Linux 2.6.21-rc1 Released

Posted by Michael Larabel on February 21, 2007

The first release candidate in the Linux 2.6.21 kernel has been released. Among the changes in Linux 2.6.21-rc1 is the tickless kernel patch and dyntick/nohz. KernelTrap has additional coverage.
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