Linux Beta Kernel 2.5.16 Out

dipfan writes "The latest beta version of the Linux kernel 2.5.16 is out, with some comments by Linus here, who was kept 'personally somewhat busy' by 'the interesting Intel SMP-P4 TLB corruption bug, which ends up being due to some very funky asynchronous speculative TLB fill logic'. Woo hoo. Mirrors, etc." We haven't been keeping up with the 2.5.x series, but a slow Sunday is a good excuse to catch up.

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MOD THIS DOWN!!

[Anonymous Coward]

MOD THIS DOWN!!! MOD THIS DOWN!!!

He's not singing the praises of linux. He's not ooh and ahhing at the latest buggy release. Mod this guy down; he's obviously a subversive bsd user who lives in the real world.

Sure, sure...

[ImaLamer]

kept 'personally somewhat busy' by 'the interesting Intel SMP-P4 TLB corruption bug, which ends up being due to some very funky asynchronous speculative TLB fill logic'.

That is what they all say.

Hot-plug CPUs

[doorbot.com]

<rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
o Hotplug CPU prep

Sweet.

On a slightly different note, is there a place that has (perhaps weekly) status updates on the Sparc64 kernel and related goodies?

The UltraLinux site hasn't been updated for a while. I'm thinking of putting Linux on my Ultra 30 for testing, and I'd like to run one of the newer kernels (2.5.x).

I'm looking at Gentoo as well, and I'm hoping that their Sparc64 ISO will be released soon.

A very stable kernel

[chrysalis]

This kernel looks very stable so far. The only trouble I got is with the keyboard. Sometimes, it blo

up2date

[KidSock]

I have a for host in *.mycompany.com script that will automagically update all our production machines at once. Who needs up2date, Red Carpet, and all that crap? Ha-ha.