Kernel release status [LWN.net]

The current development kernel is 2.5.47, which was released by Linus on November 10. Changes this time around include more IPSec work (to the point that it works now), a big kernel timer cleanup, continuing work on the large page mechanism, a PowerPC64 update, some XFS updates, improvements to the new crypto API, an ALSA update, a zero-copy NFS server patch, and lots of other fixes and tweaks. The long-format changelog has the details.

Linus's (pre-2.5.48) BitKeeper tree contains more timer cleanups, a rewrite of the software suspend code, Rusty Russell's in-kernel module loader, continuing IPSec work, and various other fixes.

The current development kernel prepatch from Alan Cox is 2.5.47-ac2. It includes the latest ACPI code, some device mapper fixes, some new IDE work, and a number of fixes.

The latest 2.5 status summary from Guillaume Boissiere is dated November 13.

The current stable kernel is 2.4.19. Marcelo has released no prepatches since the first 2.4.20 release candidate came out on October 29.