Linus Torvalds has announced the second release candidate for the forthcoming
Linux 2.6.29 kernel. Linux 2.6.29-rc2 has a (late) MIPS architecture update, new hardware drivers, firmware updates, and a variety of regression fixes.
The Linux 2.6.29-rc2 kernel announcement can be read at
LKML.org. The Linux 2.6.29 kernel is significant in that it merges Intel
kernel mode-setting support, the
Btrfs file-system, and delivers many other improvements.