Re: Linux 2.6.22 released

[david@lang.hm]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:39:51PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:52:52 PDT, Linus Torvalds said:
> >
> > > The full changelog since 2.6.21 also got uploaded, but quite frankly, I
> > > wonder if anybody uses those things? I've been uploading them for non-git
> > > users, but I have a suspicion that any people who want that kind of
> > > detail have long since learnt to use git, or are following the commit
> > > mailing lists or equivalent.
> >
> > What the Rest Of The World could probably use is if some kind soul were to go
> > through and build a .21->.22 document that lists all the *userspace visible*
> > changes (new drivers, new filesystems/features, new/changed stuff in /sys and
> > /proc, new ioctls, new and changed Kconfig, etc).
> > ...
>
> Already available:
>  http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_22
>
> Credits for it go to Diego Calleja.
>
> It's a Wiki, so if you miss anything there you can add it yourself.
>
> It might make sense if Linus would give a link to the corresponding
> changelog there in future release announcements.

lwn.net has a series on the API changes, they don't try to cover all the 
drivers, but they should cover all the things that a driver writer would 
need to worry about

http://lwn.net/Kernel/

David Lang
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