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Linux Beta Kernel 2.5.16 Out

Posted by michael on from the living-on-the-edge dept.

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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  1. MOD THIS DOWN!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Sure, sure... by ImaLamer · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. A very stable kernel by chrysalis · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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