Linux v2.6 Begins Testing

xose quotes Linus from the kernel list: "the naming should be familiar - it's the same deal as with 2.4.0. One difference is that while 2.4.0 took about 7 months from the pre1 to the final release, I hope (and believe) that we have fewer issues facing us in the current 2.6.0. But very obviously there are going to be a few test-releases before the real thing. The point of the test versions is to make more people realize that they need testing and get some straggling developers realizing that it's too late to worry about the next big feature. I'm hoping that Linux vendors will start offering the test kernels as installation alternatives, and do things like make upgrade internal machines, so that when the real 2.6.0 does happen, we're all set." You all know what to do ;) Update: 07/14 17:49 GMT by S : OverNeith writes "Joe Pranevich has done it again! He's written another summary document on what to expect in the new and upcoming 2.6 Kernel!"

Comments

Clear this up for me

[Neophytus]

What is it I have to do? Send loves and kisses?

Re:Clear this up for me

[Surak]

Flowers. Don't forget the flowers. And PLEASE remember to pickup a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread on the way home, okay, honey?

Re:Clear this up for me

[richie2000]

What is it I have to do? Send loves and kisses?

Ralf Bächle:
o mkiss

Already taken care of.

Re:Clear this up for me

[Anonymous Coward]

By putting it in a "refrigerator".

Re:Clear this up for me

[pe1rxq]

mkiss is a ax25 network driver for TNCs connected to a serial port.

AX25 is an amateur packet radio protocol.
A TNC is a Terminal Node Controller, or basicly something that translates serial data into actuall packets and controls your modem.
KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is a TNC mode that makes the TNC behave more or less as dump as it gets (it only translates packets and manages some timing) hence the name.

The line in the changelog relates to a change that removes some old unused junk that caused an oops on opening a mkiss device and removes some obsolete module use count handling.
(I should know, I made the patch...)

Jeroen

Sorry

[keesh]

There isn't an ebuild yet, and I'm too lazy to do it the old way...

Re:Sorry

[presroi]

There isn't an ebuild yet, and I'm too lazy to do it the old way...

Just double-click on the kernel.msi button right next to the Explorer.

Re:Sorry

[Ignominious Cow Herd]

How long has 2.6.0 been out again...? :)

Well, since the news has hit /., at least a week or two I'd guess.

Re:Sorry

[JahToasted]

Thanks... I'll be installing it tonight. Right after I backup all my files, of course. I know what greased turkey tastes like already.

Hmmmmm...

[Arthaed]

I know if I start downloading and compiling this kernel I am going to have a 'case of the Mondays' real quick.

Re:Hmmmmm...

[niko9]

I know if I start downloading and compiling this kernel I am going to have a 'case of the Mondays' real quick

Shhhhhh! What are you nuts? Don't you know that Lawrence will beat the living crap out of you for saying something like that?

SCO vs linux

[VEGx]

I hope they added a few lines like "This is not SCO code" :-P

OK, So what if I'm a troll?!

Re:I got it before the /.ing

[CaptnMArk]

/dev/disc...
^

eeek! Somebody still can't spell.

Re:Difference?

[caluml]

Yep, it's called mkreiserfs.

Let's call it LINUCS

[DeadVulcan]

In the GNU tradition:

Linucs Is Not Using Code from SCO

Re:Initial support for USB 2.0

[richie2000]

Bah, I want USB 2.0 Ludicrous Speed!

Re:I got it before the /.ing

[Waffle Iron]

Devfs is an over-engineered solution to a non-existant problem..

That's exactly what I've thought for a long time now. I've come up with a much simpler solution that I call "drvlttrd". I'm going to submit the patch as soon as I do a little more cleanup. Basically, the devices get short convenient names that can be used like URL prefixes. Example:

/dev/fd0 -> A:
/dev/fd1 -> B:
/dev/hda1 -> C:
/dev/hda2 -> D:
etc...

Re:Have they fixed SBP2 yet?

[greenrd]

I usually end up having to go to Windows because it's the only place that I can force a massively corrupted partition to mount (and it has better SBP2 support). From there I can copy everything that is still good off and reformat the drive.

This hasn't just happened once. More like 3 or 4 times (both EXT3 and Reiser partitions) over the last year or so.

[emphasis added]

Wow, you can mount Reiserfs partitions in Windows? Impressive! How do you do that?

Re:Difference?

[RdsArts]

- Recompiling the kernel in a `while true' loop
- Recompiling a 100,000 Java project in a `while true' loop
- Playing mp3s with mpg123
- Untarring a kernel tarball, then deleting it, in another loop
- Using Mozilla to hit locally-hosted Tomcat servlets, which make heavy use of the local MySQL server, which has pretty large tables (biggest 2 tables are 1.6G and 400M)
- Reading /. in Opera :)

Your also giving your computer a nervous breakdown. I've seen ferrets on speed with less activity then that.

*poing*