Kernel release status

The current 2.6 prepatch is 2.6.21-rc5, released on March 25. It contains a number of fixes, including a set for timer-related regressions. Says Linus: "Those timer changes ended up much more painful than anybody wished for, but big thanks to Thomas Gleixner for being on it like a weasel on a dead rat, and the regression list has kept shrinking." See the long-format changelog for the details.

Several dozen fixes have been merged into the mainline git repository since -rc5 was released.

The current -mm tree is 2.6.21-rc5-mm2. Recent changes to -mm include a new lumpy reclaim patch, an updated deadline staircase (formerly RSDL) scheduler, a number of futex enhancements, and the integrity management patch set (see below).

The current stable 2.6 kernel is 2.6.20.4, released on March 23.

For older kernels: 2.6.16.45 was released with several fixes on March 26.

In the 2.4 world, 2.4.34.2 was released on March 24; it only contains two changes. 2.4.35-pre2 is also out with a rather larger set of fixes.

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