Kernel release status

The 2.6.32 kernel is out, released on December 2. Some of the more significant features in 2.6.32 include devtmpfs, a bunch of block layer scalability work, HWPOISON, kernel shared memory, a number of additions to the perf events subsystem, and much more. See the KernelNewbies 2.6.32 page for lots of details.

The 2.6.33 merge window is open; see the accompanying article for a summary of the most significant changes merged so far.

Stable kernel updates: 2.6.31.7, containing a very long list of fixes, was released on December 8. 2.6.27.40 was released at the same time; it was quickly followed by 2.6.27.41 to fix a build problem.

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