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:
1. Prominent features (the cool stuff)
1.1. 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.
2. Various core changes
- Scheduler
- Memory management
3. Wi-Fi
4. Security
5. Networking
6. Tracing
7. Filesystems
- Ext4
- NILFS2
- The filesystem has been merged for this release
8. Crypto
9. DM/MD
10. Virtualization
11. Architecture-specific changes
- X86
- ARM
- PPC
- SH
- S390
- Blackfin
- MIPS
- SPARC
- AVR32
12. Drivers
12.1. Storage
- SATA:
- IDE
- SCSI
12.2. Graphics
12.3. Network
12.4. Input
12.5. Sound
- Alsa System on Chip
12.6. V4L/DVB
12.7. USB
- == HWMON ==
12.8. Watchdog
12.9. RTC
12.10. HID
12.11. MTD
12.12. MFD
12.13. Power
12.14. Serial
12.15. Various
13. 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]