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Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Released
justinarthur writes "The Linux kernel version 2.6.4 has been released at 03:16 UTC. Included in the changes from version 2.6.3 are fixes to XFS support, Wide Area Networking, USB connectivity, and IEEE1394 connectivity. To download a copy, it is recommended that one utilizes a Linux Kernel Archives mirror. Linus Torvalds' announcement to the Linux Kernel Mailing list concerning this release is available here." Reader k-zed points out that Linux 1.0 was released in March 1994, ten years ago.
Hmm.. I don't see it on ftp.sco.com yet. What lousy service for $699.
Trolling is a art,
10 years and that guy is only on version 2?
Does it run Linux?
(Ok, sorry. I know its not funny anymore.)
"...a generation of kids has grown up thinking Trance is the shittiest music since country and western." - Paul van Dyk
... hasn't even gotten finished compiling the last 2.6 kernel release *grumbling* *adding yet another patch to my to-do list*
Remove sooper sekret SCO IP?
I have discovered a truly marvelous sig, unfortunately the sig limit is too small to contain i
Oh no! Someone leaked their source! Call Microsoft, maybe they can help track down who leaked this to the internet...
oh, wait... nevermind.
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this is the first time i've installed the kernel and had it running before the slashdot announcement!
i just checked the new one after lunch. blasted centrino ultralights need all this new stuff in them.
I think i'll go celebrate "I beat slashdot's unnecessary kernel release announcement day!"
I haven't gotten 2.6.3 compiled yet, and here comes 2.6.4. Hell, I'm still running 2.6.0-gentoo. What's with this heightened release schedule? I mean, gcc is only so fast on my machine.
This is not the sig you're looking for.
I am waiting on 2.6.4.5.4.333a I hear there will be good things with that.
Speaking of changelogs, this is the funniest one I've found so far for 2.6.4:
[PATCH] kthread primitive
From: Rusty Russell
These two patches provide the framework for stopping kernel threads to
allow hotplug CPU. This one just adds kthread.c and kthread.h, next
one uses it.
Most importantly, adds a Monty Python quote to the kernel.
I found this Changelog entry rather funny. Looooong story about stir4200 driver - then another commit that adds stir4200.c:
[IRDA]: Add stir4200 driver.
After a long maturation, this is time to send you the latest
version of the stir4200 USB driver. Initially started by Paul Stewart,
modified by Martin Diehl and me, and later partially rewriten by
Stephen Hemminger.
The hardware has many quirks. This is the first version that
work reliably at SIR and mostly work at FIR. We may never get optimal
operation from this hardware due to its pecularities, but at least its
now usable.
[IRDA]: Forgot to add stir4200.c in previous commit.
my other sig is a 500 page novel
Although C supports comments, it doesn't have any markers for rumors. If any of the GCC development team are reading, maybe they should add some.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Experimental (adj): More stable than Windows, but might need patching at some point, in your attempt for the world-record uptime.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Wait...
There's a Forth Service pack for 2.6?
Sweet!
Are you saying 'This one goes to 11'?
Hmm, it _is_ March 11. Is Linus a closet Spinal Tap fan?
Lump lingered last in line for brains, and the ones she got were sorta rotten and insane.
Haha, I have a runner up here:
Maurice van der Stee noted that he got an oops on a HPFS filesystem when
saving an edited file..
<stares at the code>
<blinks>
<wonders whereTF do we assign hpfs1_i and hpfs2_i if both inodes are non-NULL>
<finds the patch in question>
<stares at jgarzik>
This fixes it. That, BTW, means that *nobody* had ever tried to use
hpfs r/w since 2.5.3-pre3.
Poor HPFS. Nobody ever loved you...
Every cloud has a silver lining (except for the mushroom shaped ones, which have a lining of Iridium & Strontium 90)
Just goes to show that the great Cox has forsaken his hacker roots -- what self-respecting hacker would be at this proverbial "outdoors" especially in the summer months?
(sheesh, relax, it's supposed to be funny!)
Nice try, Darl.
Big Bubbles (no troubles) - what sucks, who sucks and you suck