#pragma section-numbers on
#pragma keywords Linux, Kernel, Operative System, Linus Torvalds, Open Source, drivers
#pragma description Summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux Kernel during the 2.6.31 development cycle

Linux 2.6.31 kernel still not released


'''Summary''':
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= Prominent features (the cool stuff) =
= Various core changes =
= Filesystems =
= Networking =
= Security =
= Tracing/Profiling =
= Block =
= Crypto =
= Wifi =

= Architecture-specific changes =
 * x86
 * ARM

= Drivers =
== Graphics ==
== Storage ==
== Network ==
== Input ==
== USB ==
== FireWire ==
 * improved support of fine-grained access permission policies for !FireWire application programs in userspace [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0210b66dd88a2a1e451901b00378a2068b6ccb35 (kernel commit)], [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commit;h=f0fb82d821a9b1c078d98fb283f20ee359d756ab (udev commit)]
 * added IP networking to the new !FireWire driver stack [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c76acec6d55107b652a37c90b36c00bc8b04dabb (commit)], [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b9530fd6c3f057bda258c8e2631ad1a25959f4a2 (commit)]
 * support for !FireWire disks larger than 2 TB (also available in some stable kernel sub-releases) [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=af2719415a5ceae06f2a6d33e78b555e64697fc8 (commit)], [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ebbb16bffa646f853899ef3fdc0ac7abab888703 (commit)].
 * The new firewire driver stack is no longer considered experimental, and distributors are encouraged to migrate from the ieee1394 stack to the firewire stack [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0c53decdd0a9f9c459ccabe0b5f79660bde5375b (commit)].
See the [http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/ Linux FireWire wiki] for further [http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Release_Notes release notes] and for [http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration guidance] on migration to the new stack.

== Sound ==
*SoundBlaster X-Fi (20K1 and 20K2) support.
== V4L/DVB ==
== HID ==
== HWMON ==
== I2C ==
== Various ==


== Other sources tracking the kernel changes ==