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Linux 2.6.0-test11 Kernel Released

Posted by simoniker on from the dam-straight dept.

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."

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  1. Fork it all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    proper error handling in do_fork()

    So you could say the previous version was forked up?

  2. Names make a difference! by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some may scoff at changing a release name to suit customers and corporate supporters, but it is a simple and useful thing to do.

    I suggest the next release should go a step further. Something smooth, something that rolls off of the tongue, something like "Clean Shaven Beaver"

  3. Re:names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Haven't you seen Half Baked? No one needs rehab for getting stoned.

    On a side note, Linus "went on to note that he'll be too busy eating for the next few days to check his email." I know it's Thanksgiving and all, but no one eats a whole weekend away unless they're...

    No way, dude! Far out! Linus has the munchies, man!

  4. For those who didn't read the parent... by blixel · · Score: 5, Funny

    No word on a resolution for the problem with pre-empt, at least none that can be seen with a search for "preempt" in the page. :-P

  5. Newbie comment by Murmer · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you're a new to all this, and you're a little intimidated by all the options you get from running "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig", here's a tip - if you're running Knoppix, or have one of your current kernels around in /usr/src, you can pull over your old configuration files from /usr/src/kernel and just copy them in the new kernel's source directory, if you're willing to compile the source.

    Then run xconfig, make sure you've got console support compiled in (this point is key) and off you go. make, make install.

    It's worth saying again, no matter how many times it's been said, that Linus and his band of merry coders are doing incredible work. On older machines, like my humble P2/266 laptop, a recompile actually feels faster, a lot faster in fact. If you're running older hardware, it's worth it to give these test kernels a try for that alone, if nothing else.

    --
    Mike Hoye
  6. The pre-empt problem: by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 5, Informative

    A full discussion of the pre-empt problem can be found here:
    http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1679

    This is probably what has been happening to me.
    I tried up to -test9, but after a few (2-10) hours, my cpu and disk access would shoot up and RAM usage would slowly increase. I dropped to a tty, typed the username "root", but the cpu load was so hight that login timed out before I was even prompted for a password!
    So I had to kill the power on my machine while I could hear that my disk was fully active. I was not a happy camper.

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    1. Re:The pre-empt problem: by Daniel+Serodio · · Score: 5, Informative

      If you really, absolutely must kill the power, use the "Magic SysRq" key! Alt+PrintScreen+S will sync the filesystems, and Alt+PrintScreen+U will remount them read-only.

      See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt.

  7. Re:More Information by golan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also check out this to see stats about the different 2.6.0-testX versions compile warnings and errors by John Cherry from the OSDL.

  8. Re:names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Open Beaver? Longhorn? could a merge be possible here?

  9. Re:Fuck by fiftyLou · · Score: 5, Funny

    # times i have recompiled the kernel in the last week - 3
    # times i have gotten busy with the girlfriend in the last week - 0

    Huh. How ironic is this.
    Number of times I have recompiled the kernel in the last week - 0
    Number of times I have gotten busy with your girlfriend in the last week - 3

    ;-)

  10. Re:Hmmm.... by fishbowl · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

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    -fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
  11. Torrent by teoruiz · · Score: 5, Informative

    As usual, I set a torrent here.

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    "Res publica non dominetur"