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Die kleinen Perlen

Einige weitere für Sie vielleicht interessante Neuerungen liefert die folgenden Liste mit den englischen Commit-Überschriften ausgewählter Änderungen, die es in den beschriebenen Kernel-Subsystemen gab. Wie viele Verweise im vorangegangenen Text verlinken die Einträge auf das Webfrontend des von Linus Torvalds gepflegten Git-Zweigs auf Kernel.org. Der über diese Links angezeigte Commit-Kommentar und der darunter ausgegebene Patch liefern oft zahlreiche Hintergrundinformationen zur jeweiligen Änderung.

Ethernet

• [     ] bnx2x: Add EEE support for BCM84834
• [    1] bnx2x: Add iproute2 support for vfs
• [     ] bnx2x: AER revised
• [     ] bnx2x: Restore FCoE 4-port devices support
• [    1] bnx2x: Support reading I2C EEPROM SFF8472
• [   N1] csiostor: Add T5 adapter operations.
• [     ] cxgb4: Add T5 PCI ids
• [     ] cxgb4: Add T5 write combining support
• [     ] cxgb4: Disable SR-IOV support for PF4-7 for T5
• [ I  2] cxgb4: Initialize T5
• [  D  ] drivers: net: ethernet: cpsw: change cpts_active_slave to active_slave
• [     ] e1000e: add support for LTR on I217/I218
• [     ] ethernet/fec: Add Vybrid family fec support
• [   N1] firewire net, ipv4 arp: Extend hardware address and remove driver-level packet inspection.
• [ I  2] ixgbe: add SFP+ LX module support
• [C   1] mv643xx_eth: convert to use the Marvell Orion MDIO driver
• [   N ] mwifiex: add "ethtool wol" command support
• [   N2] net/mlx4_en: Add HW timestamping (TS) support
• [    1] netxen: write IP address to firmware when using bonding
• [     ] qlcnic: Add eSwitch statistics support
• [    1] qlcnic: Support atomic commands
• [C  N2] qlcnic: Support SR-IOV enable and disable
• [ I  4] qlcnic: Support VF-PF communication channel commands.
• [    2] qlcnic: Support VLAN id config.
• [    1] qlcnic: VF FLR implementation.
• [    4] qlcnic: VF-PF communication channel implementation
• [    2] qlcnic: VF reset recovery implementation.
• [     ] r8169: add a new chip for RTL8106E
• [     ] r8169: add a new chip for RTL8111G
• [     ] r8169: Update PHY settings of RTL8111G
• [    3] sfc: Enable RX DMA scattering where possible
• [C    ] sh_eth: add R8A77781 support
• [   N3] stmmac: add IEEE PTPv1 and PTPv2 support.
• [C  N1] stmmac: add the support for PTP hw clock driver
• [C   2] stmmac: reorganize chain/ring modes removing Koptions
• [    4] stmmac: support extend descriptors
• [  D  ] stmmac: update the Doc and Version (PTP+SGMII)
• [     ] tg3: Add SGMII phy support for 5719/5718 serdes

Wifi

• [C  N ] ath6kl: add tracing support and tracing points for wmi packets
• [     ] ath9k: simplify ATH_EP_RND
• [    1] ath9k: Update initvals for AR9565
• [C DN1] batman-adv: network coding - add the initial infrastructure code
• [    1] brcmfmac: add dedicated log level for low-level sdio debugging
• [     ] brcmfmac: add flow-control mode to firmware signalling
• [    1] brcmfmac: add support for dongle ARM CR4 core
• [   N2] brcmfmac: add support for TLV based firmware signalling
• [C  N2] brcmfmac: define and use platform specific data for SDIO.
• [    3] brcmfmac: enable sk_buff queueing when credits deplete
• [   N ] brcmfmac: introduce tracepoints for message logging
• [     ] brcmfmac: make debug module parameter more clear
• [   N2] brcmfmac: support critical protocol API for DHCP
• [    1] brcmfmac: support save&restore firmware feature
• [C  N ] brcmsmac: radio on led support
• [   N1] brcmutil: add new d11 interface support
• [    1] cfg80211: Extend support for IEEE 802.11r Fast BSS Transition
• [    1] cfg80211: introduce critical protocol indication from user-space
• [    3] cfg80211: move exported event functions into nl80211
• [ I   ] iwlwifi: add a subdevice ID for 7000 series
• [C    ] iwlwifi: allow selecting only MVM driver
• [C   1] iwlwifi: export symbols only conditionally
• [   N1] iwlwifi: mvm: add BT Coex FW API
• [   N1] iwlwifi: mvm: begin basic BT-Coex implementation
• [     ] iwlwifi: mvm: downgrade to old power management API
• [    1] iwlwifi: mvm: implement reduced Tx power
• [    1] iwlwifi: mvm: implement remote wake
• [     ] iwlwifi: support DSSS/CCK mode in 40 MHz
• [     ] mac80211_hwsim: handle IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE
• [    2] mac80211: improve the rate control API
• [     ] mac80211: make beacon-loss-count configurable
• [  D  ] mac80211: provide ieee80211_sta_eosp()
• [     ] mac80211: remove napi
• [    1] mac80211: support secondary channel offset in CSA
• [     ] mac80211: support userspace MPM
• [    1] mwifiex: add WOWLAN support
• [ I   ] mwl8k: Adding support for 8764 4x4 AP
• [ I   ] qmi_wwan/cdc_ether: add device IDs for Dell 5804 (Novatel E371) WWAN card
• [ I   ] rt2800: 5592: add more USB devices IDs
• [    5] rt2x00: Use more current logging styles, shrink object size
• [    7] rtlwifi Modify existing bits to match vendor version 2013.02.07
• [     ] rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: Enable recognition of RTL8188EE
• [    4] rtlwifi: rtl8192c: rtl8192ce: rtl8192cu: rtl8192de: rtl8723ae: Add changes required by adding rtl81988ee
• [    3] rtlwifi: rtl8192c: rtl8192ce: Update to vendor driver of 2013.02.07
• [ I   ] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new USB ID
• [    2] rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Update driver to match vendor driver of 2013.02.07
• [    1] rtlwifi: rtl8723ae: Update to vendor driver of 2013.02.07
• [    2] tg3: Use bool not int
• [    2] wil6210: sync with new firmware

Various

• [ I  1] Bluetooth: Add support for Intel Bluetooth device [8087:07dc]
• [    2] Bluetooth: hidp: add new session-management helpers
• [    1] Bluetooth: Update mgmt powered HCI commands to use async requests
• [C   2] caif: remove caif_shm
• [C  N2] caif_virtio: Introduce caif over virtio
• [  DN ] can: at91_can: add dt support
• [  D  ] doc: packet: add minimal TPACKET_V3 example code
• [  DN ] Documentation: cgroup: add documentation for net_cls cgroups.
• [     ] driver: net: ethernet: cpsw: implement interrupt pacing via ethtool
• [   N ] filter: add minimal BPF JIT image disassembler
• [     ] flow_dissector: support L2 GRE
• [  D  ] ieee802154/nl-mac.c: make some MLME operations optional
• [C   2] IPIP: Use ip-tunneling code.
• [   N ] ipv6: Kill ipv6 dependency of icmpv6_send().
• [    4] ipvs: convert services to rcu
• [    1] net: add ETH_P_802_3_MIN
• [    1] net: Add MIB counters for checksum errors
• [     ] net/cpsw: optimize the for_each_slave_macro()
• [     ] net: fec: Enable imx6 enet checksum acceleration.
• [    1] netfilter: ipset: Introduce extensions to elements in the core
• [    1] netfilter: ipset: The bitmap types with counter support
• [    2] netfilter: ipset: The hash types with counter support
• [   N ] netfilter: make /proc/net/netfilter pernet
• [     ] netfilter: nf_conntrack: speed up module removal path if netns in use
• [    2] netfilter: nf_log: prepare net namespace support for loggers
• [    1] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: add net namespace support for nfnetlink_log
• [    1] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: add net namespace support for nfnetlink_queue
• [     ] netfilter: xt_NFQUEUE: introduce CPU fanout
• [     ] net: introduce NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT
• [     ] net: ipv6: add tokenized interface identifier support
• [C  N ] netlink: Diag core and basic socket info dumping (v2)
• [     ] netlink: implement memory mapped recvmsg()
• [C   1] netlink: mmaped netlink: ring setup
• [     ] net: Move selftests to common net/ subdirectory.
• [  D  ] net: mv643xx_eth: add shared clk and cleanup existing clk handling
• [  D  ] net: mvmdio: add clocks property to binding documentation
• [     ] net: qmi_wwan: Add Telewell TW-LTE 4G
• [    4] net: vlan: add protocol argument to packet tagging functions
• [    2] net: vlan: prepare for 802.1ad support
• [    4] net: vlan: prepare for 802.1ad VLAN filtering offload
• [C  N1] NFC: mei: Add a common mei bus API for NFC drivers
• [C    ] NFC: Move LLCP code to the NFC top level diirectory
• [C  N ] NFC: pn544: Add MEI physical layer
• [  D  ] packet: doc: update timestamping part
• [   N2] packet: packet fanout rollover during socket overload
• [     ] phy/micrel: Add support for KSZ8031
• [   N2] selftests: net: add PF_PACKET TPACKET v1/v2/v3 selftests
• [  D  ] stmmac: review driver documentation
• [  D  ] tcp: implement RFC5682 F-RTO
• [  D 2] tcp: refactor F-RTO
• [     ] tcp: TLP loss detection.
• [C  N1] tipc: add InfiniBand media type
• [     ] tunneling: Add generic Tunnel segmentation.
• [C    ] Tunneling: use IP Tunnel stats APIs.
• [     ] vxlan: Allow setting destination to unicast address.
• [C    ] VXLAN: Fix vxlan stats handling.

Ein "C" im Bereich "[  ]" kennzeichnet Commits mit Änderungen an Kconfig-Dateien, welche die Konfigurationsoptionen samt der zugehörigen Hilfetexte enthalten. Mit "I" ausgezeichnete Patches rüsten neue PCI- oder USB-IDs nach; jene mit "D" verändern die dem Kernel beiliegende Dokumentation; Commits mit "N" legen neue Dateien an. Die Zahl vermittelt einen groben Eindruck zur Größe des Patches: Eine "1" kennzeichnet Patches, die inklusive Kommentar zwischen 10 und 20 KByte groß sind; Patches mit einer "9" sind 90 KByte oder größer.

Weitere Hintergründe und Informationen rund um Entwicklungen im Linux-Kernel und dessen Umfeld finden sich in den vorangegangenen Kernel-Logs auf heise open. Neue Ausgaben des Kernel-Logs werden auf den Identi.ca- und Twitter-Konten "@kernellog" erwähnt; die englischen, bei den Kollegen von "The H" erscheinenden Übersetzungen auf den Identi.ca- und Twitter-Konten "@kernellog2". Gelegentlich zwitschert der Autor des Kernel-Logs unabhängig davon über einige Kernel-Log-Themen bei Identi.ca und Twitter als "@kernellogauthor". (thl) (thl)