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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: preacher on 30 December 2003, 12:41

Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: preacher on 30 December 2003, 12:41: Why didn't someone post and tell me? The new kernel is here!!!!!!!

http://www.kernel.org (http://www.kernel.org)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: preacher on 30 December 2003, 22:38: features include support for Hyperthreading, serial ATA, and CDRW drives are no longer virtual SCSI devices, but actual IDE devices. Also ALSA has replaced the dated OSS, and Digital Video Broadcasting support is built in. There are so many new useful features. Read about them here.

http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html (http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: preacher on 31 December 2003, 06:15: I cant believe none of you linux folk are interested in this.
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Kintaro on 31 December 2003, 07:02: Ill start using 2.6 when 2.8's out.

:D
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: WMD on 31 December 2003, 11:21: I tried compiling some on my Slackware 9.1. It's 2.6 ready apparently...

Refuses to mount my swap, ALSA doesn't work, even OSS won't load right. :mad:

Guess I'm stuck with 2.4.22 :(
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: TheQuirk on 31 December 2003, 12:31: Some of us already have it installed. (http://tongue.gif)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Pantso on 31 December 2003, 14:58: LOL! I posted this at promote-opensource.org on December the 18th. Here is the link:

http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=450 (http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=450)

In any case, I think it is just a little early for the 2.6 branch of the Linux kernel. I am sure though, that bugs and holes will be discovered soon, will be squashed and closed (http://smile.gif)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: SAJChurchey on 31 December 2003, 19:28: I've been following news and stuff on the kernel, and the day I leave a constant high-speed internet connection (Home for XMas) Linus releases the latest kernel. So I haven't really had the connection to download it and give it a try.
(Me and my friends even had a release party :-D )

2.6, from what I've read, has some very significant performance improvements, and it has been ported to additional platforms. Much more hardware has been added. The merging of ALSA drivers into the Linux kernel is exciting b/c it allows for more professional multimedia stuff. I agree that stopping development on 2.4 is probably a bad idea, considering production systems will probably continue to use 2.4 until 2.6's stability has been proven.

As far as the performance goes, here's what I've read:

NPTL (Native POSIX Threading Library--This has been included in the RH distro since RH 9, and according to benchmarks run by its creator, the new library can create/kill 100,000 threads in about 2 seconds, as opposed to the old I/O library where it took 15 minutes to complete such a task.

The O(1) task scheduler is significant. For you not CS types out there, this means that it doesn't matter how many different tasks you are running, the kernel can scheulde at a constant rate, basically eliminating some scheduling bottle necks that can slow down the system.

I say that this is a very significant move towards using Linux on the Desktop and increasing its hold on the server market. I say this kernel will give M$ some trouble once it has stood the test of time, which may be only a few months.
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: M51DPS on 31 December 2003, 22:40: quote:
Originally posted by Panos:
LOL! I posted this at promote-opensource.org on December the 18th. Here is the link:

http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=450 (http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=450)

NO! You beat me by 6 hours! Erudition Thread (http://erudition.calyptos.com/viewtopic.php?t=590)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Unforgiven1 on 6 January 2004, 21:09: god I'm still a n00b...so how would I compile this kernel into a Linux distro (assuming I switched to a 2.6 ready one)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Refalm on 6 January 2004, 14:03: READ THE FAQ!!!
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: KernelPanic on 6 January 2004, 20:04: quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:
READ THE FAQ!!!

The FAQ is WRONG! (http://redface.gif)
It was never updated for 2.6.x, want me to do it?
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Master of Reality on 6 January 2004, 23:08: i could have swore an announcement about 2.6 was posted... but a search finds nothing
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: KernelPanic on 6 January 2004, 23:25: quote:
Originally posted by The Master of Reality / Bob:
i could have swore an announcement about 2.6 was posted... but a search finds nothing

Don't trust yourself, you suck.

PS come onto AIM/MSN/YIM/ICQ whatever.
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: TheQuirk on 7 January 2004, 02:55: Tux, MSN me (or AIM, whatever you use) if you feel the need to update the FAQ (or add to it).
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Calum on 7 January 2004, 03:10: thequirk, i wouldn't mind knowing how some statistics about how many people visit the MES FAQ, where they come from etc.

any chance?
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: Kintaro on 7 January 2004, 03:50: Think ill download it tonight, and update all my Linux boxes.
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: KernelPanic on 8 January 2004, 19:41: quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk: I Just Want Attention:
Tux, MSN me (or AIM, whatever you use) if you feel the need to update the FAQ (or add to it).

At the weekend... I seem to be having the worst week of my life.
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: mobrien_12 on 10 January 2004, 00:37: 2.61 is here (http://slashdot.org/articles/04/01/09/1312255.shtml?tid=106&tid=185)
Title: 2.6 is here
Post by: WMD on 10 January 2004, 05:03: ^ Ah, good, perhaps this will fix the bugs that I had with 2.6.0.