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Linux 2.6.26 Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the kernel-about-town dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "After three months, Linux 2.6.26 has been released. It adds support for read-only bind mounts, x86 PAT (Page Attribute Tables), PCI Express ASPM (Active State Power Management), ports of KVM to IA64, S390 and PPC, other KVM improvements including basic paravirtualization support, preliminary support of the future 802.11s wireless mesh standard, much improved webcam support thanks to a driver for UVC devices, a built-in memory tester, a kernel debugger, BDI statistics and parameters exposure in /sys/class/bdi, a new /proc/PID/mountinfo file for more accurate information about mounts, per-process securebits, device white-list for containers users, support for the OLPC, some new drivers and many small improvements. Here is the full list of changes."

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  1. Ummm...Karma to Burn. by Beefslaya · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "preliminary support of the future 802.11s wireless mesh standard"

    How about getting b,g,a working for standard (intel, broadcom, atheros) chipsets first.

    For fucks sake, these technologies have been out for DECADES. It's about time that I can take a standard laptop, load up Ubuntu, Fedora, or any other popular distro, and hot have to pay out my ass for support to get wifi to work, or do somersaults installing wrappers, shitty second rate drivers or shitty GUI interfaces to get it to work.

    I'm gonna get flamed, trolled, and told that I should write the apps myself.

    Sorry, not everyone is a developer. I just administer and support the servers.

    It's hard to push for LINUX desktops or OpenSource technologies when they release a new kernel every week, that doesn't fix the most common issues.