Linux 2.2.15 Released

Fluid Donkey was the first of many to let us know that kernel 2.2.15 has come down the wire. It's a fairly large patch (just over a meg), but it contains many updates, including support for Intelligent Input/Output (I20) devices. You can find it in the usual places. (ftp.<two-letter-country-code>.kernel.org if you forgot)

Comments

Re:Who works on this?

[Eric Green]

Some of us need a stable kernel and Linux distribution because we need to get work done, we don't need to twiddle with the Linux kernel all day long. My router, for example, is still running the *2.0.37* kernel... there just hasn't been any reason to upgrade it, it just plain works, why mess with stuff that works?

Most of the changes in 2.2.15 were actually back-ported from the 2.3 series kernels. For example, I helped Kai with some changes to the 2.3 series tape driver, and those changes have been backported to the 2.2.x series kernels (but not in time for 2.2.15, sigh... maybe 2.2.16).

-E

Story submissions

[zCyl]

> (By the way, what does it take to get Slashdot to notice a story you submit? I
> submitted close to 9 stories as an "Anonymous Coward", 3 as Fervent (I was the first
> to make mention of the Limp Biskit-Napster support thing) but no mention of my
> name on the front page. Is Commander Taco some kind of malevolent dictator?) :P

Haven't you heard? Before being processed, submitted stories are uploaded to a nearby windows workstation and stored in the Windows Registry. As everyone knows, the recovery rate for information stored in the Windows Registry is 1 out of 5. Next time, to account for this try submitting the same story 68 different times under different usernames. I think there's something about this procedure in the FAQ...

Wow! Defaults the way I like'em

[Crutcher]

Every damn piece of wackyness is turned off by default in this kernel, just the way I like it. About time things stoped getting defaulted on just cause they were some developers baby.

On a lighter note, I went and bought the "Linux Core Kernel Comentary." I think this makes me a slashwhore, for running out to by it right after reading the review.

But it means that I will hopefully be adding to the kernel by the fall. Will you?

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"Elegant, Commented, On Time; Pick any Two"

Now I'm a tad bit miffed...

[vectro]

OK, so I finally decide to upgrade my 2.2.10 kernel to 2.2.14 to fix a bug with my ethernet card stalling. And what happens, not 3 hours after I reboot into 2.2.14? They release 2.2.15!

Sometimes I think I have worse timing than the Debian maintainers. (ducks)

Re:What is I2O?

[dsaxena]

[obdisclaimer: I worked on the drivers, so I'm somewhat biased] I2O is the "Intelligent I/O Software Architecuture". It's a really cool mechanism that allows for offloading of I/O handling tasks from the main CPU down to a separate proccessor (IOP). The idea of intelligent I/O isn't really new, but I2O is really cool b/c it is platform and OS independent. If a device suports I2O, and an OS supports I2O, it'll work. No special driver needed for the device. Intelligent I/O isn't that exciting of a thing at the moment, but it'll become really important in a few more years as more and more people start pounding those big porn servers ;) ~ Deepak
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Deepak Saxena