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The SoC driver changes once more consist of many small fixes and
 cleanups, that are to a large part the result of automated testing. On
 platform specific drivers, this includes SoC specific code for xilinx,
 freescale/nxp, qualcomm, TI, aspeed, omap, tegra, samsung, rockchip,
 renesas, ixp4xx. In firmware drivers, we see a similar picture for
 SCMI and qcomtee.
 
 Aside from these, we see actual new hardware support in a few
 areas:
 
  - The Apple platform gets a new driver for low power states
 
  - Updates to Qualcomm platform drivers add several new
    hardware specific features and additional SoCs.
 
  - Amlogic SoC support for A1 and T7 is added
 
  - The Mediatek MMSYS driver is refactored as a cleanup.
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Merge tag 'soc-drivers-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc

Pull SoC driver updates from Arnd Bergmann:
 "The SoC driver changes once more consist of many small fixes and
  cleanups, that are to a large part the result of automated testing.

  On platform specific drivers, this includes SoC specific code for
  xilinx, freescale/nxp, qualcomm, TI, aspeed, omap, tegra, samsung,
  rockchip, renesas, ixp4xx. In firmware drivers, we see a similar
  picture for SCMI and qcomtee.

  Aside from these, we see actual new hardware support in a few areas:

   - The Apple platform gets a new driver for low power states

   - Updates to Qualcomm platform drivers add several new hardware
     specific features and additional SoCs.

   - Amlogic SoC support for A1 and T7 is added

   - The Mediatek MMSYS driver is refactored as a cleanup"

* tag 'soc-drivers-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (157 commits)
  soc: qcom: make QCOM_PDR_MSG selectable
  soc: qcom: ubwc: Fix missing include
  soc: qcom: ubwc: Fix link error when QCOM_SMEM=n
  media: iris: Guard the QCOM_UBWC_CONFIG select with QCOM_SMEM
  drm/msm: Guard the QCOM_UBWC_CONFIG select with QCOM_SMEM
  dt-bindings: arm: qcom,ids: Add SoC ID for Snapdragon SDM 850
  firmware: xilinx: Clear firmware notifiers across kexec transitions
  firmware: xilinx: Release all peripheral devices from firmware
  firmware: xilinx: Add support to clear EL3 PM state
  firmware: xilinx: Propagate actual error from feature check
  firmware: xilinx: Use TF-A feature check for TF-A-specific APIs
  bus: fsl-mc: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data
  soc: fsl: qe: check platform_driver_register() in qe_ic_of_init()
  phy: lynx-10g: use RCW override procedure for dynamic protocol change
  soc: fsl: guts: implement the RCW override procedure
  dt-bindings: fsl: layerscape-dcfg: define DCFG_DCSR region
  soc: fsl: guts: make fsl_soc_data available after fsl_guts_init()
  soc: fsl: guts: make it easier to determine on which SoC we are running
  soc: fsl: guts: add a central fsl_guts_read() function
  soc: fsl: guts: add a global structure to hold state
  ...
2026-08-18 19:40:29 -07:00
arch soc: drivers for 7.3 2026-08-18 19:40:29 -07:00
block fscrypt updates for 7.3 2026-08-17 19:04:16 -07:00
certs treewide: fix indentation and whitespace in Kconfig files 2026-05-28 21:24:42 -07:00
crypto Crypto library updates for 7.3 2026-08-17 19:16:42 -07:00
Documentation soc: drivers for 7.3 2026-08-18 19:40:29 -07:00
drivers soc: drivers for 7.3 2026-08-18 19:40:29 -07:00
fs - How refreshing: no new features but a whole pile of fixes to more or less 2026-08-18 18:32:24 -07:00
include soc: drivers for 7.3 2026-08-18 19:40:29 -07:00
init VDSO updates: 2026-08-18 16:56:25 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/rsrc: reject overflowing regvec bvec byte counts 2026-08-12 19:53:35 -06:00
ipc vfs-7.3-rc1.lookup 2026-08-17 12:03:34 -07:00
kernel VDSO updates: 2026-08-18 16:56:25 -07:00
lib VDSO updates: 2026-08-18 16:56:25 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add modern form of the LGPL-2.1 tags to the usage guide section 2025-10-22 07:58:19 +02:00
mm memblock: updates for 7.3-rc1 2026-08-18 10:03:54 -07:00
net Crypto library updates for 7.3 2026-08-17 19:16:42 -07:00
rust Locking updates for v7.3: 2026-08-18 13:07:17 -07:00
samples samples/damon/mtier: error out for zero quota goal target values 2026-08-04 20:02:02 -07:00
scripts VDSO updates: 2026-08-18 16:56:25 -07:00
security selinux/stable-7.2 PR 20260805 2026-08-05 13:40:11 -07:00
sound Timers and timekeeping core updates: 2026-08-18 16:23:56 -07:00
tools - Remove the smp_locks alternatives machinery which was used to patch out lock 2026-08-18 18:11:25 -07:00
usr usr: Correct a spelling by changing a letter 2026-08-05 14:51:58 +02:00
virt KVM/arm64 fixes for 7.2, take #2 2026-07-15 12:13:30 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: fix formatting of guard() and scoped_guard() statements 2026-05-28 21:24:41 -07:00
.clippy.toml rust: bump Clippy's MSRV and clean incompatible_msrv allows 2026-04-07 09:51:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig editorconfig: add rst extension 2026-01-26 19:07:09 -08:00
.get_maintainer.ignore .get_maintainer.ignore: add myself 2026-04-02 16:48:25 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore SPDX patches for 7.2-rc1 2026-06-22 12:06:22 -07:00
.mailmap There is a known WiFi/mt76 regression, waiting for a complete fix that 2026-08-13 08:37:26 -07:00
.pylintrc docs: Move the python libraries to tools/lib/python 2025-11-18 09:22:40 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS CREDITS: Add Wolfram Sang 2026-07-14 16:34:04 +02:00
Kbuild checksyscalls: move instance functionality into generic code 2026-04-05 09:21:32 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS soc: drivers for 7.3 2026-08-18 19:40:29 -07:00
Makefile Kbuild/Kconfig updates for 7.3 2026-08-18 09:26:31 -07:00
README docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation 2026-01-06 14:55:06 -07:00

Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer - Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher - Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert - Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer - Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator - Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer - Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant - LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst