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Kernel release status
The 2.6.33 kernel is out, released on February 24.
Linus says:
The most noticeable features in 2.6.33 are likely the Nouveau and
DRBD integration (and a _lot_ more people will notice the Nouveau
part of that). And the Radeon KMS parts aren't considered
experimental any more. Oh, and the AS IO scheduler is gone, since
keeping it around and just causing confusion seemed to not be worth
it any more. You're supposed to use CFQ instead.
Other interesting stuff in 2.6.33 includes dynamic tracing, the block I/O bandwidth controller, and the compressed cache mechanism. See the KernelNewbies 2.6.33 page for more information on this release. The current stable kernel is 2.6.32.9, released on February 23. There are 93 fixes in this update, many of which are security-related. See below for our detailed look at this release. (Log in to post comments)
Kernel release status Posted Feb 25, 2010 2:00 UTC (Thu) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
Once again it seems what held true last times already: kernel releases happen within 24h prior to Weekly Editions and twirl Our Editor's plans all around. :-)
Kernel release status Posted Feb 25, 2010 11:56 UTC (Thu) by kragil (subscriber, #34373) [Link]
They used to happen a few hours after a LWN edition, not before.
Kernel release status Posted Feb 25, 2010 15:54 UTC (Thu) by csigler (subscriber, #1224) [Link]
I was about to post that this time Linus kept LWN's regular publishing schedule in mind when releasing the kernel. Oh, I posted it! (Oh, I posted it again!!!)
Kernel release status Posted Feb 25, 2010 20:02 UTC (Thu) by ikm (subscriber, #493) [Link]
How does one test out Nouveau with KMS on Debian sid? Is a special version of xorg required?
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