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The 2.6.26 kernel is out
Linus has announced the availability of the
final 2.6.26 kernel release, noting that several regressions got fixed
toward the end of the cycle. For those just tuning in, some of the bigger
changes in 2.6.26 include PAT support in the x86 architecture, the KGDB
debugger, a lot of virtualization work, and more. See the KernelNewbies 2.6.26
page for lots of details.
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The 2.6.26 kernel is out Posted Jul 14, 2008 7:18 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] No kernelnewbies changelog this time :( has the horrible job of figuring out what changed claimed yet more victims?
The 2.6.26 kernel is out Posted Jul 14, 2008 8:09 UTC (Mon) by csamuel (✭ supporter ✭, #2624) [Link] You're not looking hard enough. :-) http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_26 That was up this morning Melbourne time when I first saw the announcement.
The 2.6.26 kernel is out Posted Jul 14, 2008 8:25 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Nah, fool that I was I expected it to be linked from the front page or something like that. :)
KernelNewbies page Posted Jul 14, 2008 12:44 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry to post the item (always bad news) and forgot to include the link. It's there now.
KernelNewbies page Posted Jul 15, 2008 16:04 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] I wasn't casting aspersions on you. I just expected it to be linked from the *kernelnewbies* front page, but at that point the LinuxChanges topic there still referenced 2.6.25 (it's been fixed since).
The 2.6.26 kernel is out Posted Jul 14, 2008 11:48 UTC (Mon) by oska (guest, #25556) [Link] Anyone like to comment on the significance of this patch? x86: olpc: add One Laptop Per Child architecture supportMy understanding was that people were adding to or replacing the custom-made Sugar interfaced GNU/Linux OS with Ubuntu and other distros on the XO without much difficulty.
OLPC Posted Jul 14, 2008 12:40 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] The OLPC system is different from a normal PC; the project has been carrying a number of kernel patches needed to make this system work. They have merged those changes upstream. That's all.
The 2.6.26 kernel is out Posted Jul 14, 2008 16:26 UTC (Mon) by dilinger (subscriber, #2867) [Link] Note that it is not complete; the OLPC project is carrying additional patches (which will eventually go upstream). 2.6.26 is the first kernel that will boot and run on an XO, however. As far as replacing Sugar, I'm writing this comment on an XO that's running Gnome and Debian (lenny). :)
Major FUSE improvements Posted Jul 14, 2008 14:26 UTC (Mon) by szaka (subscriber, #12740) [Link]
I think the shared writable mmap support will make happy many Wine and VMware users using
NTFS-3G who were waiting for this a few years to happen. Big thanks!
Apparently the large write support is also making a big impact on performance (much higher
bandwidth or much lower CPU usage). Previously the maximum write speed was around 100 MB/s,
now the highest ever measured is 802 MB/s which probably could be easily(?) improved by
lifting the current scalability limit at 128 kB block size. Some recent benchmark data
block
size tmpfs ntfs-3g ext3
512 421 16 128
1k 613 31 287
2k 775 57 393
4k 898 98 545
8k 949 174 579
16k 973 289 593
32k 964 395 603
64k 971 515 613
128k 977 665 621
256k 979 661 622
512k 979 665 618
1M 977 644 625
The 2.6.26 100% Free kernel is out Posted Jul 15, 2008 1:34 UTC (Tue) by lxoliva (subscriber, #40702) [Link] And in case you're looking for a variant of Linux that is actually Free Software (and also actually Open Source Software, for that matter), 10 hours after Linus' announcement it was already available here: http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/releases/... 2.6.26-libre binaries for Freed-ora devel (rawhide) are already available at http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/freed-ora... More details at http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/README http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/freed-ora... Give it a try, and Be Free! http://www.fsfla.org Feedback at linux-libre@fsfla.org is welcome.
The 2.6.26 100% Free kernel is out Posted Jul 15, 2008 13:41 UTC (Tue) by mb (subscriber, #50428) [Link] So I guess you're just removing a few firmware blobs from the code, or what is this about?
The 2.6.26 100% Free kernel is out Posted Jul 15, 2008 17:02 UTC (Tue) by lxoliva (subscriber, #40702) [Link] ATM, yeah, that's pretty much all this is about, although not all incomprehensible sequences of numbers that we're taking out are necessarily firmware. Software also becomes non-Free when measures are taken to stop others from adapting the software to one's needs (freedom #1), such as obfuscating source code, removing comments and mnemonic names, or coding it like that in the first place, so as to comply with say an NDA that covers the documentation one would need access to in order to enjoy this freedom. In the end, it's more of an ethical and moral call than a technical one. Depending on the results of the Kerned Freedom Verification, underway at gNewSense, it may end up turning into more than that.
Looking for a new Linux version number scheme and "offset 2000" Posted Jul 16, 2008 16:17 UTC (Wed) by dwheeler (guest, #1216) [Link] It appears that Linus Torvalds is considering changing the version numbering scheme to something more date-focused and easier to remember. So this may be the last Linux kernel using the "old" version numbering system. I've posted my proposal, offset 2000 versioning. As Linus says, "let the bike-shed-painting begin."
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