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Revision 3 as of 2021-02-09 22:27:49
KernelNewbies:
  • Linux_5.11

Linux 5.11 changelog.

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

  • LWN merge window part 1, part 2

  • Phoronix 5.11 feature overview

or take a look at the pull requests:

List of Linus merges from v5.10 to v5.11-rc1

  • drm updates

  • auxdisplay updates

  • MD regression reverts

  • media updates

  • tomoyo updates

  • fscrypt updates

  • fsverity updates

  • crypto updates

  • EDAC updates

  • x86 RAS updates

  • x86 SGC support

  • x86 cpuid updates

  • x86 platform updates

  • misc x86 updates

  • x86 mm update

  • x86 cleanups

  • x86 cache resource control updates

  • x86 build updates

  • m68k updates

  • s390 updates

  • arm64 updates

  • time namespace updates

  • misc fixes

  • documentation updates

  • core entry/exit updates

  • RCU updates

  • locking updates

  • perf updates

  • perf/kprobes updates

  • timers and timekeeping updates

  • scheduler updates

  • kmap updates

  • x86 FPU updates

  • x86 apic updates

  • misc updates from Andrew Morton

  • networking updates

  • sound updates

  • USB / Thunderbolt updates

  • tty / serial updates

  • driver core updates

  • char / misc driver updates

  • staging / IIO driver updates

  • more updates from Andrew Morton

  • irq updates

  • regmap updates

  • regulator updates

  • spi updates

  • i2c updates

  • MMC updates

  • hwmon updates

  • x86 platform driver updates

  • input updates

  • thermal updates

  • power management updates

  • ACPI updates

  • PCI updates

  • remoteproc updates

  • hwspinlock updates

  • rpmsg updates

  • file locking fixes

  • btrfs updates

  • dlm updates

  • nfsd updates

  • erofs updates

  • epoll updates

  • regset updates

  • close_range/openat2 updates

  • execve updates

  • exec-update-lock update

  • yet more updates from Andrew Morton

  • asm-generic cleanups

  • asm-generic mmu-context cleanup

  • asm-generic cross-architecture timer cleanup

  • Kselftest updates

  • Kunit updates

  • printk updates

  • audit updates

  • selinux updates

  • integrity subsystem updates

  • smack updates

  • gcc-plugins updates

  • pstore updates

  • seccomp updates

  • Hyper-V updates

  • xen updates

  • microblaze updates

  • MIPS updates

  • parisc updates

  • TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL updates

  • io_uring updates

  • block updates

  • block driver updates

  • SCSI updates

  • rdma updates

  • swiotlb update

  • IOMMU updates

  • memblock updates

  • MFD updates

  • backlight update

  • IPMI updates

  • LED updates

  • MTD updates

  • pin control updates

  • devicetree updates

  • HID updates

  • VFIO updates

  • ARM SoC updates

  • ARM SoC defconfig updates

  • ARM device tree updates

  • ARM SoC driver updates

  • ARM SoC OMAP GenPD updates

  • fsnotify updates

  • ext2, reiserfs, quota and writeback updates

  • f2fs updates

  • fuse updates

  • overlayfs updates

  • ceph updates

  • NFS client updates

  • mailbox updates

  • dmaengine updates

  • modules updates

  • tracing updates

  • powerpc updates

  • OpenRISC updates

  • cifs updates

  • jffs2, ubi and ubifs updates

  • UML updates

  • GPIO updates

  • RISC-V updates

  • more arm64 updates

  • more s390 updates

  • more drm updates

  • ktest updates

  • xfs updates

  • still more updates from Andrew Morton

  • pwm updates

  • HSI updates

  • power supply and reset updates

  • i3c updates

  • pcmcia updates

  • more xen updates

  • close_range fix

  • gfs2 updates

  • RTC updates

  • KVM updates

  • perf tools updates

  • cifs fixes

  • orangefs update

  • 9p update

  • m68knommu updates

  • clk updates

  • exfat update

  • dma-mapping updates

  • another hwmon update

  • device mapper updates

  • ARM updates

  • KASAN updates

  • Kbuild updates

  • Kconfig updates

  • more power management updates

  • more ACPI updates

  • watchdog updates

  • chrome platform updates

  • virtio updates

  • libnvdimm updates

  • EFI updates

  • irq updates

  • ext4 updates

  • misc vfs updates

  • coccinelle updates

  • more perf tools updates

1. Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB)

  • intel: add Intel NTB LTR vendor support for gen4 NTB commit

2. FRU Support Interface (FSI)

  • occ: Add support for P10 commit

3. Clock

  • fsl-flexspi: new driver commit

  • imx: scu: add two cells binding support commit

  • nps: Remove EZChip NPS clocksource driver commit

  • qcom: add sm8250 LPASS GFM drivers commit, commit, commit, commit

  • qcom: Add GCC and RPMh clock support for SDX55 commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • qcom: camcc: Add camera clock controller driver for SC7180 commit

  • qcom: clk-alpha-pll: Add support for controlling Agera PLLs commit

  • qcom: rpmh: add support for SM8350 rpmh clocks commit

  • renesas: r8a774a1: Add RPC clocks commit

  • renesas: r8a774b1: Add RPC clocks commit

  • renesas: r8a779a0: Add CSI4[0-3] clocks commit

  • renesas: r8a779a0: Add VIN clocks commit

  • sifive: Add a driver for the SiFive FU740 PRCI IP block commit

4. PHY ("physical layer" framework)

  • Add USB HSIC PHY driver for Marvell MMP3 SoC commit

  • Ingenic: Add USB PHY driver using generic PHY framework commit

  • amlogic: Add AXG MIPI D-PHY driver commit

  • amlogic: phy-meson-axg-mipi-pcie-analog: add support for MIPI DSI analog commit

  • intel: Add Keem Bay USB PHY support commit

  • phy-brcm-sata: Allow configuration SATA AFE TX amplitude commit

  • qcom-qmp: Add SM8250 PCIe QMP PHYs commit

  • ralink: Add PHY driver for MT7621 PCIe PHY commit

  • samsung: Add support for the Exynos5420 variant of the USB2 PHY commit

  • samsung: phy-exynos-pcie: rework driver to support Exynos5433 PCIe PHY commit

5. EDAC (Error Detection And Correction)

  • Add DDR5 new memory type commit

  • Add Intel Sapphire Rapids server support commit

  • Add support for AST2400 and AST2600 commit

  • Add EDAC driver for Intel client SoCs using In-Band ECC commit, commit, commit

  • Remove orphan mv64x60 driver commit

6. Various

  • bus: mhi: Add MHI PCI support for WWAN modems commit

  • can: add optional DLC element to Classical CAN frame structure commit

  • dmaengine/soc: k3-udma: Add support for BCDMA and PKTDMA commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • PCI/ERR: Bind RCEC devices to the Root Port driver commit

  • extcon: Add driver for TI TUSB320 commit

  • extcon: fsa9480: Support TI TSU6111 variant commit

  • firmware: arm_scmi: SCMIv3.0 Sensor Extensions commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • firmware: ti_sci: rm: Add support for extended_ch_type for tx channel commit

  • firmware: ti_sci: rm: Add support for second resource range commit

  • habanalabs: support multiple types of firmwares commit

  • habanalabs: sync stream collective support commit, commit

  • iommu/arm-smmu: Add adreno-smmu implementation and bindings commit, commit, commit

  • iommu/arm-smmu: Add support for pagetable config domain attribute commit

  • iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Add support to use system cache commit

  • iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Support coherency for Mali LPAE commit

  • iommu/ioasid: Add ioasid references commit

  • iommu/sva: Add PASID helpers commit

  • iommu/tegra-smmu: Add PCI support commit

  • irqchip/ls-extirq: Add LS1043A, LS1088A external interrupt support commit

  • irqchip/ocelot: Add support for Jaguar2 platforms commit

  • irqchip/ocelot: Add support for Luton platforms commit

  • irqchip/ocelot: Add support for Serval platforms commit

  • mailbox: arm_mhuv2: Add driver commit

  • mei: bus: add vtag support commit

  • mei: bus: enable pavp device commit

  • memory: mtk-smi: Add mt8192 support commit

  • memory: tegra-mc: Add interconnect framework commit

  • memory: tegra20-emc: Add devfreq support commit

  • Introduce memory interconnect for NVIDIA Tegra SoCs commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • soc: mediatek: pm-domains: Add new driver for SCPSYS power domains controller commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • misc: rtsx: Add CD & WP reverse support for RTS5261 commit

  • misc: rtsx: Add SD Express mode support for RTS5261 commit

  • nvmem: core: Add support for keepout regions commit

  • pcmcia: Remove NEC VRC4173 CARDU commit

  • psci: Split functions to v0.1 and v0.2+ variants commit

  • psci: Support psci_ops.get_version for v0.1 commit

  • ptp: Add clock driver for the OpenCompute TimeCard commit

  • ptp: idt82p33: add adjphase support commit

  • regmap/SoundWire: sdw: add support for SoundWire 1.2 MBQ commit

  • remoteproc: k3-r5: Extend support to R5F clusters on J7200 SoCs commit

  • remoteproc: Introduce mini-dump support commit, commit, commit, commit

  • remoteproc: Add a PRU remoteproc driver commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • reset: add BCM6345 reset controller driver commit

  • rpmsg: Turn name service into a stand alone driver commit

  • rpmsg: core: Add channel creation internal API commit

  • rpmsg: virtio: Add rpmsg channel device ops commit

  • slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: add Protection Domain Restart Support commit

  • slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: add Sub System Restart support commit

  • soc: aspeed: Add soc info driver commit

  • soc: mediatek: Add MediaTek SCPSYS power domains commit

  • soc: mediatek: add mt6779 devapc driver commit

  • soc: qcom: rpmpd: Add MSM8916 power domains commit

  • soc: qcom: rpmpd: Add MSM8939 power-domains commit

  • soc: qcom: socinfo: add soc ids for msm8953 variants commit

  • soc: ti: k3-ringacc: add AM64 DMA rings support commit

  • spmi: Add driver shutdown support commit

  • irqchip: Remove EZChip NPS interrupt controller commit

7. List of Pull Requests

8. Other news sites

  • LWN merge window part 1, part 2

  • Phoronix 5.11 feature overview

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