#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 2.6.5 development

= 2.6.5 =
  * Released April 4, 2004 [[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.5|changelog]]
  * Adaptative lazy readahead [[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=87698a351b86822dabbd8c1a34c8a6d3e62e5a77|(commit)]]
  * CDROMREADAUDIO dma support: support DMA for extrating audio [[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=6cea839a9cb769215c2a3cf2056ff1b09ea08378|(commit)]]
  * Netpoll infrastructure [[http://lwn.net/Articles/75944|(LWN article)]]
  * New "kref" reference counting mechanism [[http://lwn.net/Articles/75920|(LWN article)]]
  * AIO support for reiserfs [[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=71b95e3ebaa658cdb361c78b613267776957995b|(commit)]]
  *  Read-only support for UFS2 [[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=e935d5b963465e88c09896056578d8ece381dc9a|(commit)]]
  * Display number of slab, mapped and pagetable pages in the sysrq-M output [[http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commit;h=53c3a164bde6946bb9ca65eb021b0cf96035b5d3|(commit)]]
  * Add SCSI lots of disk support [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=9897d23f2d5aff70480cab6e151bdd7184af6f67|commit]]
  * Add SCSI transport attributes [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=c7572b86a062070fb0466b4515a7971c17f72d6b|commit]]

 * Drivers & architectures
  * qlogicfas: support multiple cards [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=a5d98e0c26b48f65d67619ebbfc93961960ed7d2|commit]]
  * USB: Altsetting/interface update for USB image drivers [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=8dbe0a71d2fef1253bfcd1c9273abafbebc724f2|commit]]
  * USB: usbnet and ALI M5632 [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=10443b9ffc04b44efac6c32ea9033993c619c0c1|commit]]
  * libata: Add new driver for Vitesse VSC-7174. [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=17049ac026bcf2e851727139dae2bb595dd750fd|commit]]
  * Add DEC LK201/LK401 keyboard support [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=fa7d2b88d5b71e3cbb70da60c94062cf4f30c589|commit]]
  * input: Add driver for DEC VSXXX mice. [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=d8a791b375a97af382312a8173b691bcf2567f8f|commit]]
  * USB: visor patch for Samsung SPH-i500 [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=794e227d10f15de0d0f787a6db0c5df6a4cd28a9|commit]]
  * USB: add new USB Touchscreen Driver [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=1d491fecdbc04281ae79b0a47b273c2058f77e6c|commit]]
  * USB: add driver for ATI USB/RF remotes [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=ae34567299a2173f8562220f07c504c67c95d46a|commit]]
  * USB: add IRTrans support to ftdi_sio driver [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=67d27ac4cda55c30166160257130c04d2be94c6a|commit]]
  * I2C: add w83627hf driver [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=eb897188e6dd42a300cfb85489452ed7b5b44b6a|commit]]