Kernel release status [LWN.net]

The current development kernel is 2.6.0-test5; Linus has released no kernels since September 8. It has been a relatively slow period for kernel development in general.

Patches in Linus's BitKeeper repository include a Coda filesystem update, some initramfs tweaks, improvements in random driver locking, the removal of some ext3 debugging hooks, direct I/O support for reiserfs, some CPU frequency work, an Intel SpeedStep-SMI driver, a substantial amount of janitorial work, and various fixes.

The current stable kernel is 2.4.22. Marcelo released 2.4.23-pre4 on September 12; it includes some VM improvements (including the removal of the much-maligned out-of-memory killer), an ia-64 update, some NFS work, a wireless update, and various other fixes.

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Kernel release status

Posted Sep 18, 2003 4:37 UTC (Thu) by wolfrider (guest, #3105) [Link]

--It's about time they removed that oom-killer. PITA. Thing was an OK idea perhaps, but it was killing processes even when there was plenty of SWAP left!