Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965337AbXBUExs (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:53:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965330AbXBUExs (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:53:48 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.24]:37975 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965113AbXBUExs (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:53:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:53:45 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Linux 2.6.21-rc1 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 871 Lines: 23 Ok, the merge window for 2.6.21 has closed, and -rc1 is out there. There's a lot of changes, as is usual for an -rc1 thing, but at least so far it would seem that 2.6.20 has been a good base, and I don't think we have anything *really* scary here. The most interesting core change may be the dyntick/nohz one, where timer ticks will only happen when needed. It's been brewing for a _loong_ time, but it's in the standard kernel now as an option. But there's a ton of architecture updates (arm, mips, powerpc, x86, you name it), ACPI updates, and lots of driver work. And just a lot of cleanups. Have fun, Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/