Kernel release status

The current 2.6 development kernel is 2.6.27-rc4, released on August 20. Along with lots of fixes, it includes support for the multitouch trackpad on new Apple laptops, more reshuffling of architecture-specific include files, a number of XFS improvements, interrupt stacks for the SPARC64 architecture, the removal of the obsolete Auerswald USB sound driver, and new drivers for TI TUSB 6010 USB controllers, Inventra HDRC USB controllers, and National Semiconductor adcxx8sxxx analog-to-digital converters. The short-form changelog is in the announcement, or see the long-form changelog for all the details.

Patches continue to accumulate in the mainline repository, and 2.6.27-rc5 may be released by the time you read this. Along with the fixes, -rc5 will include Japanese translations of more kernel documents and generic interrupt handling for some UIO devices.

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