 (commit)] * Add CONNSECMARK target, used to specify rules for copying security marks from packets to connections, and for copying security marks back from connections to packets [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=100468e9c05c10fb6872751c1af523b996d6afa9 (commit)] * Add secmark support to conntrack [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c9728c393dceb724d66d696cfabce82151a78e5 (commit)] * Wireless softmac * Add SIOCSIWMLME wext [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a1771e86756212041b32d80b850cc4c8063360a (commit)] * Complete the shared key authentication implementation [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=76ea4c7f4cd319dee35934ecab57745feae58fa5 (commit)] * BRIDGE [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b06e6ba25a37fe1c289049d0e0300d71ae39eff (commit)] * '''Drivers''' * Video drivers * intelfb driver: add i945G [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9639d5ec07a490134f05ac890506a367aaf8663b (commit)] and i945GM support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a90603f65dd5046ddcd586158abcad7784892b6 (commit)] * Sound drivers * hda-codec: Add support for: Apple Mac Mini (early 2006) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=62fe78e90dc25b269362034487dc450cd8453e8c (commit)], Sony Vaio VGN-A790 laptop with ALC260 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5e1b1518a53fc62d9f39a13819c849336c6d8dd4 (commit)], Sony Vaio VGN-S3HP with ALC260 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3206b9ca9fba8dc8d6ddd371a3ff455c67ad137f (commit)], Thinkpad X60/T60/Z60 laptops with AD1981HD codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=01686c5fce4682350849f9f2c262fcaf67ec73c3 (commit)], LG S1 laptop [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=886da8677d2e4e942fc8984b22bfb8da45e810ec (commit)], ATI RS600 HDMI audio device [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=778b6e1b2da260adf3d3254aaa35bffd1eb05b42 (commit)], 9227/9228/9229 sigmatel hda codecs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a59524faf3a2050e14a1c9038eb006ce96025394 (commit)], HP nx6320 with AD1981HD codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8e9f340da753c021c071f318f97ac9046c1316a (commit)], ALC888, ALC660 (ALC861-compatible) codecs and HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 (model=hp-bpc) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9c7f852e8b2cc37da5dc5e1ba416238166a37d0f (commit)], Intel D965 boards with STAC9227 codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=19039bd0079f282b1023e61212285b5653e3a8ad (commit)] * Add support for SB Live! 24-Bit External remote control [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4d1a70dad0e1c44dc0725de6de25aceead48599e (commit)] * emu10k1 driver: Add support for Audigy4 (not Pro) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=21fdddea8e4cc54341d389916d0c17db8c1ca452 (commit)] * cs5535audio driver: Power management (suspend, etc) support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9ac25594e68a4b61516e7c1140d8c0f7ef449e20 (commit)] * azt3328 driver: add suspend/resume support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ca54bde3634360afecd0dada9c59399bbe88bd32 (commit)] * usb-audio support for Turtle Beach Roadie [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e217e30c359edafce3225d2c4fbbda06ae5a408b (commit)] * snd-aoa driver: support iMac G5 iSight [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c6feefd03ed12d89af591345fb9c26de7098764d (commit)] * Add echoaudio sound drivers (darla20, darla24, echo3g, gina20, gina24, indigo, indigodj, indigoio, layla20, lala24, mia, mona) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dd7b254d8dd3a9528f423ac3bf875e6f0c8da561 (commit)] * Add O_APPEND flag support to PCM to enable shared substreams among multiple processes [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0df63e44c3e315ec0fe427ae62558231864108bd (commit)] * libata drivers * Implement NCQ command translation and exclusion in the core library [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3dc1d88193b9c65b01b64fb2dc730e486306649f (commit)] * Implement warmplug [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=83c47bcb3c533180a6dda78152334de50065358a (commit)] * Implement hotplug [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=084fe639b81c4d418a2cf714acb0475e3713cb73 (commit)] * Implement bootplug - boot probing via hotplug path [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e706399b03bd237d087d731d4b1b029e546b33d (commit)] * Implement new error handling [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=022bdb075b9e1f224088a0b268de56268d7bc5b6 (commit)] * Interrupt driven pio [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=312f7da2824c82800ee78d6190f12854456957af (commit)] * Interrupt driven pio for LLD [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e50362eccd8809a224cda5f71714a088ba37b2ab (commit)] * sata_sil24 driver: implement NCQ support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=aee10a03eb3e240bfd1a6f91e06ce82df47c5c58 (commit)] * ahci: implement NCQ suppport [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=12fad3f965830d71f6454f02b2af002a64cec4d3 (commit)] * sata_nv: Add MCP61 support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4c5c81613b0eb0dba97a8f312a2f1162f39fd47b (commit)] * SCSI drivers * hptiop driver for HighPoint RocketRAID 3220/3320 series 8 channel PCI-X SATA RAID Host Adapters [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ede1e6f8b43246a9796583346839669b1f4b77d4 (commit)] * Create libiscsi [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7996a778ff8c717cb1a7a294475c59cc8f1e9fb8 (commit)] * aic7xxx driver: expose the bus setting to sysfs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b2d8bfe18578c4e50e8ba52011c9b260a1b51dac (commit)] * qla2xxx driver: Add DMI (Diagnostics Monitoring Interface) support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=88729e53a4798df20e7a7ef68e0a816f4a268da4 (commit)], add NVRAM 'Disable Serdes' bit support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d4c760c2119fca982f335d83ff9095479c5d6737 (commit)] * mptsas: wide port support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=547f9a218436ea35baf9a52e981753e44d9cff1f (commit)], add 1078 ROC (Raid On Chip) Support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=87cf89866790a373edcf88c12b64d6d38560acdd (commit)] * Input drivers * USB drivers * MacBook Pro touchpad support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9effa978f1d51f6d0426ebabcf6cb32336bb3153 (commit)] * cp2101 driver: Add new device IDE [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=212a4b4ed1ea9a969f3f967b3e3a8075ad1cb4de (commit)] * New driver for Cypress CY7C63xxx mirco controllers [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4255e6f6d98ad092c27fa2b83ac314cbe8a0c56f (commit)] * airprime driver: Add support for Kyocera Wireless KPC650/Passport EV-DO/1xRTT PC Cards [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=34ab86e140e9810d6c5162971b6dcf01fcc0f11c (commit)] and for Sierra Wireless MC5720 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b10cee9d035db54d0bf5a9f9fa622dcfc3f740c6 (commit)] * asix driver: added support for ASIX 88178 chipset USB Gigabit Ethernet adaptor [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7327413c745c2f8e8d4b92f76759821263b095c1 (commit)] * ftdi_sio driver: add support for Yost Engineering ServoCenter3.1 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eb79b4fda4654eaa7e6421ad41b0a75c7b4f0608 (commit)] * Option driver: Add some devices [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=14f76cc7ab75b1c9db036dcd6b247e0dcc8952be (commit)] * New driver, to control the brightness of an Apple Cinema Display over USB [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=069e8a65cd7970b15672825541be59218d9a8a0f (commit)] * Network drivers * Add Myri-10G Ethernet driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0da34b6dfe55810ae60db57e08e2af8a808c0a55 (commit)] * Add new smc911x driver which supports the SMSC LAN911x line of ethernet chips [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a0c72c9118c4e63080eb409f0cfdf15808d23a4 (commit)] * Add new SMSC LAN83C185 10BaseT/100BaseTX PHY driver for the PHY subsystem [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c9e055ac4fdbb52622437e0dbfdbc1d4897d2775 (commit)] * sis900 driver: Add VLAN (802.1q) support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d269a69fbbbb7ddd2081af7a768feac754b8357a (commit)] * ipw2200 driver: Enable (IPW2200_PROMISCUOUS config option) the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap' for RF promiscuous mode. Details on the commit link [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d685b8c226727bf5db907c7241f55461e7f1f008 (commit)] * pcnet_cs driver: Add TRENDnet TE-CF100 ethernet adapter support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cf393ebed0abb1186c34b21f3d1d939ac2b5568a (commit)] * ixgb driver: Add support for Copper 10GbE device ID 109E [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=940829e2f9d89d3caddc852bca9018cf503ea719 (commit)] * rt8169 driver: Add new PCI ID (RTL8110SBL) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=de1e938e54deba5b093a3074dfafd0d11afacbe1 (commit)] * forcedeth driver * Expose several configuration knobs configurable through ethtool: ring sizes [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eafa59f6bcc6e46b756198a5388d195c4f0e671a (commit)], WOL [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c42d9df932ce3732044dc1394114380140ccffe0 (commit)], rx and tx checksum offloads [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5ed2616f621b41d3477d4f4ae2ba0e0a0e80bdce (commit)], flow control [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b6d0773fa7943fd93d564056395a7ff29b81213b (commit)], diagnostic tests [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9589c77a0de19c0c95370d5212eb1f9006d8abcb (commit)], and hardware statistic counters [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=52da35789c305f6f44d0e85b294a9845c1271898 (commit)] * New device ids [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c99ce7ee75db7836e2faba932affd2aadd1e942f (commit)] * au1000_eth driver: convert to use PHY framework [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0638dec01e89059c853515ab71c55fd13ba5a8ea (commit)] * bcm43xx driver: Add PCI ID for bcm4319 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f03cc4fd927357bd4b3cea1a053b9f9d8f1731cc (commit)] * TG3 driver: Add 5786 PCI ID for BCM5786 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30b6c28d2aca4669f2e609ad5d77ea2a6cf0dd3a (commit)] * BNX2 driver * Allow WoL settings on new 5708 chips [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=160882722cb21cbe5cead55cf38a5e70fc3af63e (commit)] * Add firmware decompression [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fba9fe911bb4213c3de1d142fe0ee127cd361a78 (commit)] * ALSA * IRDA * Initial support for MCS7780 based dongles [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c6ae522e3a50fc1ec483d7f03ece9c7a25e6de95 (commit)] * IB * Kernel connection management agent over InfiniBand that connects based on IP addresses [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e51060f08a61965c4dd91516d82fe90617152590 (commit)] * Add an address translation service that maps IP addresses to InfiniBand GID addresses using IPoIB [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7025fcd36bd62af2c6ca0ea3490c00b216c4d168 (commit)] * ieee1394: Add support for the following types of hardware: nodes that have a link speed < PHY speed, 1394b PHYs that are less than S800 capable, and 1394b/1394a adapter cable between two 1394b PHYs [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=647dcb5fae0ebb5da1272ed2773df0d3f152c303 (commit)] * OneNAND: One-Time Programmable (OTP) support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=493c646077ef0b8668ed71b8057f81cb7454af87 (commit)] * ts72xx NAND driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7d532dd50de1c0cd7d15ba06ad7261e13474fef2 (commit)] * Basic NAND driver for AMD/NatSemi CS5535/CS5536 Geode companion chip [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=179fdc3f8dec5757ddbebd95a1b493d65fa08671 (commit)] * MTD Add Amstrad Delta NAND support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3d12c0c75db0cd85beb11c4e2d86a49cabe3cfff (commit)] * V4L/DVB * Add support for pcHDTV HD5500 ATSC/QAM [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=da215d22d82d547c5312f61ac9881ad571e67eea (commit)] * Dvb-bt8xx driver: Add support for DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite 2nd revision [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8c99024b88b5da3a73f0575dad98527c9a278d1b (commit)] * KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert: Enable Blackbird MPEG encoder support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3febc04d42d4a0bda64af0c929fdb871370e2a7a (commit)] * Cx88: added support for KWorld MCE 200 Deluxe [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b3038304c91aa710fe651c7f42568e252fc54908 (commit)], IR remote support for DTV2000H [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2de873e630b9385c6cd5896753335c5bf4829f0c (commit)], basic support for Leadtek Winfast DTV2000H card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4bd6e9d968af68c73bee92bd93cd56937e2e80d8 (commit)], support for the new cx88 card #50: NPG Tech RealTV, including it's remote [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=680543c5d2756ad3496f8ef197ba8825b78d6840 (commit)], support for FusionHDTV 3 Gold (original revision) [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=65271bff0fb11557d04d389df728d12dfba75dc3 (commit)] * pwc driver: Add v4l2 compatibility, include the decompressor, can export to userland compressed stream, more cameras supported [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2b455db6d456ef2d44808a8377fd3bc832e08317 (commit)] * Add support for the Texas Instruments TLV320AIC23B audio codec [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=88ca8ed0b7f2f04a055ff3c389f398ba3ad3d27d (commit)] * Genpix 8PSK->USB driver [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9bbe076f364aa7ba8c2e49e417a76d628ffb164c (commit)] * Add support for Samsung TCPG 6121P30A PAL tuner [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c344933af5a8610d71bd0d92fe43a1519ed72ed8 (commit)] * AverMedia 6 Eyes AVS6EYES support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fbe60daac4c34e39d1ca69684bcb76e62461ac21 (commit)] * Add support for the cx25836/7 video decoder [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e2b8cf4ced47465b24d6fe911714827475fb0412 (commit)] * Add support for VP-3250 ATSC card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ed3d1065a4aa7b1e8e5d35ece0eeeafa5bfa6bd1 (commit)] * Cxusb: add support for DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual USB based on zl10353 [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c9ce394017162a90d79a4abc99eed3c7b2aed606 (commit)] * Add CX2341X MPEG encoder module [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5d1a9ae6d9d7fc14b2259cd550eb87364a21190a (commit)] * Add support for the DNTV Live! mini DVB-T card [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=442d15d5d8ba6a39d0c883585d68503e949a2fe1 (commit)] * Adds a new ioatdma driver for the Intel(R) I/OAT DMA engine [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0bbd5f4e97ff9c057b385a1886b4aed1fb0300f1 (commit)] * Make sk_eat_skb I/OAT aware [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=624d1164730d58a494cc5aa4afa37d02c41e83a7 (commit)] * Structure changes for TCP recv offload to I/OAT [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=97fc2f0848c928c63c2ae619deee61a0b1107b69 (commit)] * Utility functions for offloading sk_buff to iovec copies [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=de5506e155276d385712c2aa1c2d9a27cd4ed947 (commit)] * DMA memcpy subsystem [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c13c8260da3155f2cefb63b0d1b7dcdcb405c644 (commit)] * Add a sysctl for tuning the I/OAT offloaded I/O threshold [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9593782585e0cf70babe787a8463d492a68b1744 (commit)] * Setup the networking subsystem as a DMA client [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=db21733488f84a596faaad0d05430b3f51804692 (commit)]