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  • Changes For Linux 2.6.20 Kernel

    From KernelTrap

    Originally posted by KernelTrap
    Following the release of the of the 2.6.19 kernel [story], Andrew Morton [interview] offered a list of patches in his -mm tree, summarizing for each his plans as to whether or not they will be pushed to Linus for inclusion in the upcoming 2.6.20 kernel. Andrew's summaries were generally terse, often as simple as "shall merge" or "shall hold in -mm". Many patches were noted as having been forwarded on to the appropriate subsystem maintainer for further review. As per the current kernel development model [story], all major changes to find their way into 2.6.20 should be merged by the time 2.6.20-rc1 is released in mid-December, two weeks after 2.6.19 was released.
    Thirty years ago, Linus Torvalds was a 21 year old student at the University of Helsinki when he first released the Linux Kernel. His announcement started, “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional…)”. Three decades later, the top 500 supercomputers are all running Linux, as are over 70% of all smartphones. Linux is clearly both big and professional.


    The long list of proposed patches are listed at the link.

    (For what it's worth, a kernel comparison between Linux and Windows. http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20N...s%20Comparison The 2.6.20 changes haven't been added yet, of course)
    Michael Larabel
    https://www.michaellarabel.com/

  • #2
    It's amazing to see that we're fast approaching the 20th revision of the 2.6 kernel series...I wonder when we'll start to see a 2.7 kernel fork.

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    • #3
      A new Linux Firewire stack is currently under development -- http://kerneltrap.org/node/7462
      Michael Larabel
      https://www.michaellarabel.com/

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      • #4
        The Linux 2.6.20 Kernel should also support KVM virtualization -- http://www.heise.de/english/newstick...344/from/rss09
        Michael Larabel
        https://www.michaellarabel.com/

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Michael View Post
          The Linux 2.6.20 Kernel should also support KVM virtualization -- http://www.heise.de/english/newstick...344/from/rss09
          Also, more information on KVM is @ http://kvm.sourceforge.net/
          Michael Larabel
          https://www.michaellarabel.com/

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