Kernel release status

The current 2.6 prepatch is 2.6.22-rc7, released by Linus on July 1. "It's hopefully (almost certainly) the last -rc before the final 2.6.22 release, and we should be in pretty good shape. The flow of patches has really slowed down and the regression list has shrunk a lot." This is the last chance to test 2.6.22 and find bugs before they slip into the final release.

As of this writing, about 60 patches have been merged into the mainline git repository after -rc7. They are mostly fixes, but there is also the removal of a large set of private ioctl() functions from the libertas (OLPC) wireless driver.

The current -mm tree is 2.6.22-rc6-mm1. Anybody wanting to build and test this tree should certainly read Andrew's notes at the top of the announcement. Recent changes to -mm include kgdb support for several architectures, tickless support for the x86_64 architecture, the ability to force-enable the HPET timer even when the BIOS leaves it disabled, an updated file POSIX capabilities patch, and Intel IOMMU support.

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