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Revision 3 as of 2020-09-27 17:52:51
KernelNewbies:
  • Linux_5.9

Linux 5.9 has not been released. While this changelog is completed, you can read about this release here:

  • LWN's merge windows part 1, part 2

  • Phoronix Linux 5.9 feature overview

or take a look at these pull requests:

  • tpm updates

  • btrfs updates

  • fscrypt updates

  • fsverity update

  • crypto updates

  • core block updates

  • io_uring updates

  • s390 updates

  • unicore32 removal

  • m68k updates

  • arm64 and cross-arch updates

  • header cleanup

  • RCU updates

  • locking updates

  • objtool updates

  • perf event updates

  • scheduler updates

  • x86/alternatives update

  • x86 asm updates

  • x86 boot updates

  • x86 build updates

  • x86 cleanups

  • x86 debug fixlets

  • x86 cpu updates

  • x86 FPU selftest

  • x86 microcode update

  • x86 MSR filtering

  • x86 mmm update

  • x86 platform updates

  • x86 timer update

  • x86 RAS updates

  • x86 platform driver updates

  • ARM defconfig updates

  • ARM SoC DT updates

  • ARM SoC updates

  • ARM SoC driver updates

  • new ARM SoC support

  • EDAC updates

  • regulator updates

  • spi updates

  • regmap updates

  • power management updates

  • ACPI updates

  • pstore update

  • gcc plugin updates

  • automatic variable initialization updates

  • tasklets API update

  • uninitialized_var() macro removal

  • seccomp updates

  • selinux updates

  • audit updates

  • execve updates

  • thread updates

  • fork cleanups

  • checkpoint-restore updates

  • close_range() implementation

  • dma-mapping updates

  • irq updates

  • timer updates

  • generic kernel entry/exit code

  • x86 conversion to generic entry code

  • x86 fsgsbase

  • parisc updates

  • printk updates

  • documentation updates

  • kunit updates

  • kselftest updates

  • block driver updates

  • block stacking updates

  • char/misc driver updates

  • driver core updates

  • USB/Thunderbolt updates

  • GPIO updates

  • Devicetree updates

  • hwmon updates

  • MMC updates

  • hmm updates

  • LED updates

  • drm updates

  • networking updates

  • hyperv updates

  • Xtensa updates

  • arch/csky updates

  • ARM updates

  • MIPS upates

  • smack updates

  • livepatching updates

  • coccinelle updates

  • integrity updates

  • sched/fifo updates

  • KVM updates

  • sound updates

  • staging/IIO driver updates

  • tty/serial updates

  • rdma updates

  • SCSI updates

  • thermal updates

  • cifs updates

  • erofs updates

  • ext2, udf, reiserfs, quota cleanups and minor fixes

  • fsnotify updates

  • iomap updates

  • dlm updates

  • ptrace regset updates

  • init and set_fs() cleanups

  • RISC-V updates

  • m68knommu updates

  • powerpc updates

  • xen updates

  • xfs updates

  • misc memory management updates

  • dmaengine updates

  • mailbox updates

  • media updates

  • device mapper updates

  • more power management updates

  • fdpick coredump update

  • clk updates

  • tracing updates

  • PCI updates

  • misc vfs updates

  • power supply and reset updates

  • IPMI updates

  • mtd updates

  • pin control updates

  • regset conversion fix

  • NFS server updates

  • Kbuild updates

  • HID updates

  • input updates

  • JFFS2, UBI and UBIFS updates

  • gfs2 updates

  • f2fs updates

  • locking updates

  • ktest updates

  • perf tools updates

  • libnvdimm updayes

  • rpmsg update

  • remoteproc updates

  • hwspinlock updates

  • backlight updates

  • iommu updates

  • virtio updates

  • zonefs update

  • orangefs updates

  • chrome platform updates

  • more memory management updates

  • VFIO updates

  • watchdog updates

  • more clk updates

  • more KVM updates

  • more parisc updates

  • ceph updates

  • RTC updates

  • exfat updates

  • more btrfs updates

  • more s390 updates

  • i2c updates

  • Kconfig updates

  • module updates

  • more xen updates

  • OpenRISC updates

  • more timer updates

  • timekeeping updates

  • pwm updates

  • more SCSI updates

  • more memory management updates

  • MFD updates

  • one more power management update

  • more ACPI updates

  • NFS client updates

  • 9p updates

  • more perf tools updates

  • arch/sh updates

1. PHY ("physical layer" framework)

  • bcm63xx-usbh: Add BCM63xx USBH driver commit

  • qcom-qmp: add V4 USB PHYs commit, commit, commit

  • qcom-qmp: Add USB QMP PHY support for IPQ8074 commit

  • qcom: remove ufs qmp phy driver commit

  • qualcomm: add qcom ipq806x dwc usb phy driver commit

  • samsung-ufs: add UFS PHY driver for samsung SoC commit

  • zynqmp: Add PHY driver for the Xilinx ZynqMP Gigabit Transceiver commit

2. Memory Controller Drivers

  • Add Renesas RPC-IF driver commit

  • mtk-smi: Add basic support for MT6779 commit

  • samsung: exynos5422-dmc: Add module param to control IRQ mode commit

  • stm32-fmc2-ebi: add STM32 FMC2 EBI controller driver commit

  • tegra: Add EMC scaling sequence code for Tegra210 commit

  • tegra: Add EMC scaling support code for Tegra210 commit

3. Firmware Drivers

  • arm_scmi: SCMI Notifications Core Support commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • Extend svc and rsu drivers for new RSU features commit, commit, commit, commit

  • smccc: Add ARCH_SOC_ID support commit

  • tegra: Add support for in-band debug commit

  • turris-mox-rwtm: support ECDSA signatures via debugfs commit

4. Remote Processors

  • Add character device interface to remoteproc commit, commit

  • Add coredump debugfs entry commit

  • k3-dsp: Add a remoteproc driver of K3 C66x DSPs commit

  • k3-dsp: Add support for C71x DSPs commit

  • k3-dsp: Add support for L2RAM loading on C66x DSPs commit

  • k3: Add TI-SCI processor control helper functions commit

  • Add modem debug features commit, commit

5. Various

  • bus: fsl-mc: Add ACPI support for fsl-mc commit

  • counter: Add microchip TCB capture counter commit

  • fpga: Add interrupt support to FPGA DFL drivers commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • fpga: dfl: pci: add device id for Intel FPGA PAC N3000 commit

  • iommu: NVIDIA ARM SMMU Implementation commit, commit, commit, commit, commit

  • iommu/mediatek: Add mt6779 basic support commit

  • iommu/renesas: Add support for r8a77961 commit

  • irqchip/imx-intmux: Implement intmux runtime power management commit

  • misc: mei: add device kind to sysfs commit

  • misc: rtsx: Add support new chip rts5228 mmc: rtsx: Add support MMC_CAP2_NO_MMC commit

  • nvmem: enables blowing of fuses on Qualcomm SoCs commit, commit, commit, commit

  • nvmem: sc27xx: add sc2730 efuse support commit

  • ocxl: control via sysfs whether the FPGA is reloaded on a link reset commit

  • optee: register drivers on optee bus commit, commit, commit

  • vdpasim: support batch updating commit

6. List of Pull Requests

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