The New Features Of The Linux 3.17 Kernel

[stevenc]

A new "getrandom" syscall was introduced, at the suggestion of LibreSSL Portable folks.

[bjoswald]

Interested in the APIC overhaul. Thanks!

[0xBADCODE]

Also Btrfs fixes made it into that kernel.

Btrfs fixes mentioned as rejected have actually made it into kernel on 2nd attempt, even though patch has been somewhat reduced.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The New Features Of The Linux 3.17 Kernel

Now that the merge window has passed and Linux 3.17-rc1 released, here's a rundown of the new features for the Linux 3.17 kernel...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc2NTI