Kernel release status [LWN.net]

The 3.2 kernel was released on January 4, after 72 days of development. Among other things, this kernel adds the proportional rate reduction TCP algorithm, the extended verification module, the CPU scheduler bandwidth controller, the cross-memory attach IPC mechanism, the Hexagon DSP architecture, improved recovery of corrupted Btrfs filesystems, and the I/O-less dirty throttling code. See the Kernelnewbies 3.2 page for lots more information.

As of this writing, the 3.3 merge window is open; see below for details on what has been merged so far.

Stable updates: the 2.6.32.53, 3.0.16, and 3.1.8 stable kernel updates were released on January 6. Each contains the usual long list of important fixes (OK, 2.6.32.53 only has nine fixes, but the newer kernels have quite a few more).

The 2.6.32.54, 3.0.17, 3.1.9, and 3.2.1 stable updates are in the review process; they can be expected on or after January 12. 3.1.9 is likely to be the final update for the 3.1 kernel.