Seven Collabora devs contributed 62 commits to Linux 4.18

Aug 21, 2018 13:52 GMT  ·  By

Collabora informs Softpedia about the contributions made by various of its developers to the recently released Linux 4.18 kernel series during its entire development cycle.

Linux kernel 4.18 was released two weeks ago, and it's currently the most advanced Linux kernel series featuring mention Spectre V1 and V2 mitigations for 32-bit ARM architectures, Spectre V4 mitigations for ARM64 (AArch64) and ARMv8 architectures, as well as a just-in-time compiler for eBPF programs on 32-bit (x86) architectures.

It also improves discard support for the F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) file system, adds official support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 ARM mobile processor, as well as better support for USB Type-C and USB 3.2 connections, and initial support for the upcoming Radeon Vega 20 graphics processing units.

Collabora improves Chromebook support, graphics support

But that's not all that is new in the Linux kernel 4.18, as Collabora's devs did a great job to improve support for Chromebook devices by adding support for PWM-powered blacklight devices, a patchset containing various improvements, bug fixes, and cleanups for the Rockchip DRM driver and PSR support, as well as improvements to the defconfig for the Rockchip RK3399 platforms.

On top of that, they also improved the graphics stack in Linux kernel 4.18 by cleaning up the DRM framework with a focus on the open-source AMDGPU, Radeon, and Tegra graphics drivers, added async-update support for the VC4 graphics driver on Broadcom devices, and fixed a bug in the error path of the MSM DRM driver for Qualcomm Snapdragon devices.

Collabora's devs also added MMC/SD support for the Creator CI20 board powered by the MIPS JZ4780 chip, a fix for a boot regression on GE Healthcare CARESCAPE ONE Monitor, a fix for a bug in the error path of the DWC2 USB driver, support for Realtek's UVC 1.5 device for enabling embedded cameras on some laptop models like the Dell XPS, and improved the NXP/Freescale's serial controller IMX driver.

To see all the 62 commits authored by the seven Collabora developers to the Linux 4.18 kernel series, check out this blog post by Ezequiel Garcia. To install Linux kernel 4.18 on your favorite GNU/Linux distribution, check the official repositories or download the latest release from kernel.org or via our Linux software portal and compile it yourself for your architecture.