• Linux_2_6_30

Linux 2.6.30 is currently in development. The release candidate -rc1 was released the 7 April 2009, closing the merge window.

This page is, obviously, a work in progress.

Summary:

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Prominent features (the cool stuff)

NILFS2 log-structured filesystem

http://www.nilfs.org NILFS2 (new implementation of a log-structured file system 2) is a log-structured filesystem, which allows continuous snapshotting.

Various core changes

• Scheduler
• Memory management

Wi-Fi

Security

Networking

Tracing

Filesystems

• Ext4
• NILFS2
  • The filesystem has been merged for this release

Crypto

DM/MD

Virtualization

Architecture-specific changes

• X86
• ARM
• PPC
• SH
• S390
• Blackfin
• MIPS
• SPARC
• AVR32

Drivers

Storage

• SATA:
• IDE
• SCSI

Graphics

Network

Input

Sound

• Alsa System on Chip

V4L/DVB

USB

• == HWMON ==

Watchdog

RTC

HID

MTD

MFD

Power

Serial

Various

Other sources about 2.6.30 kernel

• Heise Online's Kernel Log :

  • [http://www.h-online.com/open/Kernel-Log-Linux-2-6-30-is-taking-shape--/news/113036 Linux 2.6.30 is taking shape]

• Linux Weekly news :

  • [http://lwn.net/Articles/325921/ 2.6.30 merge window, part I]

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