Linux 5.0 changelog.

#Summary: This Linux release, which is a Long Term Support release, includes support for

This changelog is not complete. Meanwhile, you can read about this release on:

• LWN merge window part 1, part 2

• Phoronix 5.10 feature overview

or take a look at the pull requests:

• tpm updates

• arm64 updates

• m68k updates

• EDAC updates

• RAS updates

• x86 cpu updates

• x86 platform updates

• x86 PASID updates

• misc x86 fixes

• x86 fsgsbase updates

• x86 fpu updates

• x86 cleanups

• x86 cache resource control updates

• debugobjects updates

• timekeeping updates

• irq updates

• x86 irq updates

• x86 entry code updates

• scheduler updates

• locking updates

• EFI changes

• orphan section checking

• static call support

• performance events updates

• perf/kprobes updates

• x86 kaslr updates

• x86 mm updates

• x86 build update

• x86 paravirt cleanup

• x86 Hyper-V update

• ia64 updates

• documentation updates

• copy_and_csum cleanups

• compat iovec cleanups

• compat quotactl cleanups

• compat mount cleanups

• crypto updates

• fscrypt updates

• dlm updates

• btrfs updates

• erofs updates

• MMC updates

• media updates

• regmap updates

• regulator updates

• spi updates

• GPIO updates

• hwmon updates

• block updates

• io_uring updates

• libata updates

• block driver updates

• x86 asm updates

• printk updates

• smack updates

• audit updates

• selinux updates

• seccomp updates

• overflow update

• misc updates

• objtool updates

• x86 SEV-ES support

• Hyper-V updates

• xen updates

• x86 platform driver updates

• power management updates

• ACPI updates

• PNP updates

• swiotlb updates

• iommu updates

• iomap updates

• xfs updates

• kselftest updates

• kernel_clone() updates

• pidfd updates

• cgroup updates

• IPMI updates

• device mapper updates

• SCSI updates

• LED updates

• pin control updates

• devicetree updates

• MFD updates

• backlight updates

• tty/serial updates

• driver core updates

• SPDX updates

• staging / IIO driver updates

• USB/PHY/Thunderbolt driver updates

• char/misc driver updates

• drm updates

• sound updates

• dmaengine updates

• dma-mapping updates

• configfs updates

• UDF, reiserfs, ext2, quota fixes

• livepatching update

• HID updates

• trivial updates

• kselftest updates

• Kunit updates

• parisc updates

• another Hyper-V update

• tracing updates

• integrity updates

• networking updates

• more updates

• powerpc updates

• s390 updates

• MIPS updates

• kgdb updates

• documentation updates

• f2fs updates

• afs updates

• overlayfs updates

• thermal updates

• MTD updates

• i3c updates

• rdma updates

• perf tools updates

• ubifs updates

• more ubi and ubifs updates

• UML updates

• yet more updates

• coccinelle updates

• mailbox updates

• RCU changes

• more Kunit updates

• zonefs updates

• fuse updates

• more xfs updates

• m68knommu updates

• RISC-V updates

• ARC updates

• ARM updates

• more xen updates

• power supply and reset updates

• io_uring updates

• NFS client updates

• XArray updates

• ceph updates

• i2c updates

• RTC updates

• watchdog updates

• 9p updates

• exfat updates

• nfsd updates

• initial set_fs() removal

• ext4 updates

• PCI updates

• pwm updates

• clk updates

• remoteproc updates

• rpmsg updates

• VFIO updates

• modules updates

• Kbuild updates

• Kconfig updates

• more arm64 updates

• arch task_work cleanups

• chrome platform updates

• virtio updates

• KVM updates

• clone/dedupe/remap code refactoring

• cifs updates

• gfs2 updates

• input updates

• more SCSI updates

• more power management updates

• more ACPI updates

• ARM SoC platform updates

• ARM SoC-related driver updates

• ARM Devicetree updates

• ARM SoC defconfig updates

• more RISC-V updates

• misc vfs updates

• random32 updates

• SafeSetID updates

• more xen updates

• more parisc updates

• more cifs updates

1. Leds

• Add driver for Acer Iconia Tab A500 commit

• lp50xx: Add the LP50XX family of the RGB LED driver commit

• pca955x: Add an IBM software implementation of the PCA9552 chip commit

2. DMA engines

• xilinx: dpdma: Add debugfs support commit

• idxd: add support for configurable max wq batch size commit and max wq xfer size commit

• idxd: add command status to idxd sysfs attribute commit

3. Hardware Random Number Generator (hwrng)

• ingenic: Add hardware TRNG for Ingenic X1830 commit

• xiphera-trng: add support for XIP8001B hwrng commit

4. Cryptography hardware acceleration

• caam: xts(aes): Add ability to process XTS with 16B IV in HW commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• inside-secure: Add support for EIP197 with output classifier commit

• allwinner: add xRNG and hashes commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• n2: remove ecb(arc4) support commit

• bcm-iproc: remove ecb(arc4) support commit

5. PCI

• Add Kconfig options for MPS/MRRS strategy commit

• brcmstb: Add bcm7278 PERST# support commit

• hip: Add handling of HiSilicon HIP PCIe controller errors commit

• layerscape: Add EP mode support for ls1088a and ls2088a commit

6. FRU Support Interface (FSI)

• aspeed: Support cabled FSI commit

• aspeed: Support CFAM reset GPIO commit

• aspeed: Add module param for bus divisor commit

7. Clock

• axi-clkgen: Add support for fractional dividers commit

• imx: imx21: Remove clock driver commit

• mediatek: Add MT8167 clock support commit

• meson: add sclk-ws driver commit

• qcom: Add SM8150 and SM8250 videocc drivers commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• qcom: Add display clock controller driver for SM8150 and SM8250 commit

• renesas: cpg-mssr: Add support for R-Car V3U commit

• sp804: Add support for Hisilicon sp804 timer commit

• sunxi-ng: add support for the Allwinner A100 CCU commit

8. PHY ("physical layer" framework)

• Add USB3 PHY support for Intel LGM SoC commit

• Add support for multilink configurations in Cadence Torrent PHY driver commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• freescale: imx8mq-usb: add support for imx8mp usb phy commit

• intel: Add Keem Bay eMMC PHY support commit

• Support qcom USB3+DP combo phy (or type-c phy) commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• socionext: Add UniPhier AHCI PHY driver support commit

9. EDAC (Error Detection And Correction)

• al-mc-edac: Add Amazon's Annapurna Labs Memory Controller driver commit

10. Various

• bus/fsl-mc: Extend mc-bus driver functionalities in preparation for mc-bus VFIO support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• mhi: core: Introduce counters to track MHI device state transitions commit

• mhi: core: Introduce debugfs entries for MHI commit

• dt-bindings: reset: Updated binding for Versal reset driver commit

• eeprom: at24: Add support for the Sony VAIO EEPROMs commit

• habanalabs

  • PCIe Advanced Error Reporting support commit

  • Add debugfs support for MMU with 6 HOPs commit

  • Add information about PCIe controller commit

  • Expose sync manager resources allocation in INFO IOCTL commit

  • Add support for getting device total energy commit

• interconnect: Add interconnect sync state support commit, commit, commit

• Add SM8150 and SM8250 interconnect drivers commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• interconnect: Add L3 provider support for SM8150/SM8250 commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• irq: dw-apb-ictl: Add primary interrupt controller support commit

• irq: irq-mst: Add MStar interrupt controller support commit

• irq: Add TI PRUSS Local Interrupt Controller IRQChip driver commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• irq: Add Actions Semi Owl family sirq support commit

• mailbox: arm_mhu: Add ARM MHU doorbell driver commit

• misc: fastrpc: add ioctl for attaching to sensors pd commit

• misc: hisi_hikey_usb: add support for Hikey 970 commit, commit, commit

• misc: mic: remove the MIC drivers commit

• Add support for PCIe EP nodes to Renesas r8a774a1, r8a774b1 and r8a774c0 SoC's commit

• Add PCIe EP to RZ/G2H commit

• dwc: Add the multiple PF support for DWC and Layerscape commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• ptp_qoriq: support FIPER3 commit

• regmap: add Intel SPI Slave to AVMM Bus Bridge support commit

• remoteproc

  • Move recovery/coredump configuration to sysfs commit, commit

  • mediatek: Add support for mt8192 SCP commit

  • TI K3 R5F remoteproc support commit, commit, commit, commit

• reset: reset-zynqmp: Added support for Versal platform commit

• rpmsg: glink: Add support for rpmsg glink chrdev commit

• w1_therm: Add sysfs entries to control conversion time and driver features commit

• w1_therm: Add support for GXCAS GX20MH01 device commit

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