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Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Released

Posted by Hemos on from the let's-do-the-kernel-build-again dept.

maradong writes "The new Linux Kernel 2.6.6 has been released just 2 hours ago. The Patch from version 2.6.5 to 2.6.6, which can be downloaded on kernel.org measures 2.4MiB and the Changelog can be found at the known place."

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  1. How is this different than updating Windows? by VashSpaceCowboy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not trolling here, it is just my knowledge of Linux is limited. It seems like updates to the kernel get released all the time. How is this way of fixing bugs any different than the microsoft update? Vash

  2. It seems a bit risky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A lot of changes went in this release, and from what I read on several mailing lists, there are some regressions. For example it seems the IDE cache flush at shutdown fix is causing trouble for some people. I think I will wait for the next release...

  3. BTTV question by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does anybody know if the bttv video card issue, the one that would freeze the machine when capturing from a bttv card under heavy system load, is resolved?

    I'm not lazy asking about this here, it's just that I looked everywhere in the changelogs and I can't see anything about it, yet the problem is known. Perhaps the problem went away as another was fixed? Anybody has any experience on this?

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  4. SIS964 SATA by madhippy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    [libata] Add driver for SiS 964/180 SATA.

    [libata sata_sis] minor cleanups

    Anyone using sis964/sata? is it working ok? any major distros you can recommend? (stuck with WinXPPro on my new machine....)

  5. Kernel Acceleration by Skraut · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Is it just me or is the pace of kernel releases accelerating dramatically. Just a quick look at the number, 2.6.6 seems to indicate that we are now 3/5 through the lifespan of the 2.6 kernel.

    Granted, I know that is not the case, but 2.6.x is not even 6 months old ( 2.6.0 released December 18th, 2003) at this rate of release are we looking at 2.8 in September? This just seems crazy to me. I thought that's what the "odd" numbered kernels were for, testing. At this current rate of release it sure feels like the supposed "stable" kernels are the ones being tested on.

    This isn't meant to be a troll or a flame just an observation. Many of the distros have finally gotten around 2.6, but it sure seems like the kernel devs have given the distro devs a very rapid moving target to hit. I still see all to often recomendations here and other places telling people to use 2.4x for "mission critical" use. Why?


    Why is 2.6 not as reliable as 2.4 was?
    Why are people in this thread commenting about all the things 2.6.6 breaks?
    Why does an even kernel need to break *ANYTHING* isn't that what dev kernels are for?

    I love to see progress as much as anyone, heck, I run Gentoo. I just wonder if the Kernel needs to be treated with a bit more care. Would you buy a car from an auto maker, who every month changed the engine in their car?

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  6. 2.6.6 seems to boot faster. by tim_retout · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just downloaded the patch and am successfully running 2.6.6. :-)

    Is it me or was the boot time considerably faster than before? Almost blinked and missed it. Anyone else found that?

    Now I just have to clean out init.d.

  7. Kernel numbering by 1000101 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just out of curiosity, what's it going to take to get to kernel version 3.0? Honestly, what changes, additions, etc have to be incorporated until they call it Kernel 3.0?