Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Released

Xpilot writes "Linus Torvalds has just announced the availability of the newest Linux kernel release, 2.6.11. The newest addition to Linux that's stirring up some excitement is the inclusion of Infiniband support. You can get it from the usual mirrors at http://kernel.org/mirrors."

Comments

To Infiniband

[Anonymous Coward]

And beyond!

infiniband.....

[Anonymous Coward]

does that mean it goes PAST 11?

Re:infiniband.....

[Anonymous Coward]

Nigel: "You're up to 11 on your server and up to 11 on your network and you need that extra little push to set it over the top and you got nowhere else to go. So this amp goes to infinity."

Interviewer: "I see. But why not just make 11 louder?"

Nigel: "But it goes to infinity."

Interviewer: "Yeah, but what if you just made 11 as loud as infinity?"

Nigel: "But...it goes to infinity."

Not -so-natural high

[necrodeep]

Kernel junkies of the world unite! Your next fix has arrived!

It wouldn't be the first time:

[Mr Guy]

# urpmi --test magic
The following packages contain magic:
libmagic1
libmagic1-devel
libmagic1-stat ic-devel
magicdev
magicpoint
mirrormagic
php-i magick
php-mime_magic

Lies, Danm lies and Changelogs

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

So it's now _officially_ all bug-free.

Torvalds, you scoundrel you!
Next you'll be telling us the kernel was made by the toothfairy for a lower TCO than windows...
Oh wait..

A kernel patch for supercomputers ?

[Gopal.V]

TFA mentions that

>InfiniBand, which is derived from its underlying concept of "infinite bandwidth," is a switched fabric interconnect technology for high-performance network devices that is common in a number of supercomputer clusters.

So that works only for supercomputer clusters ?.

Interestingly, the ChangeLog has some very small number of entries. The one I found most fun was:-

Randy Dunlap:
o [ide] make 1-bit fields unsigned

I mean, other wise they would end up as "-1" or "0" (when you assume in code that "0" or "1" for 1 -bit fields). How did a sign-extension in the IDE (must be heavily used) be missed till version 2.6 ??. Typically, this looks like the average release - some bug fixes and a couple of big features which nobody (well almost nobody) would use on their boxes.

Re:infiniband?

[Kjella]

How does linux get past physical hardware limitations that other os's can't?

Marketing. They transcend the physically possible on a regular basis. Though you missed the source. "How does [InfiniBand] get past physical hardware limitations that other [hardware] can't?" It is their marketing fluff, Linux merely supports the technology.

Kjella

Re:Knoppix jumped the gun...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, all those people waiting to boot their supercomputers using Knoppix to take advantage of Infiniband will just have to keep waiting.

Re:infiniband?

[MrHanky]

It's a rift in the time-space continuum.

Score thus far

[kmartshopper]

Linux 2.6.11 SCO 0 Better luck next time