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Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

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."

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  1. Re:someone tell nvidia! by archen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What distro do you use? It works for me using Gentoo, but I also use the unstable nvidia drivers (because I couldn't get the "stable" ones to work months back).

    Which reminds me, when is Linus going to leave the 2.6x tree alone so we don't have to worry about so much broken shit all the time? Imagine if Windows changed it's kernel a couple times a year and broke the video drivers each time. People would bitch endlessly, but I guess as Linux users, we just have to put up with it.

  2. what it is by r00t · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Infiniband is a "smart" fabric; it supports reliable data transmission. Note that, as with modem protocols, this causes ugly interactions with TCP retransmits. TCP is really designed to work over an Ethernet-like network, where congestion causes packet loss and not much else bad ever happens.

    You can use Infiniband as a LAN, for storage, or maybe for within a box. You could say that Infiniband starts where Hypertransport leaves off.

    For the short-haul usage, Infiniband is kind of big in terms of chip real estate. You can't cram it into a corner of a little FPGA like you can with RapidIO. For the long-haul usage, 1 gig or 10 gig Ethernet might be a better choice.

    Note that Intel, originally the primary sponsor behind Infiniband, no longer gives a damn. But hey, if you have money to burn...