Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart'

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Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart'

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 4, 2004 @12:46AM 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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linux.conf.au by Marlor · 2004-02-04 00:49 · 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 Marlor · 2004-02-04 00:51 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  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".
2. Re:linux.conf.au by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-02-04 00:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Looks like Linus's trip "down under" inspired this kernel release...
  
  Good thing he didn't pick up the Crocodile Dundee, Steve Irwin, or a naked aborigena. But then, given the size of the Linux tarball these days, I think Ayers Rock would have been more appropriate than a 50 gram rodent ...
  
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3. Re:linux.conf.au by Hugh+George+Asm · 2004-02-04 02:59 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  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
Uh oh by beuges · 2004-02-04 00:56 · Score: 5, Funny

From the changelog:

[Bluetooth] Always use two ISOC URB's

This patch modifies the USB Bluetooth driver to use two ISOC URB's
per RX and TX transfer paths. This is needed for in time transfer
of SCO audio packets over HCI.

Linux is using SCO audio packets too??? Don't let them find out or they'll add it to their lawsuit :P
1. Re:Uh oh by raul · 2004-02-04 01:07 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  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:Anything broken? Otherwise why upgrade? by makapuf · 2004-02-04 01:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Because, for any people having an nforce2 board, they will be able to use their ethernet controller on a stable kernel.
Dammit... by Spacejock · 2004-02-04 01:22 · Score: 5, Funny

... I'm still compiling KDE 3.2.0

Simon

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Thank by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Thank god they fixed this:

[SCTP] Remove the extra semicolon in sctp_cacc_skip_3_1().
it was REALLY slowing down the performance on my machine!
Weird entry in the changelog spotted! by mandark1967 · 2004-02-04 01:44 · Score: 5, Funny

[Patch] Added SCO I.P. to Kernel so we would have a case.

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Re:Anything broken? IP Masquerading. by edesio · 2004-02-04 01:47 · Score: 5, Informative

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? by imroy · 2004-02-04 01:51 · Score: 5, Informative

Yes, ACLs are supported on most filesystems. Ext2/Ext3, JFS, XFS, and the /dev/pts fs. No ReiserFS yet though :(
Re:Use a mirror?? by Kalak · 2004-02-04 03:07 · Score: 5, Informative

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

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Changelog Translation by Apreche · 2004-02-04 04:12 · Score: 5, Insightful

I always love to read kernel changelogs. They are always really long and a great way to visualize just how much work is being done on linux all the time. The problem is, that while they are fun to read, they are not particularly informative to the average joe. For example let's look at some excerpts from the winamp changelog.
* Support for classic Winamp 1.x/2.x/2.9x skins and Winamp 3 ("Modern") skins * Fancy new modern skin: - Integrated video, AVS, and Milkdrop support - Many built-in colorthemes * Same ol' classic skin for people who want the Winamp 2 feel * Vastly more powerful media library: - Automatic background directory scanning options - Customizable views and columns, graphical view editor - Internet Radio (SHOUTcast) and TV listings - Context-sensitive item info viewer * CD ripping support (AAC@2x in free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in pro) * CD burning support (limited to 2x in free version)
and so on. Looking at stuff like this really helps the user like me understand what fixes and changes have taken place. More importantly it allows me to easily determine if any of these fixes or changes will affect me, and how they will do so. This is necessary because I need this information to decide if I'm going to recompile my kernel or not. I propose that in addition to releasing the usual changelog they also make a human readable changelog. Something that would say stuff like this
USB Lego towers work now SATA works now Fixed a bug that makes it go faster Cleaned a warning so it compiles better
etc. etc.

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