KernelNewbies:

• Linux_5.15

1. Block Devices

• Enable bio recycling for polled IO commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• blk-throtl: optimize IOPS throttle for large IO scenarios commit

• Allow blk-zoned ioctls without CAP_SYS_ADMIN commit, commit

• IO priority fixes and improvements commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Add an unique, monotonically increasing sequential number to the lifetime of each block device commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• device mapper

  • dm target measurements using IMA commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • dm writecache: add event counters commit

• Support EFI partition non-standard GPT locations commit, commit, commit, commit

• Remove the lightnvm subsystem commit

• scsi: bsg: Remove support for SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND commit

2. Tracing, perf and BPF

• BPF

  • BPF perf link and user-provided bpf_cookie commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Allow bpf tcp iter to do bpf_(get|set)sockopt commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Support input xdp_md context in BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN commit, commit, commit, commit

  • tcp: Allow bpf-tcp-cc to call bpf_(get|set)sockopt commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Allow bpf_get_netns_cookie in BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG commit

  • Add ambient BPF runtime context stored in current commit

  • Add bpf_get_func_ip helper that returns IP address of the caller function for trampoline and kprobe programs commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add bpf_task_pt_regs() helper commit, commit

  • Introduce BPF timers commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add support to set and get socket options from setsockopt commit, commit

• libbpf

  • BTF dumper support for typed data commit

  • Support weak typed ksyms commit

• perf

  • perf bench futex, requeue: Add --broadcast option commit, add --pi parameter commit, add --mlockall parameter commit

  • perf bench: Add benchmark for evlist open/close operations commit

  • perf flamegraph: flamegraph.py script improvements commit

  • perf script python: Allow reporting the [un]throttle PERF_RECORD_ meta event commit

  • perf session: Report collisions in AUX records commit

  • perf test: Improve pmu-events support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • perf tools: Add dlfilter test commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • perf tool: Enable cpu list for hybrid commit, commit, commit

  • bpftool: Support dumping split BTF by id commit

• tracing

  • boot: Add histogram syntax support in boot-time tracing commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Creation of event probe commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

3. Virtualization

• KVM

  • Linear and Logarithmic histogram statistics commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add VM stat for remote tlb flush requests commit

• Introduce vfio_pci_core subsystem commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Introduce VDUSE - vDPA Device in Userspace commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

4. Security

• hardening: Introduce CONFIG_ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS commit

• IMA: restrict the accepted digest algorithms for the security.ima xattr commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

5. Networking

• bonding

  • XDP bonding support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add new option lacp_active commit

• bridge

  • multicast: add mdb and host context support commit, commit

  • Let switchdev drivers offload and unoffload bridge ports at their own convenience commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • multicast: add vlan support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • vlan: add global mcast options commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • mcast: dump querier state commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• devlink: Control auxiliary devices commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• dsa

  • Allow TX forwarding for the software bridge data path to be offloaded to capable devices commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Traffic termination for sja1105 ports under VLAN-aware bridge commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• ethtool: extend coalesce uAPI commit, commit, commit, commit

• mac80211
  • Add support for 6GHZ STA for various modes : LPI, SP and VLP

  • Introduce individual TWT support in AP mode commit

  • Add BSS color change support commit, commit

• IPv6

  • Add IFLA_INET6_RA_MTU to expose mtu value commit

  • Support for the IOAM Pre-allocated Trace with IPv6 implements support for the Pre-allocated Trace, carried by a Hop-by-Hop. Therefore, a new IPv6 Hop-by-Hop TLV option is introduced commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• ipvlan: Add handling of NETDEV_UP events commit

• Multi-path TCP

  • Add Management Component Transport Protocol support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Fullmesh path manager support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Improve use of backup subflows commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• ncsi: add get MAC address command to get Intel i210 MAC address commit

• Netfilter

  • Add netfilter hooks to track SRv6-encapsulated flows commit

  • ctnetlink: allow to filter dumps via ct->status commit, commit

  • conntrack: sanitize table size default settings commit

• openvswitch: Introduce per-cpu upcall dispatch commit

• pktgen

  • Add imix distribution bins commit

  • Add output for imix results commit

• sched

  • act_skbmod: Add SKBMOD_F_ECN option support commit

• 9p

  • Increase default msize to 128k commit

  • Increase tcp max msize to 1MB commit

• SUNRPC

  • Add srcaddr as a file in sysfs commit

  • Add dst_port to the sysfs xprt info file commit

  • Add a /sys/kernel/debug/fail_sunrpc/ directory commit

• Support for filtering interfaces/neighbours dump for interfaces that *don't* have a master commit

• af_iucv: support drop monitoring commit

• af_unix: Add OOB support commit

• sockmap: add sockmap support for unix stream socket commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• virtio/vsock: support of MSG_EOR bit for SEQPACKET AF_VSOCK sockets over virtio transport commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Some improvements to generic XDP mode to brings it closer to native XDP commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

6. Architectures

6.1. X86

• Conditionally flush the L1D cache commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• PCI

  • Add support for the ALi M1487 (IBC) PIRQ router commit

  • Add support for the Intel 82374EB/82374SB (ESC) PIRQ router commit

  • Add support for the Intel 82426EX PIRQ router commit

  • Add support for 0x22/0x23 port I/O configuration space commit

• platform

  • msi: extend msi_irqs sysfs entries to platform devices commit

  • Add Alder Lake PCH-S support to PMC core driver commit, commit, commit

  • BIOS SAR driver for Intel M.2 Modem commit

  • acer-wmi: Add Turbo Mode support for Acer PH315-53 commit

  • Add meraki-mx100 platform driver commit

  • asus-nb-wmi: Allow configuring SW_TABLET_MODE method with a module option commit

  • gigabyte-wmi: add support for B450M S2H V2 commit

  • gigabyte-wmi: add support for B550I Aorus Pro AX commit

  • gigabyte-wmi: add support for X570 GAMING X commit

  • lg-laptop: Support for battery charge limit on newer models commit

  • think-lmi: add debug_cmd commit

  • asus-wmi: Support for ASUS egpu, dpgu disable, panel overdrive commit, commit, commit

  • asus-wmi: Add support for platform_profile commit

• powercap: Add Power Limit4 support for Alder Lake SoC commit

• KVM

  • SVM: Add 5-level page table support commit, commit, commit

  • Some light optimizations on rmap logic commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add detailed page size stats in KVM stats commit, commit, commit

  • Enable TDP MMU by default commit

  • Implement KVM_GUESTDBG_BLOCKIRQ commit

• Set KVM_MAX_VCPUS=1024, KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS=710 commit, commit, commit

• perf

  • Add Sapphire Rapids server uncore support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • uncore: Allow the driver to be built as a module commit

  • Add basic metrics for Elkhartlake commit

  • Add core event list for Elkhartlake commit

  • Add core event list for Tigerlake commit

  • Update core event list for CascadeLake Server commit

  • Update core event list for SkyLake Server commit

  • Update uncore event list for CascadeLake Server commit

  • Update uncore event list for SkyLake Server commit

  • Add metrics for Icelake Server commit

  • Add metrics for Tigerlake commit

  • Update metrics for CascadeLake Server commit

  • Update metrics for SkyLake Server commit

• crypto: Introduce x86 assembler accelerated implementation for SM4 algorithm commit, commit, commit, commit

• hwmon: k10temp Add support for yellow carp commit

6.2. ARM

• New SoC

  • Microchip SAMA7 SoC family based on Cortex-A7, a new 32-bit platform based on the older SAMA5 series commit, commit, commit

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM636 and SM8150, variations of the existing phone SoCs commit

  • Renesas R-Car H3e-2G and M3e-2G SoCs, variations of older Renesas SoCs commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• New boards

  • Marvell CN913x reference boards commit

  • ASpeed AST2600 BMC implementations for Facebook Cloudripper, Elbert and Fuji server boards commit, , commit, commit

  • Snapdragon 665 based Sony Xperia 10II commit

  • Snapdragon MSM8916 based Xiaomi Redmi 2 commit

  • Snapdragon MSM8226 based Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo commit, commit

  • NXP i.MX based 32-bit boards

    • DHCOM based PicoITX commit

    • DHSOM based DRC02 commit, commit

    • SolidRun SolidSense commit

    • SKOV i.MX6 boards commit

  • NXP i.MX based 64-bit boards

    • Nitrogen8 SoM and MNT Reform2 commit

    • LS1088A based Traverse Ten64 commit

    • i.MX8M based GW7902 commit

  • NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX Developer Kit commit

  • 4KOpen STiH418-b2264 development board commit

  • ux500 based Samsung phones: Gavini, Codina and Kyle commit, commit, commit

  • TI AM335x based Sancloud BBE Lite commit

  • ixp4xx dts files to replace all old board files commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • at91: pm: add support for sama7g5 commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • imx8mq: add support for MNT Reform2 commit

  • DTS updates for Marvell Armada CN913x platforms commit

  • qcom: Add PMI8996 DTSI file commit

  • qcom: Add support for SONY Xperia X Performance / XZ / XZs (msm8996, Tone platform) commit

  • qcom: Add MSM8996v3.0 DTSI file commit

  • qcom: Add support for SM6125 commit

  • qcom: sc7280-idp: Add device tree files for IDP2 commit

• Add Facebook BMC 128MB flash layout commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• aspeed: socinfo: Add AST2625 variant commit

• aspeed: Add Inspur NF5280M6 BMC machine commit

• ep93xx: remove MaverickCrunch support commit

• mediatek: mmsys: add MT8365 support commit

• rockchip: io-domain: add rk3568 support commit

• CoreSight configuration management; ETM strobing commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• ARM64

  • hv: Enable Hyper-V code to be built on ARM64 commit

  • PCI: hv: Support host bridge probing commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add support for 32-bit tasks on asymmetric AArch32 systems commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Enable Linux guests on Hyper-V commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • PCI: hv: Support host bridge probing commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

6.3. ARC

• Support 3/4 levels and asm-generic/pgalloc commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Retire ARC750 support commit

• Retire MMUv1 and MMUv2 support commit

6.4. S390

• Add HWCAP_S390_PCI_MIO to ELF hwcaps commit

• Add support for KFENCE commit

• Enable KCSAN commit

• cio: add dev_busid sysfs entry for each subchannel commit

• debug: add early tracing support commit

• ftrace: implement hotpatching commit

• qeth: remove OSN support commit

• Remove xpram device driver commit

• Report more CPU capabilities commit

6.5. POWERPC

• Book3S HV: XIVE: Add support for automatic save-restore commit

• Add MSI IRQ domains to PCI drivers commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• pseries: Add support for FORM2 associativity commit

• ptdump: Convert powerpc to GENERIC_PTDUMP commit

• Retire sbc8548 board support commit

• Retire sbc8641d board support commit

6.6. RISCV

• Enable Undefined Behavior Sanitizer UBSAN commit

• Improve stack randomisation on RV64 commit

• Support allocating gigantic hugepages using CMA commit

• Add support for hugepage migration commit

• kprobes: implement the auipc instruction commit and the branch instructions commit

6.7. MIPS

• Retire MACH_PISTACHIO commit

• Allow generating FIT image for Marduk board commit

6.8. M68K

• m5441x: add flexcan support commit

7. Drivers

7.1. Graphics

• AMD

  • Initial Cyan Skillfish support 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

  • Added video codec support for Yellow Carp commit, commit

  • Support board calibration on aldebaran commit

  • Add ID for beige goby commit

  • Add another Renoir DID commit

  • Add pci device id for cyan_skillfish commit

  • Add some additional RDNA2 PCI IDs commit

  • Add yellow carp pci id commit

  • Modernize virtual display feature commit, commit, commit

  • Reenable BACO support for 699F:C7 polaris12 SKU commit

  • amdkfd: HMM-based SVM memory manager to KFD 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, commit, commit, commit, commit

• ast: Add detect function support commit

• bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Add support for the DP AUX bus commit

• gud: Add Raspberry Pi Pico ID commit

• Intel

  • Move to TTM for discrete memory support commit, commit, commit

  • Introduce a migrate interface commit, commit, commit

  • Reinstate ADL-P mmap ioctls commit

  • Enable pipe DMC loading on XE-LPD and ADL-P commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add PSF GV point support commit

  • Add Per connector debugfs node for DSC BPP enable commit

  • Synchronous accelerated migration and clearing for i915 on TTM commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Enable GuC based power management features commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• kmb: Enable alpha blended second plane commit

• mediatek

  • Add mt8183 aal support commit

  • Add support for main DDP path on MT8167 commit

  • Separate aal sub driver commit

• msm

  • a6xx: Add support for Adreno 7c Gen 3 gpu commit

  • a680/7c3 support commit

  • dpu: add support for alpha blending properties commit

  • dpu: support setting up two independent DSI connectors commit

  • dsi: Add DSI support for SC7280 commit, commit, commit

  • dsi: add support for dsi test pattern generator commit

• nouveau

  • ga102-: support ttm buffer moves via copy engine commit

  • nv50-: Add basic DPCD backlight support for nouveau commit

• panel

  • simple: Support DP AUX backlight commit

  • simple: add Gopher 2b LCD panel commit

  • simple: Add support for EDT ETM0350G0DH6 panel commit

  • simple: Add support for EDT ETMV570G2DHU panel commit

  • simple: Add support for two more AUO panels commit

  • simple: add LOGIC Technologies LTTD800480070-L6WH-RT commit

  • simple: add Multi-Innotechnology MI1010AIT-1CP1 commit

  • simple: Allow panel-simple be a DP AUX endpoint device commit

  • Add Innolux EJ030NA 3.0" 320x480 panel commit

  • Add ilitek ili9341 panel driver commit

  • Add support for E Ink VB3300-KCA commit

  • Add basic DP AUX backlight support commit

  • atna33xc20: Introduce the Samsung ATNA33XC20 panel commit

  • db7430: Add driver for Samsung DB7430 commit

  • ws2401: Add driver for WideChips WS2401 commit

• simple-kms: Support custom CRTC state commit

• tegra

  • Add memory bandwidth management to NVIDIA Tegra DRM driver commit, commit

  • host1x: TegraDRM UAPI commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• v3d: Expose performance counters to userspace commit

• xlnx: zynqmp_dpsub: Add global alpha support commit

• mediatek

  • Add MT8167 configuration commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • gem mmap object support commit

• vkms: Switch to shadow-buffered plane state commit, commit, commit, commit

7.2. Power Management

• ACPI: Add LoongArch support for ACPI_PROCESSOR/ACPI_NUMA commit

• ACPI: SPCR: Add support for the new 16550-compatible Serial Port Subtype commit

• thermal

  • intel: Allow processing of HWP interrupt commit

  • rcar_gen3_thermal: Add support for hardware trip points commit

  • tegra: Add driver for Tegra30 thermal sensor commit

  • intel: Add TCC cooling support for AlderLake platform commit

  • qcom: Add support for LMh driver commit

7.3. Storage

• nvmem: nintendo-otp: Add new driver for the Wii and Wii U OTP commit

• SCSI

  • ufs: Add Host Performance Booster Support commit, commit, commit

  • ufs: Add fault injection support commit

  • ufs: Add lu_enable sysfs node commit

  • lpfc: add support the Congestion Management Framework (CMF) commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • lpfc: Add PCI ID support for LPe37000/LPe38000 series adapters commit

  • lpfc: Add 256 Gb link speed support commit

  • target: tcmu: Add new feature KEEP_BUF commit

  • smartpqi: Add PCI IDs for H3C P4408 controllers commit

  • smartpqi: Add PCI IDs for new ZTE controllers commit

  • smartpqi: Add PCI ID for new ntcom controller commit

  • smartpqi: Add SCSI cmd info for resets commit

  • mpt3sas: Add io_uring iopoll support commit

  • mpt3sas: Use firmware recommended queue depth commit

  • mpt3sas: Introduce sas_ncq_prio_supported sysfs sttribute commit

  • qedi: Add support for fastpath doorbell recovery commit

  • qla2xxx: Changes to support kdump kernel commit

  • qla2xxx: Changes to support kdump kernel for NVMe BFS commit

  • sd_zbc: Support disks with more than 2**32 logical blocks commit

• libata: Introduce ncq_prio_supported sysfs attribute commit

• nvme: allow user toggling hmb usage commit

7.4. Drivers in the Staging area

• rtl8723bs: add get_channel cfg80211 implementation commit

• mfd: hi6421-spmi-pmic: move driver from staging commit

• r8188eu: add newer/better RTL8188eu driver commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• media: hantro: Add support for the Rockchip PX30 commit

• media: hantro: Add H.264 support for Rockchip VDPU2 commit, commit

• media: imx: add a driver for i.MX8MQ mipi csi rx phy and controller commit

7.5. Networking

• Add driver for LiteX's LiteETH network interface commit

• Bluetooth

  • Add additional Bluetooth part for Realtek 8852AE commit

  • btusb: Add support for Foxconn Mediatek Chip commit

  • btusb: Add support for IMC Networks Mediatek Chip commit

  • btusb: Add support for LG LGSBWAC92/TWCM-K505D commit

  • btusb: Enable MSFT extension for Intel next generation controllers commit

  • btusb: Enable MSFT extension for Mediatek Chip (MT7921) commit

  • btusb: Enable MSFT extension for WCN6855 controller commit

  • btusb: Support Bluetooth Reset for Mediatek Chip(MT7921) commit

• bnxt_en

  • count discards due to memory allocation errors commit

  • count packets discarded because of netpoll commit

  • 1PPS functions to configure TSIO pins commit

  • 1PPS support for 5750X family chips commit

  • Implement new driver APIs to send FW messages commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• brcmfmac

  • Add WPA3 Personal with FT to supported cipher suites commit

  • Add 43752 SDIO ids and initialization commit

  • Add xtlv support to firmware interface layer commit

  • firmware: Allow per-board firmware binaries commit

• can

  • Provide GPIO based termination commit, commit, commit

  • flexcan: add mcf5441x support commit

  • m_can: Add support for transceiver as phy commit

  • Add the netlink interface for CAN-FD Transmitter Delay Compensation (TDC) commit, commit, commit

  • peak_usb: PCAN-USB: add support of loopback and one-shot mode commit

  • rcar_canfd: Add support for RZ/G2L family commit

• dpaa2-switch

  • Add mirroring support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Integrate the MAC endpoint support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• dsa

  • mt7530: enable assisted learning on CPU port commit

  • mv88e6xxx: map virtual bridges with forwarding offload in the PVT commit

  • sja1105: add FDB fast ageing support commit

  • sja1105: enable address learning on cascade ports commit

  • sja1105: increase MTU to account for VLAN header on DSA ports commit

  • NXP SJA1105 driver support for "H" switch topologies commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• e1000e

  • Add handshake with the CSME to support S0ix commit

  • Add support for Lunar Lake commit

  • Add support for the next LOM generation commit

• fec

  • Add support for i.MX8MQ and i.MX8QM commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add WoL support for i.MX8MQ commit

• hns3

  • Add support devlink commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add support ethtool extended link state commit, commit, commit

  • Add support for triggering reset by ethtool commit

• i40e: add support for PTP external synchronization clock commit

• igc

  • Add support for RX Flex Filters commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add support for CBS offload commit, commit, commit

  • Add support for PCIe PTM commit, commit

• intersil: remove obsolete prism54 wireless driver commit

• ionic: monitor fw status generation commit

• iwlwifi

  • Add support for ax201 in Samsung Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha commit

  • acpi: support reading and storing WGDS revision 2 commit

  • acpi: support reading and storing WRDS revision 1 and 2 commit

  • mvm: Add support for hidden network scan on 6GHz band commit

  • mvm: add support for range request command version 13 commit

  • mvm: add support for responder config command version 9 commit

  • mvm: d3: implement RSC command version 5 commit

  • mvm: support broadcast TWT alone commit

  • mvm: support new station key API commit

  • mvm: support version 11 of wowlan statuses notification commit

  • Support reading and storing EWRD revisions 1 and 2 commit

  • yoyo: support for new DBGI_SRAM region commit

• macb: Add PTP support for SAMA5D29 commit

• mana: Add support for EQ sharing commit

• mhi

  • Improve MBIM packet counting commit

  • Remove MBIM protocol commit

• mlx5

  • Add support for control VQ and multiqueue commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Add ConnectX DCS offload support commit, commit, commit

  • Bridge, allow merged eswitch connectivity commit

  • Bridge, support LAG commit

  • DR, Add support for update FTE commit

  • DR, Added support for REMOVE_HEADER packet reformat commit

  • DR, Enable VLAN pop on TX and VLAN push on RX commit

  • DR, Support IPv6 matching on flow label for STEv0 commit

  • Support for single shared FDB table for lag commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • E-switch, Add QoS tracepoints commit

  • E-switch, Allow setting share/max tx rate limits of rate groups commit

  • E-switch, Allow to add vports to rate groups commit

  • E-switch, Enable devlink port tx_{share|max} rate control commit

  • E-switch, Introduce rate limiting groups API commit

  • Introduce abstraction of RSS context commit

  • Introduce post action infrastructure commit

  • Support MQPRIO channel mode commit

  • Support flow classification into RSS contexts commit

  • Support multiple RSS contexts commit

  • TC, Support sample offload action for tunneled traffic commit

  • spectrum: Add infrastructure for parsing configuration commit

• netdevsim: Add multi-queue support commit

• nfp

  • Add support for coalesce adaptive feature commit

  • flower: conntrack offload commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Octeontx2

  • Traffic shaping and SDP link config support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Rework MCAM flows management for VFs commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • cn10K: support for sched lmtst and other features commit

  • cn10k: DWRR MTU and weights configuration commit, commit

  • Add vlan-etype to ntuple filters commit

  • Allow VLAN priority also in ntuple filters commit

• pcs: xpcs: Add Pause Mode support for SGMII and 2500BaseX commit

• phy

  • Add API to read 802.3-c45 IDs commit

  • Add Maxlinear GPY115/21x/24x driver commit

  • gmii2rgmii: Support PHY loopback commit

  • marvell: Add WAKE_PHY support to WOL event commit

  • marvell: add SFP support for 88E1510 commit

• qmi_wwan: add Telit 0x1060 composition commit

• r8169: enable ASPM L0s state commit

• ravb: Add reset support commit

• Adding Frame DMA functionality to Sparx5 commit, commit

• veth: implement support for set_channel ethtool op commit

• vmxnet3

  • Add support for 32 Tx/Rx queues commit

  • Add support for ESP IPv6 RSS commit

• wwan: Add MHI MBIM network driver commit

• Remove sbni/granch driver commit

7.6. Audio

• pcm: Add SNDRV_PCM_INFO_EXPLICIT_SYNC flag. When this flag is set, PCM core disables both the control and the status mmap, which enforces user-space to update via SYNC_PTR ioctl. In that way, drivers can catch the applptr and hwptr update and apply the sync operation if needed commit

• usb-audio

  • Add lowlatency module option commit

  • Add quirk_flags module option commit

  • Input source control - digidesign mbox commit

• Intel: Skylake: Add support for complex configurations commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• soundwire/ASoC: add mockup codec support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Intel: bytcr_rt5640

  • Add line-out support commit.

  • Add support for HP Elite Pad 1000G2 jack-detect commit

  • Add support for a second headphones output commit

  • Add support for a second headset mic input commit

• ASoC: Add Vangogh ACP ASoC driver commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• SoC: Support CS42L42 on JSL platform commit

• Intel: soc-acpi: add support for SoundWire of TGL-H-RVP commit

• codecs: ad193x: add support for 96kHz and 192kHz playback rates commit

• codecs: wcd938x: add Multi Button Headset Control support commit

• firewire-motu: add support for MOTU 896HD commit

• hda/cs8409

  • Add Support to disable jack type detection for CS42L42 commit

  • Add support for dolphin commit

  • Enable Full Scale Volume for Line Out Codec on Dolphin commit

• hda/hdmi: Add option to enable all pins forcibly commit

• ics43432: add CMM-4030D-261 support commit

• ASoC: mediatek: Add support for MT8195 SoC commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• qcom: apq8016_sbc: Add SEC_MI2S support commit

• rockchip

  • i2s: Add support for frame inversion commit

  • i2s: Add support for set bclk ratio commit

  • spdif: Add support for rk3568 spdif commit

• rt1015p: add new acpi id and comapatible id commit

• Add RZ/G2L Sound support commit, commit

• soundwire: cadence: add debugfs interface for PDI loopbacks commit

• ti: davinci-mcasp: Add support for the OMAP4 version of McASP commit

7.7. Tablets, touch screens, keyboards, mouses

• mms114: support MMS134S commit

• ixp4xx-beeper: delete driver commit

• Remove dead CSR Prima2 PWRC driver commit

• HID

  • amd_sfh: Add command response to check command status commit

  • amd_sfh: Add support for PM suspend and resume commit

  • cmedia: add support for HS-100B mute button commit

  • logitech-hidpp: battery: provide CAPACITY property for newer devices commit

  • magicmouse: high-resolution scroll threshold commit

  • sony: support for the ghlive ps4 dongles commit

  • wacom: Add new Intuos BT (CTL-4100WL/CTL-6100WL) device IDs commit

7.8. TV tuners, webcams, video capturers

• TDA1997x: enable EDID support commit

• ccs: Implement support for manual LP control commit

• dvbsky: add support for MyGica T230C2_LITE and T230A commit

• i2c: Add imx335 camera sensor driver commit

• i2c: Add imx412 camera sensor driver commit

• i2c: Add ov9282 camera sensor driver commit

• rc: introduce Meson IR TX driver commit

• ti-vpe: cal: add embedded data support commit

• venus: venc: Add support for intra-refresh period commit

• venus: venc: add support for V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_8X8_TRANSFORM control commit

7.9. Universal Serial Bus

• dwc3: pci: add support for AMD's newer generation platform commit

• gadget: f_uac1: add volume and mute support commit

• gadget: f_uac2: add volume and mute support commit

• gadget: u_audio: add bi-directional volume and mute support commit

• serial: cp210x: add ID for GW Instek GDM-834x Digital Multimeter commit

• serial: option: add Telit LN920 compositions commit

• serial: option: add device id for Foxconn T99W265 commit

• xhci-mtk: support option to disable usb2 ports commit

• host: remove dead EHCI support for on-chip PMC MSP71xx USB controller commit

7.10. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

• mediatek: add tick_delay support commit

• rockchip-sfc: add rockchip serial flash controller commit

• sprd: Add ADI r3 support commit

• spi-altera-dfl: support n5010 feature revision commit

7.11. Watchdog

• bd70528 drop bd70528 support commit

• mediatek: mt8195: add wdt support commit

7.12. Serial

• amba-pl011: add RS485 support commit

• samsung: Add Exynos850 SoC data commit

7.13. CPU Frequency scaling

• qcom-cpufreq-hw: Add dcvs interrupt support commit

• mediatek-hw: Add support for CPUFREQ HW commit

7.14. Voltage, current regulators, power capping, power supply

• power

  • supply: PCHG: Peripheral device charger commit

  • supply: max17042_battery: Add support for MAX77849 Fuel-Gauge commit

  • supply: mt6360_charger: add MT6360 charger support commit

  • reset: linkstation-poweroff: add new device commit

  • supply: rn5t618: Add voltage_now property commit

  • supply: smb347-charger: Implement USB VBUS regulator commit

  • reset: Add TPS65086 restart driver commit

• regulator

  • da9063: Add support for full-current mode commit

  • bd718x7: Suopport configuring UVP/OVP state commit

  • rt6752: Add support for Richtek RTQ6752 commit

  • rtq2134: Add support for Richtek RTQ2134 SubPMIC commit

7.15. Real Time Clock (RTC)

• rx8025: implement RX-8035 support commit

7.16. Pin Controllers (pinctrl)

• Add Intel Keem Bay pinctrl driver commit

• Ingenic: Add pinctrl driver for X2100 commit

• imx8ulp: Add pinctrl driver support commit

• pinctrl-zynq: Add support for 'power-source' parameter commit

• qcom: Add MDM9607 pinctrl driver commit

• qcom: pinctrl: Add pinctrl driver for sm6115 commit

• renesas: Add RZ/G2L pin and gpio controller driver commit

• renesas: r8a77995: Add bias pinconf support commit

• samsung: Add Exynos850 SoC specific data commit

• stm32: Add STM32MP135 SoC support commit

7.17. Multi Media Card (MMC)

• dw_mmc: Add data CRC error injection commit

• pwrseq: sd8787: add support for wilc1000 commit

7.18. Memory Technology Devices (MTD)

• spinand: macronix: Add Quad support for serial NAND flash commit

• rfd_ftl: add discard support commit

7.19. Industrial I/O (iio)

• Support reading extended name as label commit

• accel: bmc150: Add support for BMC156 commit

• adc: Add driver for Renesas RZ/G2L A/D converter commit

• adc: rockchip_saradc: add support for rk3568 saradc commit

• chemical: Add driver support for sgp40 commit

• adc: ingenic: add JZ4760 support to the sadc driver commit

• adc: ingenic: add JZ4760B support to the sadc driver commit

• potentiometer: Add driver support for AD5110 commit

• proximity: vcnl3020: add periodic mode commit

7.20. Multi Function Devices (MFD)

• Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support commit

• intel-lpss: Add Intel Cannon Lake ACPI IDs commit

• tqmx86: Add support for TQMx110EB and TQMxE40x commit

• tqmx86: Add support for TQ-Systems DMI IDs commit

7.21. Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C + I3C)

• virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver commit

• Remove dead PMC MSP TWI/SMBus/I2C driver commit

7.22. Hardware monitoring (hwmon)

• Add driver for Aquacomputer D5 Next commit

• Add support for SB-RMI power module commit

• axi-fan-control: Support temperature vs pwm points commit

• intel-m10-bmc-hwmon: add n5010 sensors commit

• k10temp: support Zen3 APUs commit

• pmbus/bpa-rs600: Support BPD-RS600 commit

7.23. General Purpose I/O (gpio)

• Add virtio-gpio driver commit

• rockchip: add driver for rockchip gpio commit

• rockchip: support next version gpio controller commit

7.24. Leds

• leds-core: Implement the retain-state-shutdown property commit

• pwm: add support for default-state device property commit

• pca955x: Implement the default-state property commit == DMA engines ==

• idxd: Add wq occupancy information to sysfs attribute commit

• idxd: Set defaults for GRPCFG traffic class commit

• idxd: add software command status commit

• idxd: create dmaengine driver for wq 'device' commit

• idxd: create user driver for wq 'device' commit

• Add support for AMD PTDMA controller driver commit, commit, commit

• sh: Add DMAC driver for RZ/G2L SoC commit

7.25. Hardware Random Number Generator (hwrng)

• Add Arm SMCCC TRNG based driver commit

7.26. Cryptography hardware acceleration

• hisilicon: support runtime PM for accelerator device commit

• hisilicon: using 'debugfs_create_file' instead of 'debugfs_create_regset32' commit

• ccp: Add support for new CCP/PSP device ID commit

7.27. PCI

• PCI: Expose and manage PCI device reset commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• Add SR-IOV support in PCIe Endpoint Core commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• hv: Support for create interrupt commit

• j721e: Add PCIe support for AM64 commit and J7200 commit

• keembay: Add support for Intel Keem Bay commit

• pci-bridge-emul: Add PCIe Root Capabilities Register commit

• rockchip-dwc: Add Rockchip RK356X host controller driver commit

• visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti PCIe host controller driver commit

7.28. Clock

• rockchip: Add support for hclk_sfc on rk3036 commit

• qcom: gpucc-sm8150: Add SC8180x support commit

• qcom: a53-pll: Add MSM8939 a53pll support commit

• qcom: Add Global Clock Controller driver for MSM8953 commit

• qcom: Add Global Clock controller (GCC) driver for SM6115 commit

• qcom: mmcc-msm8994: Add MSM8992 support commit

• qcom: Add msm8994 MMCC driver commit

• qcom: rpmh: Add support for RPMH clocks on SM6350 commit

• qcom: Add SM6350 GCC driver commit

7.29. PHY ("physical layer" framework)

• phy-mtk-tphy: add support mt8195 commit

• qcom-qmp: Add sc8180x PCIe support commit

• qcom-qmp: Add support for SM6115 UFS phy commit

• qcom-qmp: add USB3 PHY support for IPQ6018 commit

• qcom: qmp: Add SC8180x USB/DP combo commit

• renesas: phy-rcar-gen3-usb2: Add USB2.0 PHY support for RZ/G2L commit

• samsung-ufs: support exynosauto ufs phy driver commit

7.30. EDAC (Error Detection And Correction)

• i10nm: Retrieve and print retry_rd_err_log registers commit

7.31. Various

• bus: ixp4xx: Add a driver for IXP4xx expansion bus commit

• bus: mhi: pci_generic: Add Cinterion MV31-W PCIe to MHI commit

• Introduce SCMI transport based on VirtIO commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• fpga: dfl: pci: add device IDs for Silicom N501x PAC cards commit

• Add FPGA Manager support for the Xilinx Versal chip commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• habanalabs

  • Add "in device creation" status commit

  • Add support for encapsulated signals reservation commit

  • Add support for encapsulated signals submission commit

  • Add support for f/w reset commit

  • Add wait-for-multi-CS uAPI commit

  • Allow fail on inability to respect hint commit

  • gaudi: implement state dump commit

  • state dump monitors and fences infrastructure commit

  • support hint addresses range reservation commit

• interconnect: qcom: Add SC8180x providers commit

• interconnect: qcom: osm-l3: Add sc8180x support commit

• mailbox: cmdq: add mt8192 support commit, commit

• misc: gehc-achc: new driver for the GE ACHC microcontroller, that is part of the GE PPD device commit

• Add generic support for kdump Device Tree properties commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

• reset: renesas: Add RZ/G2L usbphy control driver commit

• vDPA/ifcvf: implement management netlink framework for ifcvf commit

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