Version 4.8 of the Linux kernel has just been announced and you can see the always excellent summary of new features at KernelNewbies as well as an overview at LWN.net.

At BayLibre, we’re active in the kernel development community and here’s a brief summary of our contributions merged into v4.8:

Support for the Amlogic 64-bit SoCs:

• Basic boot, DT support, timers, IRQs
• Core drivers: clock controller, pin controller, reset controller
• Ethernet
• Boards: Amlogic P200 board, Hardkernel Odroid-C2 board

Misc. ARM SoC support

• Add support for Qualcomm MDM9615
• TI DaVinci: add support for DA850-LCDK board: NAND, SD/MMC, ethernet
• Oxford Semiconductor OXNAS family: pinctrl, GPIO, timers

Other Drivers

• Support to read at24 EEPROMs on BayLibre: ACME boards

In total, 63 patches authored by BayLibre engineers were merged this cycle.  See the kernel git tree for all the details.