Changelog
linux-signed-amd64 (6.8.9+1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Sign kernel from linux 6.8.9-1
* New upstream release: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.8
* New upstream stable update:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.1
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.2
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.3
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.4
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.5
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.6
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.7
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.8
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.9
[ Diederik de Haas ]
* d/templates/main.control.in: Add python3-dacite as linux-support Depends
* [armhf] Improve Tegra Chromebook support (Closes: #1061680)
- [armhf] drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex: Enable MWIFIEX and
MWIFIEX_SDIO as modules
- [armhf] drivers/power/supply: Enable CHARGER_BQ24735 as module
- [armhf] drivers/hwmon: Enable SENSORS_LM90 as module
- [armhf] drivers/media/cec/platform: Enable CEC_TEGRA as module
* drivers/thermal: Enable THERMAL_NETLINK
* [amd64] drivers/tee/amdtee: Enable AMDTEE as module
* [amd64] drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmf: Enable AMD_PMF as module
(Closes: #1063161)
* Update to 6.8.8:
- Drop patches applied upstream:
- "Partially revert 'MIPS: Add -Werror to arch/mips/Kbuild'"
- "platform/x86: p2sb: On Goldmont only cache P2SB and SPI devfn BAR"
- "driver core: Emit reason for pending deferred probe"
- "x86/mmio: Disable KVM mitigation when X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF is set"
- "Documentation/hw-vuln: Add documentation for RFDS"
- "x86/rfds: Mitigate Register File Data Sampling (RFDS)"
- "KVM/x86: Export RFDS_NO and RFDS_CLEAR to guests"
- Refresh patches:
- Adjust context in "Tweak gitignore for Debian pkg-kernel using git"
- Adjust context in "Documentation: Drop sphinx version check"
- Adjust context in "firmware: Remove redundant log messages from drivers"
- Adjust context in "yama: Disable by default"
- Adjust context in "btrfs: warn about RAID5/6 being experimental at
mount time"
- Adjust context in "x86: Make x32 syscall support conditional on a
kernel parameter"
- Adjust context in "efi: Lock down the kernel if booted in secure boot
mode"
- Adjust context in "Export symbols needed by Android drivers"
* d/copyright: Exclude 'action-ebpf' as that's a binary blob
* d/installer/modules: Remove modules removed from upstream kernel
* d/config: Update with the help of kconfigeditor2:
- crypto: Remove CRYPTO_CFB and CRYPTO_OFB
- drivers/gpu/drm: Remove DRM_LEGACY
- drivers/md: Remove MD_FAULTY, MD_LINEAR and MD_MULTIPATH
- [alpha,hppa,mips.malta,powerpc,x86] drivers/net/wireless/atmel:
Remove ATMEL, PCI_ATMEL and PCMCIA_ATMEL
- drivers/net/wireless/cisco: Remove WLAN_VENDOR_CISCO and AIRO
- [alpha,hppa,powerpc,x86] drivers/net/wireless/cisco: Remove AIRO_CS
- drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap: Remove HOSTAP, HOSTAP_FIRMWARE,
HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM, HOSTAP_PLX, HOSTAP_PCI and HOSTAP_CS
- drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco: Remove HERMES_PRISM,
HERMES_CACHE_FW_ON_INIT, NORTEL_HERMES, PCMCIA_SPECTRUM and ORINOCO_USB
- [alpha,hppa,mips.malta,powerpc,x86] drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco:
Remove HERMES, APPLE_AIRPORT, PLX_HERMES, TMD_HERMES, PCI_HERMES,
PCMCIA_HERMES
- drivers/net/wireless/legacy: Remove USB_NET_RNDIS_WLAN
- [alpha,hppa,powerpc,x86] drivers/net/wireless/legacy:
Remove PCMCIA_RAYCS and PCMCIA_WL3501
- drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas: Remove LIBERTAS_CS
- [alpha,hppa,mips.malta,powerpc,x86] drivers/net/wireless/zydas:
Remove USB_ZD1201
- drivers/video/fbdev: Remove FB_INTEL_DEBUG FB_INTEL_I2C
- [armhf,arm64] drivers/video/fbdev: Remove FB_ARMCLCD
- [cloud,x86] drivers/video/fbdev: Remove FB_CARILLO_RANCH and FB_LE80578
- [x86] drivers/video/fbdev: Remove FB_INTEL
- fs/fscache: Change FSCACHE to `y`
- mm: Remove SLAB_DEPRECATED and SLUB
- net/bpfilter: Remove BPFILTER
* [rt] Update to 6.8.2-rt11
* [rt] Drop patches applied in 6.8.6:
- "printk: For @suppress_panic_printk check for other CPU in panic"
- "panic: Flush kernel log buffer at the end"
- "dump_stack: Do not get cpu_sync for panic CPU"
* [arm64] net/rfkill: Enable RFKILL_GPIO as module
* [arm64] Further improve support for SolidRun HoneyComb (Closes: #1065611):
- [arm64] drivers/hwmon/pmbus: Enable PMBUS, SENSORS_PMBUS and
SENSORS_LTC2978 as modules
- [arm64] drivers/nvmem: Enable NVMEM_LAYERSCAPE_SFP as module
- [arm64] drivers/rtc: Enable RTC_DRV_FSL_FTM_ALARM as module
- [arm64] drivers/soc/fsl: Enable FSL_RCPM
* d/templates: Change firmware-linux-free from Recommends to Suggests
[ Vincent Blut ]
* [arm64] Improve support for SolidRun Honeycomb Workstation:
- drivers/pci/controller/mobiveil: Enable PCIE_LAYERSCAPE_GEN4
(Closes: #1061116)
- drivers/phy/freescale: Enable PHY_FSL_LYNX_28G as module
(Closes: #1061117)
* sound/virtio: Enable SND_VIRTIO as module (Closes: #1059089)
[ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
* drivers/tty: Disable N_GSM
* tipc: fix UAF in error path
* tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append
[ Ben Hutchings ]
- d/salsa-ci.yml: Restore Python static checks on scripts
* linux-doc: Add python3-yaml to Build-Depends, required from 6.8
* udeb: Move crc8 to crc-modules to avoid duplication
[ Stuart Hayhurst ]
* sound: Enable TAS2781 Smart Amp modules
[ Eric Mackay ]
* [arm64] Dynamically allocate cpumasks and increase supported CPUs to 512
[ Uwe Kleine-König ]
* [arm64,armhf] Enable SND_SOC_WM8804_I2C for the hifiberry-digi raspberry
hat.
-- Ben Hutchings <email address hidden> Thu, 16 May 2024 01:42:10 +0200
