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Linux Kernel 2.3.41

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

sdriver writes "For those of us who enjoy *panic*, *oops*, and suddenly seeing their video BIOS... the newest version is out! Be the first on your block to submit a new patch! ;) " If you don't know where to get it, you probably should stick to your warm and cuddly 2.2.x kernel *grin*. Now outta my way, I wanna crash my laptop!

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  1. v2.3.41 -- test it and help us! by tao · · Score: 5
    When it comes to these latest v2.3.xx kernels
    (38 and on), I've not experienced ANY disk-corruption
    whatsoever. There are, however, lost of other bugs,
    both known and unknown. Why? Because us (relatively)
    few developers can't possibly try every hardware
    combination. We have a couple of new subsystems
    in v2.3 which needs a lot of testing (USB (even if
    it exists in v2.2, this one has been rewritten
    quite extensively)    , FireWire, PCMCIA, I2C, I2O), as well as a lot of new drivers for soundcards, videocards, TV/Radio-cards, disk-controllers etc. The list can be made much longer.

    Oh, and if you have an SMP-machine, you should definitely try v2.3.xx; a lot of SMP-related changes has been made, to improve the performance.


    So please, unless you have production-machines, give the v2.3.41 or upcoming developmental kernels a try. You will certainly help both yourself and the Linux-community out in the long run.

    If (when) you find bugs, submit them to linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu.