Kernel release status

The current stable 2.6 kernel is 2.6.14.1, released on November 8. This kernel contains a single patch for a sysctl-related oops. There was some unhappiness that the patch for the "zero-length datagrams get dropped" bug, which breaks bind and tcpdump, was not included. That patch will turn up in 2.6.14.2, which should be released around November 12.

There is still no 2.6.15 prepatch as of this writing. The merge window for this cycle is about to close, however, so 2.6.15-rc1 may be out by the time you read this. An impressive pile of patches has been merged into the mainline git repository; see the article below for a list of significant additions since last week.

The current -mm tree is 2.6.14-mm1. Recent changes to -mm include 64Kb page support for the ppc64 architecture, the swap migration patches, and the lean-and-mean "slob" allocator. The -mm tree has slimmed down considerably as patches have been merged into the mainline.

The current 2.4 prepatch is 2.4.32-rc3, released by Marcelo on November 9. This release candidate adds exactly two patches for serious problems; the final 2.4.32 release will likely happen soon.

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