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Linux 4.2-rc1 Is One of the Largest Kernel Releases of Recent Times
An anonymous reader writes: Linus Torvalds ended the Linux 4.2 kernel merge window today by releasing Linux 4.2-rc1. He quickly wrote, "I thought this release would be one of the biggest ones ever, but it turns out that it will depend on how you count." By most metrics, Linux 4.2 is shaping up to be a very large release. Linux 4.2 is bringing plenty of new features including the new 'AMDGPU' kernel graphics driver, Intel Broxton support, NCQ TRIM improvements, F2FS file-system encryption, new ARM CPU/board support, Renesas R8/300 arch support, and many other additions.
The oldest commercially-built Linux kernel I have only has CDROM support for proprietary things like the Sound Blaster Pro and the old proprietary 1x Mitsumi CDROM drive. I guess I have Slackware floppy diskette images tucked away that are that old, too.
Those 0.99 builds are small kernels. They'd run on a 386sx motherboard with 2M of memory. I should put one in a box and see how it spins for old times sake.
It would be fun to see how it would scale to modern hardware, like, say, a Pentium 233 box.
... over FDDI.
If you think a 233 MHz Pentium is modern hardware just wait until you hear what kind of processing power they can put into mobile phones these days. It'll blow your mind!