Kernel Log: What's coming in 2.6.30
The next major Linux version will include new Wi-Fi drivers for chips from Atheros, Intel, Intersil/Prism and Marvell and new drivers for Intel LAN chips. The kernel will also in future make better use of energy saving features in the latest Wi-Fi hardware and Oracle is contributing code for the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) cluster protocol.
As with previous kernel versions, the recent release of the second pre-release version of Linux 2.6.30 saw a good few major patches which had missed the merge window find their way into the main Linux development tree. Further major changes are rare in the second phase of the development cycle, so that the second pre-release version should now contain all the major changes for the next major kernel revision.
The Kernel Log on The H is taking the opportunity to open the "What's coming in 2.6.30" series with a description of the major networking-related changes and will be extended with further instalments over the next few weeks, building up to a detailed description of all the major changes in 2.6.30 in the various functional areas within the Linux kernel, until Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel 2.6.30 in around seven to ten weeks time.
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