OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20373/Linux_2_6_27_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:09:13 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333111 http://osnews.com/thread?333111 Is this fixed? http://lwn.net/Articles/301251/

From the changelog I can't tell... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (-oblio-) Comments RE: e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333112 http://osnews.com/thread?333112 I have no source handy, but yes, it should be fixed now.

Edit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=... Edited 2008-10-10 09:52 UTC Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (johkra) Comments RE: e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333120 http://osnews.com/thread?333120 I read earlier this week or late last week (cannot recall) that it was fixed. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments wow great day http://osnews.com/thread?333130 http://osnews.com/thread?333130 wow , offtopic but :

a new version of mandriva , python and kernel released on the same day !!! ;)

whats next ? ;) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Yagami) Comments 2.6.27 http://osnews.com/thread?333133 http://osnews.com/thread?333133 This seems a huge release... the lockless page cache, ext4 delayed allocation, BL data integrity, tons of new webcams, new wifi drivers etc.. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vide) Comments What's next? http://osnews.com/thread?333135 http://osnews.com/thread?333135 Cthulhu gets elected president of the US of A.


EDIT: mmm, this should 've been a reply to Yagami ;) Edited 2008-10-10 11:43 UTC Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Dryhte) Comments RE: e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333138 http://osnews.com/thread?333138 Yeah it is fixed. Linus wouldn't release a kernel with such a show stopping bug. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (abraxas) Comments RE: 2.6.27 http://osnews.com/thread?333142 http://osnews.com/thread?333142 Huge release for who? There are very few notable features that affect everyday-desktop users...

Still, that's what I like to see. Iterative improvements, refinements. Big changes mean big problems to solve.

Does anybody know the biggest challenges for improving the Linux kernel in the future? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FreeGamer) Comments RE[2]: 2.6.27 http://osnews.com/thread?333148 http://osnews.com/thread?333148
Huge release for who? There are very few notable features that affect everyday-desktop users...


For the main linux user profile: server administrators ;)
Anyway some of the improvements will benefit desktop usage as well Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vide) Comments RE[2]: e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333150 http://osnews.com/thread?333150 LWN to the rescue: http://lwn.net/Articles/302556/

There's a workaround, but it's not fixed (yet). Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (-oblio-) Comments RE: What's next? http://osnews.com/thread?333151 http://osnews.com/thread?333151
Cthulhu gets elected president of the US of A.


Even if he (it?) didn't win, it would certainly make for a much more interesting campaign. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments UBIFS http://osnews.com/thread?333153 http://osnews.com/thread?333153 The UBIFS sounds great, it would be good if there were one standardised file system which all operating systems supported for removable storage. With Microsoft walking around like a feral dog threatening people with their FAT patents - I think precautions like creating an alternative, open source and open standards file system which all operating system vendors can adopt royalty free would be a better thing imho than the status quo today. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: What's next? http://osnews.com/thread?333156 http://osnews.com/thread?333156 The call of ktulu?

(obscure metallica reference) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TaterSalad) Comments RE[2]: What's next? http://osnews.com/thread?333159 http://osnews.com/thread?333159
The call of ktulu?

(obscure metallica reference)


Cthulhu as in H.P. Lovecraft's short story, which is where the Metallica song takes its name from. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anevilyak) Comments RE[2]: 2.6.27 http://osnews.com/thread?333172 http://osnews.com/thread?333172 What about the gspca driver? It will add support for a lot of webcams (the current lack of support is a common user complain) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eprubio) Comments The new kernel already getsone thumbs-up from me http://osnews.com/thread?333191 http://osnews.com/thread?333191 I loaded the new Mandriva on my HP laptop last night and was not disappointed. The new Kernel allowed me to finally have my Atheros AR5007EG wireless card working right "out of the box". Many thanks to the kernel developers. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jaypee) Comments RE: What's next? http://osnews.com/thread?333194 http://osnews.com/thread?333194
Cthulhu gets elected president of the US of A.

I don't understand. I thought it was *leaving* that office this coming January.Edited 2008-10-10 17:13 UTC Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments RE: What's next? http://osnews.com/thread?333201 http://osnews.com/thread?333201 I thought he's been running the US for the last 8 years or so..... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments RE: ..open standards file system which all ... http://osnews.com/thread?333210 http://osnews.com/thread?333210 ... operating system vendors can adopt royalty free ...

Like iso9660? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (glarepate) Comments RE[2]: ..open standards file system which all ... http://osnews.com/thread?333217 http://osnews.com/thread?333217
... operating system vendors can adopt royalty free ...

Like iso9660?


And that can work on flash devices, external storage devices, thumb drives etc. etc? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333219 http://osnews.com/thread?333219 http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/9/30/3451554/th...

Linus does not consider this to have been a software bug per se:

"Btw, the _real_ bug is clearly in the hardware design that allows you to brick those things without apparently even having a lock bit.

I'm hoping Intel doesn't treat this as just a software bug. Some hw designer should be thinking hard about which orifice they put their head up in.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (segedunum) Comments Maturity of ext4? http://osnews.com/thread?333224 http://osnews.com/thread?333224 Well, since they made changes on ext4, I wonder if it's now mature enough to be a suitable replacement of ext3, especially in terms of stability. Any word on this? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Wrawrat) Comments RE[2]: e1000e bug? http://osnews.com/thread?333238 http://osnews.com/thread?333238 Which was followed up by this:

The hardware has a lock bit, and we're trying to figure out why the BIOS writers guide doesn't say to set it.
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (smitty) Comments