Kernel release status [LWN.net]

The 2.6.13-rc1 kernel was released on Jun 28. It contained over 2000 different patches, showing that there was a lot of pent-up development during the end of the 2.6.12 release cycle. It contains changes in almost all areas of the kernel, such as: USB, SCSI, driver core, ALSA, static cleanups, IDE, network drivers, network core, audit, input, pcmcia, I2C, W1, V4L, NFS, IB and ARM arch. It also contains some new features such as kexec/kdump, execute-in-place and a new architecture called xtensa. Also, devfs has been disabled from the build (but the code is still present). In all, over 3000 files were changed, with over 190000 lines added and over 84000 lines removed.

Since then, the 2.6.13-rc2 kernel was released on July 5. It had a much more manageable set of around 180 patches. The patches were mostly bug fixes for various things that were merged in the 2.6.13-rc1 release: driver core, PCI, ARM, TCP, pcmcia and serial, along with a few new options: driver binding and unbinding from userspace through sysfs.

The current stable 2.6 kernel is 2.6.12.2, it was released on July 1.

Linux 2.4.32-pre1 was released on July 4, it contains x86_64 security updates and other fixes.

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Kernel release status (page placement)

Posted Jul 7, 2005 8:56 UTC (Thu) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link]

Please move the Kernel release status section back to the top of the
kernel page again. It just "works" better there, IMO. I like getting an
immediate overview of overall kernel status and changes in the last
week, /before/ getting down to the kernel feature details. When it's
after the features, it's as if there's no point of reference in which to
put the features. It feels very much adrift and is rather discomfitting,
at least here.

Having the quotes of the week, if any, immediately below the kernel
release status at the top of the page is nice, too. Below that, the
features, and below that, the links to the sundry patches, as normal.

Anyway, thanks for the kernel coverage. While the rest of LWN is nice,
the kernel coverage is what makes LWN stand apart from the other sites out
there, as the /only/ one I pay hard earned cash to subscribe to. Keep up
the good work! =8^)

Duncan

Kernel release status (page placement)

Posted Jul 7, 2005 13:02 UTC (Thu) by remijnj (subscriber, #5838) [Link]

<I> Please move the Kernel release status section back to the top of the
kernel page again. It just "works" better there, IMO. I like getting an
immediate overview of overall kernel status and changes in the last
week, /before/ getting down to the kernel feature details. When it's
after the features, it's as if there's no point of reference in which to
put the features. It feels very much adrift and is rather discomfitting,
at least here.
</I>

I agree fully on the above. Please move it back up. Or is this a test to see who can make the first greasemonkey script for LWN?

Kernel release status (page placement)

Posted Jul 7, 2005 18:07 UTC (Thu) by cook (subscriber, #4) [Link]

>Please move the Kernel release status section back to the top of the kernel page again.

Done. Jon is finishing up a vacation, and I have been learning the many details involved in assembling the kernel page. You may also notice a difference in the quantity/quality of patch listings during the last two issues, it takes a while to "grok" the flow of information.

Kernel release status

Posted Jul 7, 2005 18:15 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

LWN stand apart from the other sites out there, as the /only/ one I pay hard earned cash to subscribe to.

Seconded (actually, I would also add the "grumpy editor" reviews).