Without further ado, Linux 3.19 kernel’s top 10 features include Btrfs scrubbing support, Btrfs fast device replacement in RAID 5 and 6, ARM Coresight support, NFS (Network File System) 4.2 preallocation and hole punching support, HSA driver for AMD Radeon graphics cards, Device Tree overlays, support for Altera Nios II CPUs, updated Android binder, routing and switching offloading, as well as Intel Memory Protection Extensions support.
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