Articles & Reviews
News Archive
Forums
Premium
Contact
Categories

Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals

Linux 2.6.28-rc6 Kernel Released

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 21 November 2008 at 07:30 AM EST. Add A Comment

Work on the Linux 2.6.28 kernel is winding down and yesterday afternoon Linus Torvalds made available the sixth release candidate in this series. The Linux 2.6.28-rc6 kernel has a few architecture and file-system updates, but really the change-log is just made up of minor regressions and fixes.

The release announcement for the Linux 2.6.28-rc6 kernel can be read here. It looks like we may see this kernel, which has mainline support for the Graphics Execution Manager and many driver updates, arrive in early to mid December.

Add A Comment

Linux's SLUB Allocator Preparing To Better Fend Off Cross-Cache Attacks

NBCON Console Patches Updated For Eventually Unblocking Real-Time Linux Kernel

Linux 6.7 To Make It Easier To Toggle Support For x86 32-bit Programs

Real-Time "RT" Patches Updated Against Linux 6.6 Git

Following Criticism By Linus Torvalds, GenPD Subsystem Renamed To "pmdomain"

About The Author

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.