Some of the main pull requests with new features to come in during this first week of the Linux 4.19 merge window included:
– An in-kernel GPS subsystem seems like it’s a decade or so past due.
– The read-only EROFS file-system and Gasket Driver Framework are new to the staging area.
– USB Type-C Display Mode alternate driver is added as well as the Type-C port manager being promoted out of staging.
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