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The 2.6.24 kernel is out
At long last, Linus has released the 2.6.24 kernel.
Highlights of this release include control groups (formerly process containers), the i386/x86_64 architecture merger,
group scheduling in the CFS
scheduler, network and PID
namespaces, kernel
markers, the removal of the
modular security interface, and much more. See LWN's list of merged patches for
more detail, or the always-amazing KernelNewbies Linux Changes
page for much more detail.
Linus also notes that he's about to head south for linux.conf.au, but that he plans to open the 2.6.25 merge window as usual. The next development cycle will probably start a bit more slowly than it normally would, though. (Log in to post comments)
The 2.6.24 kernel is out Posted Jan 25, 2008 1:26 UTC (Fri) by JoeF (subscriber, #4486) [Link] I was hoping for the new driver for Atheros chips, but that doesn't seem to be in there yet.
ath5k Posted Jan 25, 2008 1:34 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] The ath5k driver is in the network queue for 2.6.25 - you'll see it around April.
ath5k Posted Jan 25, 2008 2:13 UTC (Fri) by dhess (subscriber, #7827) [Link] Jon, do you know of a git branch for ath5k in the meantime?
ath5k Posted Jan 25, 2008 2:47 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] You'll find it in Dave Miller's net-2.5 tree.
ath5k Posted Jan 25, 2008 8:32 UTC (Fri) by shalem (subscriber, #4062) [Link] Or you could give Fedora a spin Fedora always has the latest wireless bits merged into its kernel thanks to Linville working for us. So we've been shipping ath5k for quite some time now. Make sure to update to the latest kernel from updates-testing though, as that is way more current and up2date with the wireless tree then what is currently shipped with Fedora 8.
Fully loaded! Posted Jan 28, 2008 18:43 UTC (Mon) by dank (guest, #1865) [Link] Wow. Tickless UML, tickless x86_64, containers, hot memory remove... this release is packed with stuff people have been waiting for. Merging all these changes must be a real chore. Hats off to the global maintainers. Speaking of which, if you'd like to do that kind of thing full time, please write me at dank@kegel.com.
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