Linux 2.6.0-test11 Kernel Released

An anonymous reader writes "Linus Torvalds has released his final 2.6.0-test kernel, calling it the 'Beaver In Detox'. Following this release, Linus says that 2.6 development will be led by Andrew Morton. The kernel's name refers in jest to the previous release, which Linus had named "Stoned Beaver". It contains a fix for the aic7xxx driver, proper error handling in do_fork(), some firewire fixes, and correction of a few skbuff leakage points. Download it from a kernel.org mirror."

Comments

Re:Question

[gid]

Indeed, unfortunately, this article is cluttered up with people saying slashdot != freshmeat (as usual), and lame beaver jokes.

I think there's one discussion about the pre-empt stuff being fubarred, but that's about it, kinda disappointing there aren't more people taking about the kernel itself. I'm still running test9 on my main box, was gonna compile test10 today, good thing I didn't, or else I'd be one of those ever popular "dang I just compiled version x - 1 an hour ago" people.

Re:Hmmm....

[fishbowl]

You are correct. I've given up, and now I assume that FB consoles are something that nobody but me wants or uses. Others are happy with 80x25 consoles and use some sort of XTerm. I prefer 160 column framebuffer consoles, and this is in fact one of the main reasons I run linux.

I thought it was only broken for my radeon card though. I also thought I was the only person still using a radeon 8500LE who wants to use consoles at fbset 1280x1024-75. This has not worked in any 2.6 kernel, whereas it does work well on 2.4. I've reported it. I've tried the patches that were posted, but it doesn't fix the problem I've reported. I gave up.