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Linux 4.11 Delayed For a Week (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the high-threshold dept.

Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds said over the weekend that v4.11 version of Linux has hit a speed bump in the form of "NVMe power management that apparently causes problems on some machines." The Register adds: "It's not entirely clear what caused the [NVMe] issue (it wasn't just limited to some NVMe hardware, but also particular platforms), but let's test it." Which sounds like a good idea, given that flash memory on the PCIe bus is increasingly mainstream. That problem and "a couple of really annoying" bugs mean that Torvalds has decided to do an eighth release candidate for Linux 4.11. "I did get fixes for the issues that popped up, so I could have released 4.11 as-is," Torvalds wrote, "but it just doesn't feel right."

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  1. We need the 411 Linus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What gives! Luddites

    1. Re:We need the 411 Linus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Appsolutely! Modern app appers only use appy app apps, NOT LUDDITE NVMe!

      Apps!

    2. Re:We need the 411 Linus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      but there are no LUDDITE appy app apperating systems using only appy app apps! All appy app appers are modern!

      Apps!

    3. Re: We need the 411 Linus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Appy app appers using LUDDITE iOS for apps are causing global warming for app appers who app apps on Android. STOP IT!

      *APPS!*

  2. Re:this isnt a surprise by markdavis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >"As things stand now, I can understand using Linux in academia to compile simple "Hello World" style programs and learn C programming, but I'm afraid that for anything more than a hobby OS, Windows 8/10 are your only choices."

    Wow- you will be rightfully modded down to -100 pretty quickly. Apparently you don't know much about the world out there.... the majority of the Internet is run by Linux servers, and has been for many, many years now. Almost all the S&P500 run Linux to various degrees in their IT. You think Linux doesn't support journaled filesystems? SMP? Seriously??? You think An MS-Windows box of ANY sort can do the work of 3 Linux boxes???!!! LOL!

    You are either completely clueless or are an MS-shill or both. Not even many self-respecting professional MS-Windows administrators with Linux exposure would agree with anything you said.