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#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 2.6.36 development cycle


Linux 2.6.36

/!\ /!\ /!\ '''Warning: 2.6.36 has not been released''' /!\ /!\ /!\



'''Summary''': Linux 2.6.36 includes support AppArmor, fanotify,  new out-of-memory killer, and concurrency-managed workqueues.

(Note: Details on architecture-specific and driver changes have been moved to this page: [wiki:Linux_2_6_36-DriversArch Linux_2_6_36-DriversArch])

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= Prominent features (the cool stuff) =
== AppArmor ==
The AppArmor security module.  AppArmor provides pathname-based mandatory access control; it was initially championed by Novell some years ago.  Novell has moved on, but Canonical has picked this code up, integrated it into the Ubuntu distribution, and (now) merged it into the mainline kernel.


Code: [http://git.kernel.org/linus/cdff264264254e0fabc8107a33f3bb75a95e981f (commit 1], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/67012e8209df95a8290d135753ff5145431a666e 2], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/c75afcd153f6147d3b094f45a1d87e5df7f4f053 3], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/e06f75a6a2b43bd3a7a197bd21466f9da130e4af 4], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/63e2b423771ab0bc7ad4d407f3f6517c6d05cdc0 5], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/6380bd8ddf613b29f478396308b591867d401de4 6], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/898127c34ec03291c86f4ff3856d79e9e18952bc 7], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/c1c124e91e7c6d5a600c98f6fb5b443c403a14f4 8], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/f9ad1af53d5232a89a1ff1827102843999975dfa 9], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/b5e95b48685e3481139a5634d14d630d12c7d5ce 10], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/0ed3b28ab8bf460a3a026f3f1782bf4c53840184 11], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/736ec752d95e91e77cc0e8c97c057ab076ac2f51 12], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/c88d4c7b049e87998ac0a9f455aa545cc895ef92 13], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/4d6ec10bb4461fdc9a9ab94ef32934e13564e873 13], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/016d825fe02cd20fd8803ca37a1e6d428fe878f6 14], [http://git.kernel.org/linus/44672e4fbd40e2dda8bbce7d0f71d24dbfc7e00e 15)]


== fanotify ==
fanotify - a mechanism allowing anti-malware scanning software to intercept file-oriented system calls and optionally block access to undesireable data.

== New suspend mechanism ==
A new suspend mechanism intended to address the needs of the Android project (but which Android has not committed to using).

== New infrared controller drivers ==
A number of infrared controller drivers from the LIRC project; these drivers have long been shipped by distributions despite their out-of-tree status, so this is a good development.

== New out-of-memory killer ==
A new out-of-memory killer which, with luck, will improve the kernel's response when it runs completely out of RAM.

== Concurrency-managed workqueues ==
Concurrency-managed workqueues have been merged; this is an important scalability patch which should reduce kernel threads and reduce CPU contention on larger systems.

== Graphic improvements ==
 * Kernel mode-setting support (but no form of 2D/3D/video acceleration) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 "Fermi" graphics cards via the Nouveau DRM driver
 * R300 through R500 Hyper-Z support for ATI graphics cards
 * R600 through R700 tiling support for ATI hardware
 * Intel driver has more Embedded DisplayPort enhancements
 * Support for reading thermal sensors on most R600 ASIC
 * R600 kernel bit state emission minimization
 * Improved suspend-and-resume support for the NV10 through NV40 GPUs
 * Improved NV50 DisplayPort along with hot-plug support

= Various core changes =
 * BKL removal
 * Non-PCI DRM layer support
 * Memory leak fixes
 * Support for vblank tracepoints
 * VFS patches

= Security =
 * AppArmor merged