Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart'

hatrisc writes "As of about 10:04 pm on February 3rd, Linux users can grab the official 2.6.2 kernel release from kernel.org. A lot of PPC fixes. Changelog is here." omniru writes "Linux kernel 2.6.2 aka 'Feisty Dunnart' released," and adds some possibly useful information "about Dunnarts, in case you've never heard of them before. Changes include ACPI, Bluetooth, USB, XFS and many more improvements and fixes." gowdy suggests eager downloaders use a mirror.

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Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata

[radicalskeptic]

Here's a clearer (and much cuter) picture of a Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata).

Awwwwwww....

Re:linux.conf.au

[Marlor]

Looks like Linus's trip "down under" inspired this kernel release... the Dunnart is a type of Australian marsupial. The Tasmanian Devil is probably the best known example.

Actually, to correct myself, the Tasmanian Devil is not a type of Dunnart, although they both belong to the genus "Sminthopsis".

XFS/NFS

[vpscolo]

Well with any luck this should include the changes which means that XFS on an NFS server doesn't suck royally

<nathans@sgi.com>
[XFS] Seperate the NFS reference cache code out from xfs_rw.c to simpli
fy management of different kernel versions.

Hopeing that fixes it

Rus

Re:Uh oh

[raul]

For those who dont know what a bluetooth SCO means: SCO stands for synchronous, connection-oriented and its mainly used for voice transport. (mono pcm 8bits 14Khz, if my memory serves me well, but can also be vocalic encoded). But can also be for other realtime relaible communications (video, signaling).

Re:linux.conf.au

[lwells-au]

More correctly, Uluru -- Ayers Rock is the name given to Uluru by the white invaders.... errr, settlers.

http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/uluru/

Re:Anything broken? IP Masquerading.

[edesio]

I had the same problem. The patches found at http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/#routes solved the problems.

I intend to send a "minimal" patch to Marcelo soon.

Re:ACL?

[imroy]

Yes, ACLs are supported on most filesystems. Ext2/Ext3, JFS, XFS, and the /dev/pts fs. No ReiserFS yet though :(

Re:How about a Feature Summary/Overview...

[Phaid]

A really good summary of the new features of the 2.6 kernels is in Dave Jones' the Halloween 2.0 document. It also points out a lot of the common problems people have when migrating from 2.4 to 2.6 and how to work around them, so it's well worth a read.

Re:ACL?

[r6144]

It has been supported in the vanilla kernel for quite some time now, on ext3 (IIRC xfs is supported too).

Note that you need to add the mount option "acl" for the ext3 filesystem. It is documented in the latest tune2fs manpage. Then you can use "setfacl" (the version in RH9 is usable) to set the ACL like this:

a@foo$ touch test
a@foo$ chmod go-r test
a@foo$ setfacl -m 'b:r--' goose.c

The user named "b" can now read goose.c.

Re:linux.conf.au

[Hugh George Asm]

Looks like Linus's trip "down under" inspired this kernel release...

It was more than inspiration. Linus did a charitable fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis, and offered to name the next release after the Austrialian animal of the highest bidder's choice. Someone gave a few thousand dollars ($3600 to be exact) to choose this name. Next Linux kernel to get Aussie name

Re:Use a mirror??

[Kalak]

Here's my torrent

Call me a Karma whore, but the parent is right, this is exactly the kind of legitimate use BT was made for. (Plus hey, I'm running my orn tracker and made the torrent, so I should get something for my trouble and Karma is about all I'm likely to get.
Be sure to checksum it against the kernel.org checksum