Sigogi na biyar na kwayar Linux ta iso, a cikin maganar Linus Torvalds, saboda ba shi da sauran yatsun da zai ƙidaya ko ƙara na hannayensa da ƙafafunsa. A bayyane yake cewa ba haka lamarin yake ba, tunda Linux Kernel 5.0 ya zo da labarai masu ban sha'awa da yawa, musamman ma dangane da dacewa da kayan aiki. Amma 5 ga Mayu ya zo Linux 5.1.
Lokacin da muke magana game da na'urorin Google muna nufin waɗanda suke amfani da tsarin aikin su, waɗanda suke yanzu Andoid da Chrome OS. Wadannan na’urorin, a cewar su Bayani Collabora, yanzu zaku iya hawa da ƙaddamar da na'urar zana zane ta ƙara ƙarin kernel ta layin umarni a lokacin taya, kewayewa da hoton initramfs. Har yanzu, tDuk sigogin baya na kernel sun buƙaci kasancewar hoton initramfs don ɗora tsarin zuwa tsarin fayil wanda yake kan na'urar mai sarrafa na'urar, amma akwai lokuta da yawa inda masu amfani ba zasu iya amfani da hoto ba, don haka wannan sabon fasalin ya zo da sauki lokacin kuna so ku taya daga na'urar mai sarrafa kayan aiki ba tare da buƙatar hoto ba, kawai kuna amfani da matakan kernel mai sauƙi.
Google da Collabora sun gabatar da manyan canje-canje a cikin Linux 5.1 don Android da Chrome OS
Collabora shima ya kasance yana da alhakin ƙarawa zuwa Linux 5.1 na Android da Chrome OS:
- Taimako ga hukumar NanoPC-T4.
- Taimako ga allon Bosch Guardian da ARM i.MX335 Phytec phyBOARD Segin na AM6x.
- Hakanan an haɗa tallafi don hukumar Rasberi Pi 3.
- An kunna sauti na HDMI akan dandamali na RK3399 Rock960.
- An inganta tallafi ga hukumar RK3399 RockPI.
- Kafaffen sarrafa masu bayanin USB a cikin Aiki naFS.
- Inganta DRM_AUTH aiwatar da tsarin ƙirar DRM.
- An ƙara goyan bayan mirroring ɗin jirgin da juyawa akan RK3288 da RK3399 SoCs.
- Kafaffen kwaro a cikin mai kulawa mai haske.
- Sabunta gano cajar USB ta ISP1704 don amfani da sabon GPIO API.
