Max Attems uploaded a new version of the Linux kernel package (linux-2.6) today. This includes the last major changes to the package before Debian 6.0 'squeeze', which led me to label it the 'Big Bang' release:

  • The Xen (dom0 and enhanced domU) flavour is back. It should probably be considered experimental at the moment.
  • The OpenVZ flavour is back. This should also be considered experimental.
  • The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) system and drivers were updated to the versions in Linux 2.6.33. This brings some bug fixes and extra features for the i915 driver, and working Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) for the radeon driver. It also includes the kernel-mode part of the nouveau driver for Nvidia GPUs, but this will not yet be loaded automatically as the user-mode parts of nouveau have not been packaged.
  • The libata transition for PATA (IDE) controller drivers. After some review we realised that this only affects PC hardware at the moment, so only users of the i386 or amd64 architectures will see the upgrade prompts. Thanks to everyone who tested and reported bugs in the experimental packages.