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Linux 2.4.15 is out; Linux 2.5.0 has also begun.

Posted by chrisd on from the two-and-a-half-better-than-xp dept.

jbondjr writes: "It appears 2.4.15 is released. It's not quite updated on kernel.org's main page, but it is there if you dig through the tree. You can find 2.4.15 on one of your friendly Kernel.org Mirrors (note the 2.4.15 Changelog) From the 2.5 readme: "Linux-2.5.0 is exactly the same as 2.4.15, except for a version number change." So, enjoy the The 2.5 Tree

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  1. Preemptible kernel by ThatComputerGuy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't forget the Preemptible Kernel patch. This will reduce latencies and overall make a desktop machine feel snappier.

    From what I hear, however, it's not recommended for servers where bandwidth is more important. But then again, you wouldn't be putting a bleeding edge kernel on there anyway, now would you?

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    1. Re:Preemptible kernel by chabotc · · Score: 4, Informative

      Also, as we speak, the rml preempt patches for 2.4.15 have not yet been released, and the older ones (2.4.15-pre7) do not apply cleanly to the 2.4.15 tree. If you want to use that patch, wait a few hours/days. (they are very much worth using on a interactive desktop machine).

  2. Re:Turkey! by chabotc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ps, if anyone else, like me, likes his /lib/modules tree without holidays that are not celibrated here in europe; or is a religious vegitarian, simply edit the toplevel Makefile and remove the 'extraversion' (-greased-turkey) from it. Then you will have a 'plain' 2.4.15 ;-)

  3. Re:patch for XFree86 4.0.3 dri? by leine · · Score: 3, Informative

    Linus has a little package in the v2.4 directory. It is called drm-4.0.x.tar.gz. You can use it to get DRM for XFreee86 4.0.x.

  4. Re:Todo list? by Dr.Dubious+DDQ · · Score: 5, Informative
    Don't forget the possibilities of (in no particular order):
    • ALSA sound
    • MOSIX
    • BTTV2/V4L2
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  5. ext3 by ma2tias · · Score: 5, Informative

    Now, for the people who use ext3:
    You will not need to download ac/ext3 patches anymore to get your journaling running.

  6. Re:So who else is downloading 2.5 by krorvik · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thought about it, but then I realized that I would have to go *back* to 2.4.16 to keep on the stable side. So I'll just stick with 2.4.15 for now ;)

  7. Re:Todo list? by chabotc · · Score: 5, Informative
    To get a good feel for what the posible new cool things will be in the 2.5 kernel, check out the video / subscripts from the 2.5 kernel summit a while back. They mention

    Raw access to block devices (DB work)

    SCTP (nice network tricks)

    Block layer redesign (scsi, ide, etc)

    High performance file systems (xfs, jfs, etc)

    Re-worked network driver API

    Hot-Plug Devices (pci/pcmcia)

    Kernel build system

    Intergration of some NSA secure linux idea's (mandatory ACL's, etc)

    Async-IO addons (non posix conforment)

    ACPI / Power management (needed for hot plug?)
    And a lot of other topics. 'Specialy make sure to check out the video's. They provide some nice insights into the wo the file systems (xfs, etc), raw access to block devices (oracle was hot on this i think),rld of kernel hero's ;-)

    check out this link to the lwn article for more details, descriptions and links.