The 2.6.28 kernel is out
The 2.6.28 kernel is out
Pretty much as expected, just before Christmas, Linus has released the 2.6.28 kernel. Some of the
highlights of this kernel are the addition of the GEM GPU memory manager, the ext4 filesystem
is no longer "experimental", scalability improvements in memory management
via the reworked vmap() and pageout scalability patches, moving the -staging drivers into the mainline,
and much more. See the excellent KernelNewbies
summary for lots more details about 2.6.28. Says Linus: "In fact,
even _if_ you have friends or family, leave them to their endless
toil over that christmas ham or turkey, and during the night, when they're
asleep, you can give them that magical present of a newly updated
computer. When they wake up tomorrow morning, tell them how you saw Santa
crawl down the chimney with his USB stick in hand, updating the OS of all
good boys and girls.
"