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Torvalds: Test The kernel, 2.6 May Be Out In 2003

Posted by timothy on from the december-18 dept.

Jan Stafford writes "In this interview, Linus Torvalds talks up the test version of the 2.6 Linux kernel released last weekend. He also hints at when a stable, production 2.6.0 might be released." Specifically, Linux encourages big shops to test out the improved high-end capabilities.

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  1. Release date by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 2, Informative
    So with the above in mind, right now the tentative schedule is to release test10 in another week and let that just simmer for a while. If that looks like it might be 'the thing,' we'll end up calling it 2.6.0 (trying hard to avoid last-minute fixes). If we find any issues that need attention, we'll cut a test11 and so on, but the hope really is that we'll be done by early December.

    If y'all want to see 2.6.0 by early December, get out and try it! I've been using 2.6 test kernels for a while, and haven't encountered any troubles.

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  2. Re:OK, I've had problems by zenyu · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think this documents the right glibc bug. The 2.6 kernel makes TSC support optional. TSC suffers from clock drift which is especially a problem when using frequency scaling or on NUMA systems. Instead you can use another timer. But glibc compiled for i686 uses TSC without checking for availability, because it assumes all those on that platform would have one. The 2.4 kernels always offered it on that platform so it wasn't a problem, now it is.