• Linux_2_6_39

Linux 2.6.39 not released yet.

Summary: This release adds support for page-flipping and z-compression for the Nouveau device driver.

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1. Prominent features (the cool stuff)

• ARM updates
• Further VFS clean-up
• New block device plugging model

1.1. DRM

• Remove BigKernelLock (BKL)

• Support for USB DRM drivers
• TTM support in Xen Dom0
• Nouveau page-flipping
• Nouveau z-compression
• AMD Radeon Cayman GPU support
• Tiling support for AMD R600+ ASIC
• Intel GMA 500 Poulsbo driver

2. Drivers and architectures

3. Core

4. CPU scheduler

5. Block

6. Crypto

7. File systems

8. Memory management

9. Networking

10. Security

11. Tracing/perf

12. Virtualization

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