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Linux Development Kernel 2.5.18 Released

Posted by timothy on from the well-now-it-has dept.

the_real_tigga writes: "Well, the day is almost over, and still today's release of version 2.5.18 of the Linux development kernel tree has not yet hit Slashdot. It is out, the official site is of course kernel.org, but be sure to check your local mirrors (usually www.country.kernel.org). Here is the long Changelog, major changes include suspend-to-RAM, more IDE and VFS fixes, and kbuild. Linux Weekly has the news too, and a summary of the changes."

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  1. buffer_head.h by worldwideweber · · Score: 5, Informative

    Folks,

    buffer_head is now in its own header file, so in suspend.c, for example, you will need to include
    < linux/buffer_head.h >.

    Also, to get HFS (Apple filesystem) to compile, you have to include < linux/pagemap.h >

    Best of luck...

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  2. Re:suspend-to-RAM? by tenordave · · Score: 5, Informative

    They lied, this is actually suspend-to-disk, or swap, to be specific. The difference between this and the apm suspend, is that the apm suspend counts on the bios to do most of the work, while this addition (formerly called software-suspend) does it all in software, without any bios help. So, the computer doesn't still need to be on, and the bios can be from 1890 and it will still work.

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  3. Handy status page by awptic · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those who don't have time to follow every kernel release, there's a page someone put together to follow all the big changes going into the 2.5 developement series here

  4. Re:suspend-to-RAM? by sheol · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is actually explained pretty well on the project's page which is here

  5. Re:Is this necessary? by mgv · · Score: 4, Informative

    Do we really need /. to let us know when a kernel is released?

    Of course, if you don't want to hear about linux, you can always exclude it from your topic list in your preferences.

    Michael

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  6. Re:suspend-to-RAM? by netsharc · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're right about Suspend-to-RAM turning off most of the components, it also turns off the PSU and CPU fans, and you can't tell the difference between a computer on STR and one switched off, except for a tiny LED on the motherboard (at least on my mobo).

    What you described is called "S1", it's suspend mode with the PSU and CPU fan running (but harddisks and graphics card turned off), which leaves the computer loud but dead.

    Copied and pasted from a Google search result, the suspend "codes" are: Full-on (SO), Stop Grant (S1), Suspend to RAM (S3), Suspend to Disk (S4), and Soft-off (S5).

    With STR, 5v run off the PSU to keep the RAM recharged. This is the same 5v that run for features like Wake-On-[LAN,Modem,Keyboard].

    So I guess the kernel has suspend support now. That's cool, I use STR on Windows 2000 all the time, it would be cool to have it on Linux, but somehow I don't feel like using a dev-kernel.

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