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Linux Kernel 2.2.10ac11 Released

Posted by Roblimo on from the nothing-huge-but-lots-of-little-updates dept.

Full details on this page at Linux Today, where Alan Cox says, "A lot of updates here. I've not chased down the lockd bug reports yet, nor the umount nfsd bug that is trapped by the SLAB debugging. This mops up most of the stuff while I've been occupied elsewhere. Chances are given the number of updates there will be a few glitches in it. Have fun testing."

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  1. Alan Cox by crow · · Score: 3

    Alan may be mostly running the 2.2 tree. He certainly ran the 2.0 tree long after Linus had moved totally to 2.1. However, when it comes time to release the next official version, Alan still gets Linus's approval first.

    In many cases, the AC patches include things that Linus has specifically said won't make it into his kernel, or at least not in the 2.2 kernel. I'm not sure if that is still the case, though, now that 2.3 is underway--most of those patches that Linus wasn't ready to accept into 2.2 are now in 2.3.

    Anyway, we can expect to see Alan working on both 2.2 and 2.3 until 2.4 comes out.

  2. Re:DON'T RUN 2.2.8!! by crow · · Score: 3

    Thanks. I missed that.

    This brings up an important point: We need a good resource to check to see which kernel versions are stable.

    Imagine the following fictional site (infomation is fictional, too):

    www.kernelbugs.org/2.2/

    2.2.0
    Has severe problem with the wigglenet driver.

    2.2.6
    Improved memory management for better SMP performance.

    2.2.8
    Severe memory system problems

    2.2.9
    Mysterious and rare file corruption bug, possibly actually due to faulty hardware.

    2.2.10
    File corruption bug still not fixed.

    Most stable version: 2.2.7
    High performance version: 2.2.10

    The idea is to have a review of different kernel releases at a higher level than just what features have been tweaked. Something where an experienced user can figure out easily what kernel makes the most sense.

  3. Like this? by PhoboS · · Score: 3

    So what you want is something like Kernel Newsflash?

    --

    Phobos - Greek word for fear or flight