This is the 4.9.162 stable release

Linux 5.0

sound updates for 5.1

We had again a busy development cycle with many new drivers as well as
lots of core improvements / cleanups.  Let's go for highlights:

ALSA core:
- PCM locking scheme was refactored for reducing a global rwlock
- PCM suspend is handled in the device type PM ops now; lots of
  explicit calls were reduced by this action
- Cleanups about PCM buffer preallocation calls
- Kill NULL device object in memory allocations
- Lots of procfs API cleanups

ASoC core:
- Support for only powering up channels that are actively being used
- Cleanups / fixes of topology API

ASoC drivers:
- MediaTek BTCVSD for a Bluetooth radio chip, which is the first such
  driver we've had upstream!
- Quite a few improvements to simplify the generic card drivers,
  especially the merge of the SCU cards into the main generic drivers
- Lots of fixes for probing on Intel systems to follow more standard
  styles
- A big refresh and cleanup of the Samsung drivers
- New drivers: Asahi Kasei Microdevices AK4497, Cirrus Logic CS4341
  and CS35L26, Google ChromeOS embedded controllers, Ingenic JZ4725B,
  MediaTek BTCVSD, MT8183 and MT6358, NXP MICFIL, Rockchip RK3328,
  Spreadtrum DMA controllers, Qualcomm WCD9335, Xilinx S/PDIF and PCM
  formatters

ALSA drivers:
- Improvements of Tegra HD-audio controller driver for supporting new
  chips
- HD-audio codec quirks for ALC294 S4 resume, ASUS laptop, Chrome
  headset button support and Dell workstations
- Improved DSD support on USB-audio
- Quirk for MOTU MicroBook II USB-audio
- Support for Fireface UCX support and Solid State Logic Duende
  Classic/Mini

drm amdgfx, bochs and one core fix

This is the 4.20.13 stable release

This is the 4.19.26 stable release

This is the 4.14.104 stable release

This is the 4.9.161 stable release

mei-hdcp driver

mei driver for the me hdcp client, for use by drm/i915.

Including the following prep work:
- whitelist hdcp client in mei bus
- merge to include char-misc-next
- drm/i915 side of the mei_hdcp/i915 component interface
- component prep work (including one patch touching i915&snd-hda)

Linux 5.0-rc8

This is the 4.20.12 stable release

This is the 4.19.25 stable release

This is the 4.14.103 stable release

This is the 4.9.160 stable release

This is the 4.4.176 stable release

This is the 3.18.136 stable release

drm-misc-fixes for v5.0:
- Block fb changes for async atomic updates to prevent a use after free.
- Fix ID mismatch error on load in bochs.
- Fix memory leak when drm_setup fails.
- Fixes around handling of DRM_AUTH.
-

drm amdgpu + one i915 fix

drm/i915 fbdev takeover fix for v5.0

UAPI Changes:
- Optionally disable automatic recovery after a GPU reset (Chris)
  Mesa changes at:
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2019-February/215431.html
- Added reminders about not leaving holes to uAPI number sequences

Cross-subsystem Changes:

- Includes the backmerge of drm-next and merge of Daniel's mei-hdcp/i915
  component interface work

Driver Changes:

- Correctly interpret Raw VBT Data Address on OpRegion version 2.1 (ICL+) (Jani)
- Fix to actually configure untiled fbdev displays (Maarten, Chris)
- Avoid referencing stale pointer in priority scheduler (Chris)
- Always restore interrupt enabling after a reset on older gens (Chris)
- Use time based guilty context banning (Chris)
- Implement new W/A for ICL pipe underruns with wm1+ disabled (Ville)
- Fix GLK degamma programming and add ICL degamma/gamma/CSC support (Uma)
- Apply RPS waitboosting to non-i915 fences (Chris)
- Protect i915_active iterators from the shrinker (Chris)
- Defer application of request banning to submission to avoid escapes (Chris)
- Track the snd/hda display_power_status using a cookie (Chris)
- Only try to park engines after a failed reset (Chris)
- Don't claim an unstarted request was guilty of causing hang (Chris)
- Revoke mmaps and prevent access to fence registers across reset (Chris)
- Make driver reset and wedging more robust (Chris)
- Avoid fence releasing race (Mika, Chris)
- Fix HDCP state handling for DDI during fastset (Ram)

- Register naming fixes (Aditya, Ville)
- Fix OpRegion version check (Jani)
- Gamma and CSC state tracking fixes (Ville)
- Add driver debugging aids (Ville, Chris)
- Fixes and improvements to CI issues and kernel selftests (Chris, Jose)