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Linux Kernel 2.4.21 Released

Posted by michael on from the load-average-increasing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After > 6 months of waiting, 2.4.21 is here. Lots of cleanups, and a patch which gives a MAJOR boost to the 'feel' of the system under heavy disk IO, especially on IDE systems. As usual, available from your local kernel.org mirror or ftp.COUNTRYCODE.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/! Tidbit: 'Current bandwidth utilization 131.72 Mbit/s '." See the Changelog for new stuff.

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  1. Re:Started to think 2.4.x was dead by $calar · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, especially since all the hype on 2.6. But, this comes so late it's at a state of irrelevance. For instance, Mandrake has already put the "2.4.21" kernel in their 9.1 release, which was 3 months ago! I just hope that 2.6 would pick up some momentum and be out by the next series of distro releases. Probably not though . . .

  2. Arr Laddy! by jellomizer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell this to me Captin Jello! I got the Hook to replace my hand loss from Compiling Linux Kernel 2.4.21. And I lost an Eye from it too. Arr!

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  3. Re:Disc IO Related Lockups? by grigori · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's one of the problems with Linux as it is today - it doesn't have a preemptable kernel, you can get priority inversion, etc. Plus, the IDE code that's in the process of being ripped out has lots of nastyisms in it. So, you can get race conditions, lockups, and DEFINITELY get very jerky, nonsmooth response for interactive apps while doing heavy IO. Some of this supposed to be lots better in 2.6. We'll see. What, didnt you know that Linux wasnt the perfect OS of all time? (Ssssh, dont tell anybody, it might burst there bubble, and distract them from sliming other OSes that solved this junk years ago)