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Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart'

Posted by timothy on from the no-really-that's-the-name dept.

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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  1. linux.conf.au by Marlor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

    1. Re:linux.conf.au by ozbird · · Score: 4, Interesting

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

      Tassie Devils and Dunnarts are in the same family, Dasyuridae. They are not in the same genus; the Tassie Devil belongs to the genus Sarcophilus (specifically, Sarcophilus laniarius.)

      This page has a pretty neat browser of the taxonomy of the Dasyuridae family (amongst others).

      I've seen a couple of dunnart species, Fat-tailed Dunnart and Chestnut Dunnart, in the wild. They are cute, particularly when mum has the kids hanging to her back. While the resemble mice, they're actually quite ferocious insectivores (with nasty, big, pointy teeth - well, pointy anyway.)

  2. Inside info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    2.6 Kernel was called 'Heathen Chemistry' along the core programmers before it was released.

    1. Re:Inside info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I hear Alan Cox came up with the name. It was some inside joke about britpop phenomenon.

  3. I dream of fedora... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Man, oh man, I can't wait until Fedora 2 comes out with a 2.6 kernel. Then I'll take the plunge and upgrade all my old systems (running a mixture of 7.3, 8.0, and 9.0).

    HOPEFULLY they'll get swsusp working so I can actually have a reason to use Linux on my laptop (despite being a Linux-only guy since 1995, swsusp hanging my system on every 2nd or 3rd reboot has forced me into the arms of MS. Well, that as well as Centrino wireless support, and digital video editing.)

  4. Re:Anything broken? IP Masquerading. by MikeD83 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I am currently having issues that have been carried over from the 2.4 tree. It involves ip masquerading over multiple network interfaces. The kernel log only reads, "MASQUERADE: Route sent us somewhere else." I hope they have fixed that.

  5. Re:Use a mirror?? by CvD · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know they have a lot of bandwidth, but why aren't they using BitTorrent? This is a perfect application for BitTorrent. It could save them quite a bit of money, I would imagine. Money that could be spent elsewhere? And there's no risk of trojaned source files if they host their own tracker and make their own .torrent files, right? What am I missing here?

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  6. Google wack! by valentyn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Feisty Dunnart is a Google Whack! (But will probably not last for long :)

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  7. USB-Storage? by ThisIsFred · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Anyone know what happened with the usb-storage module from 2.4.21 to the present? They added support for SD MMC cards, and it works fine in 2.4.24. But, 2.6.1 has a new SCSI driver that gives me up to a 20 per cent boost in throughput, however, the memory card support vanished.

    ??

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  8. Re:*BSD is dying by Yellow_Piss_Hat · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Wow, sad is the day when facts are marked as troll!

    Sounds like some people are in denial ;)

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  9. 2.6 Upgrade Headaches by Tyler+Durden · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is slightly OT, but gosh am I having problems with upgrading to the 2.6 kernel. The upgrade is from a 2.4.18 kernel running on a SuSE 8.0 installation.

    I've upgraded all the software specified in Changes, but it's a real pain trying to figure out what features to include when doing a "make xconfig". I finally got PPP working after some screwing around, but getting the correct sound modules and making them work correctly has me stumped, as well as some other little things.

    Is a major kernel upgrade usually such a chore, or am I just an idiot? (Or maybe I just have atypical hardware). There're friends I know who would like to run Linux, but if upgrading to the 2.6 tree is usually so difficult I think I'll suggest they wait until the major distributions come with the new kernel already set up.

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