"Enhancements to the ALSA code for HD audio codecs, a V4L/DVB
driver for the Mantis TV chip, drivers for MSI laptops and drivers
for newer AMD CPUs are just some of the improvements to Linux
hardware support. Android drivers have now been escorted from the
staging area, while Ramzswap (formerly Compcache) framework for
compressing RAM has been added.
"Linux Torvalds, as of the end of last week, has now released
Linux 2.6.33-rc8, the eighth pre-release version of Linux kernel
2.6.33. The release announcement indicates that he expects it to be
the last pre-release version, suggesting that the next kernel
version from the main development tree is likely to see the light
of day late this week or early next. It is not, however, unknown
for Torvalds to slip out another version despite pronouncements to
the contrary, pushing back the final kernel release by three to
seven days.
"The description of drivers and driver infrastructure-related
changes which follows completes our reporting on the major changes
in Linux 2.6.33 in our "Coming in 2.6.33" series. Parts one, two,
three and four of the series looked at changes in network support,
file systems, the storage subsystem, graphics hardware,
architecture, tracing and virtualisation and the drivers residing
in these areas of the kernel."
