Kernel release status

The current 2.6 prepatch remains 2.6.18-rc4; Linus will be on vacation for some time yet. In his absence, Greg Kroah-Hartman has released 2.6.18-rc4-gkh1, containing 64 patches intended for merging into the mainline after Linus returns.

The current -mm tree is 2.6.18-rc4-mm1. Recent changes to -mm include a reworking of the serial ATA configuration options ("If you blindly run `make oldconfig' you won't have any disks."), a new set of USB endpoint functions, a big x86-64 update, a reworking of the network time protocol code, support for read-only bind mounts, and the new Thinkpad embedded controller driver (despite concerns about its origin - see below).

The current 2.4 kernel is 2.4.33, released by Marcelo on August 11. This is Marcelo's final 2.4 release; the maintainership of this kernel now passes on to Willy Tarreau.

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