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Revision 3 as of 2020-12-07 22:19:39
KernelNewbies:
  • Linux_5.10

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: Add Raspberry Pi 4 firmware reset controller 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

11. List of Pull Requests

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