Kernel development
Brief items
Current release status
Linus has announced the 2.5.24 development kernel. Changes this time include a lot of janitorial fixes, an NTFS update, a bunch of JFS fixes, an ALSA update, more kbuild changes, Martin Dalecki's IDE 93 patch which "should undo the damage of IDE 92", and various other fixes and updates. This will be the last kernel release from Linus before he heads off to the Kernel Summit and OLS. The long-format changelog is also available.From the Kernel Summit meeting room Dave Jones has released 2.5.24-dj1. The list of new changes is short; it includes fixes from the 2.4.19 release candidate, more cpufreq work, and a few other tweaks.
Development kernel prepatch 2.5.24-dj2 released
From the Kernel Summit meeting room Dave Jones has released 2.5.24-dj2. The list of new changes is short; it includes fixes from the 2.4.19 release candidate, more cpufreq work, and a few other tweaks.The first 2.4.19 release candidate
While most of the kernel hackers at the Ottawa Kernel Summit have been busy talking about 2.5 changes, Marcelo has put out the first release candidate for the long-awaited 2.4.19 kernel. Click below for the details; it contains a fairly long list of (mostly small) fixes.2.5 Kernel Status Summary
Guillaume Boissiere has posted his 2.5 kernel status summary for June 26. "With the kernel summit and OLS this week, expect some changes to the feature list in the near future."
Kernel development news
Kernel Traffic #172
Kernel Traffic #172 is available. Topics include a new Fast Mutex implementation For 2.5, Per-Socket Statistics Proposed And Rejected Coding Style, Binary Files Found In The Kernel Sources, Status Of FAT CVF, and Developer Disconnects.
Patches and updates
Kernel trees
Architecture-specific
Build system
Core kernel code
Device drivers
Documentation
Filesystems and block I/O
Memory management
Craig Kulesa
Updated rmap VM for 2.5.23 (SMP, preempt fixes) Fixes "significant bugs" in the first version.
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Networking
Werner Almesberger
policing for sch_prio (2.4,2.5) Add policing support for the "prio" queueing discipline.
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