--- title: Linux Kernel 4.17 | daily.dev description: Collabora summarizes its contributions to Linux kernel 4.17, made by 9 developers. Key work includes DRM subsystem improvements (Exynos, VC4, MSM, OMAPDRM,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-4-17-g7jaro484 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux Kernel 4.17 | daily.dev og:description: Collabora summarizes its contributions to Linux kernel 4.17, made by 9 developers. Key work includes DRM subsystem improvements (Exynos, VC4, MSM, OMAPDRM,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-4-17-g7jaro484 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G7jARo484.png og:image:alt: Linux Kernel 4.17 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux Kernel 4.17 **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Collabora summarizes its contributions to Linux kernel 4.17, made by 9 developers. Key work includes DRM subsystem improvements (Exynos, VC4, MSM, OMAPDRM, Rockchip PSR), power supply subsystem maintenance, support for devices like the N900 and Motorola DROID4, fixes for USB chipidea and DWC2 controllers, Rockchip ASoC fixes, and a virtio driver fix. In total, Collabora contributed patches and added Reviewed-by, Signed-off-by, and Tested-by tags across dozens of patches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What did Collabora contribute to Linux kernel 4.17? Collabora had 9 developers contribute to Linux 4.17, adding Reviewed-by tags to 60 patches, Signed-off-by to 93 patches, and Tested-by to 4 patches. Key contributions included DRM improvements for Exynos, VC4, MSM, OMAPDRM, and Rockchip PSR support, power supply subsystem maintenance, N900 and Motorola DROID4 support, USB chipidea and DWC2 controller fixes, and Rockchip ASoC fixes. _Developers tracking Linux kernel subsystem contributions follow upstream progress like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-4-17-g7jaro484) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Linux Kernel 4.17","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-4-17-g7jaro484","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-kernel-4-17-g7jaro484"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:55:12.879Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:34:14.931Z","description":"Collabora summarizes its contributions to Linux kernel 4.17, made by 9 developers. 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