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Linux Kernel 4.2 RC5 Is Out for Grabs, Linus Torvalds Wants Things to Calm Down

Looking at the appended shortlog, which offers us a thoughtful overview of the changes implemented in Linux kernel 4.2 RC5, we can notice that most of the work was done to update many essential drivers, especially for things like DRM, networking, SCSI, InfiniBand, but there are also networking and file system improvements, as well as some non-maskable interrupt changes on the x86 architecture.

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