Kernel release status

The current 2.6 prepatch is 2.6.13-rc3, released by Linus on July 12. Changes this time around include a new DES (crypto) implementation with better performance, multi-block operation support in the crypto layer, "almost-skas" mode support for user-mode Linux, a big memory technology device (MTD) update, user-space I/O initiation for InfiniBand, and the long-awaited inotify patch. "There's a bit more changes here than I would like, but I'm putting my foot down now. Not only are a lot of people going to be gone next week for LKS and OLS, but we've gotten enough stuff for 2.6.13, and we need to calm down." See the long-format changelog for the details.

Linus's git repository contains a small number of fixes added after the -rc3 release.

The current -mm tree is 2.6.13-rc2-mm2. Recent changes to -mm include a set of swapper fixes, a big InfiniBand update, and lots of fixes. The class-based kernel resource management patches have since been added for (presumably) 2.6.13-rc3-mm1.

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