• Linux_2_6_18

2.6.18

• Still not released
• Overview

  • http://lwn.net/Articles/190301

• Kernel Core changes

• Various core changes

• Architecture-specific

  • x86 32/64
  • PPC
  • ARM
  • PARISC
  • MIPS:
  • UML:
  • SPARC
  • IA64:
  • S390:

• Filesystems

  • Ext3
  • XFS
  • JFS
  • FUSE
  • NFS
  • CIFS
  • NTFS

• SELinux/audit

• Networking

  • IPV6
  • DCCP
  • Netfilter
  • 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 i945GM support [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a90603f65dd5046ddcd586158abcad7784892b6 (commit)]

  • libata drivers
  • SCSI drivers
  • Input drivers
  • USB drivers
  • 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)]

    • ipw2100
    • ipw2200:
    • TG3
    • Forcedeth
    • e1000
    • sky2
    • Airo
    • S2io
  • ALSA
  • V4L/DVB