Friday, February 25 2005 @ 01:55 AM EST Contributed by: glosser
Here's some details on the upcoming 2.6.11 kernel. Looks like Linus had to release a fifth release candidate, which slowed its pending release a tiny bit. Hmm, wonder if that counts as a pun. Nah. ;)
The Linux world is bracing for the final release of the new Linux 2.6.11 kernel, which will include a long list of driver updates and patches, with InfiniBand support perhaps being one of most interesting new additions.
Late last night, Linux creator Linus Torvalds issued the fifth release candidate for the 2.6.11 kernel. The first 2.6.11 RC was issued on Jan. 12; the second on Jan 21; the third on Feb. 2; and the fourth on Feb. 12.
In the RC5 posting, Torvalds indicated that it was likely the last RC before the final release.
"Hey, I hoped -- rc4 was the last one, but we had some laptop resource conflicts, various ppc TLB flush issues, some possible stack overflows in networking and a number of other details warranting a quick -- rc5 before the final 2.6.11," Torvalds wrote.
