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Linux Kernel 2.5.1 is Out

Posted by michael on from the only-the-brave dept.

xise writes: "The next installment in the 2.5 Linux Kernel beta series, 2.5.1 is avaliable at the usual place Linux Kernel Archives. Remember to use the mirrors. You can read the changelog here."

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  1. Re:What are the new things they are working on? by KidSock · · Score: 4, Interesting

    99% of the linux boxes out there run only 3 concurent running tasks, so the scheduler has to remain optimized for this situation

    Interesting. But could this measurement be simplified to the point of being off base? A large percentage of these machines are webservers sitting idle so what do they care about scheduler optimizations? Same thoughts for single process number cruching ray tracing server farms. Shouldn't the focus be optimizing tasks that will benifit from being optimized? I know we have a few boxes that just run Java apps. I bet they would benifit from a new scheduler if the machine were a 4 way. So what are the bulk of these 99 out of 100 machines doing? They're not desktops.

    Also, what prevents Kernel developers from optimizing the scheduler for a Kernel development workstation :-P

  2. NTFS r/w by omega9 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I noticed mention of an upgrade to NTFS in the changelogs. I realize it can be argued as a non issue, but is there any real effort to stablize NTFS read/write? At work we're locked in to using W2k domain controllers, and have W2k in a few other places as well. Samba bridges the gap through the network, but in some cases directly mounting an NTFS partition would prove extremely useful. Or is this a non issue?

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  3. So when are... by doorbot.com · · Score: 3, Interesting

    XFS and JFS supposed to be merged into the kernel? I saw a post a while back on Slashdot that claimed Linus wanted IBM/SGI/etc to wait for 2.5. Well 2.5 is here...

    So the 64000 Euro question is... when are we getting ACL support? I've heard the IBM solution was good, but required a lot of kernel patches -- but that's what development kernels are all about!