Kernel Log: Linux 2.6.27 Released - The H Open: News and Features

Appendix: Even more changes to the infrastructure

The new features of the latest Linux version so far discussed in this article only represent a selection of the most important changes – the proverbial tip of the iceberg which in every new Linux version's main development branch consists of thousands of commits in the source code management system. Numerous further and equally important changes – those just slightly below the tip of the iceberg, so to speak – can be found with a short description and roughly sorted by topic in the following list. The description is usually the (sometimes slightly modified) title of the commit and links to the respective change in the web frontend of the source code management system; there you can usually find the details and background information regarding the change as well as the patch itself.

An overview similar to the one in the listing above as well as a short description of the most important changes in 2.6.27 is also maintained by the kernel newbies in their wiki. Those who wish to have even more details can sift through the several megabytes of changelog, which for every single commit] in the Linux source code management system contains the comments describing the respective patch. Alternatively, you can also work your way through the kernel sources and their most recent changes in the Git web interface; there, you can also readily find the patch pertaining to the respective comment. (thl/c't)