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Kernel release status

The current stable 2.6 kernel is 2.6.17.7, released on July 24. This one adds a relatively long list of fixes for problems with networking, sound, and several other areas.

The current 2.6 prepatch remains 2.6.18-rc2. Fixes continue to accumulate in the mainline git repository, and the -rc3 release can be expected sometime soon.

There have been no -mm releases since 2.6.18-rc1-mm2 on July 14.


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