Kernel release status

The current development kernel is 2.6.37-rc1, released on November 1. The 2.6.37 merge window is now closed. "There's a lot of changes there - just shy of 10k commits since 2.6.36 - despite the slightly shortened merge window. Way too many to list. But the part that I think deserves some extra mention is that we've finally largely gotten rid of the BKL (big kernel lock) in all the core stuff, and you can easily compile a kernel without any BKL support at all. It's been a long road, and thanks to Arnd and others who did it." Full details can be found in the long-format changelog.

Stable updates: the 2.6.27.55, 2.6.32.25, and 2.6.35.8. stable updates were released on October 29; each contains a long list of important fixes. Greg has let it be known that there will be one more 2.6.35 update before support for that kernel ends.

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