Linus Torvalds has announced the first release candidate for version 2.6.22 of the Linux kernel, noting that the changelog itself for this release is just too big to put on the mailing list. According to the kernel-meister himself: "The diffstat and shortlogs are way too big to fit under the kernel mailing list limits, and the changes are all over the place. Almost seven thousand files changed, and that's not double-counting the files that got moved around. Architecture updates, drivers, filesystems, networking, security, build scripts, reorganizations, cleanups... You name it, it's there."
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Member since:2005-11-12
So try focusing on the possible rather than endlessly bringing up the impossible.
Thank you for saying this. Negativity all the time is a real downer. People don't solve problems by complaining about what is wrong they solve problems by actively working with real solutions.
Who the f^^k is going to test all those 10000 drivers in the world?
You and I are going to start. Get the latest development kernel and build it. Try it out. If you find bugs then submit them. The more people that try out the kernel and test it the more stable it becomes. Welcome to the open source community where you are part of the process at making things better.
Edited 2007-05-15 01:08
Member since:2005-07-10
You and I are going to start. Get the latest development kernel and build it. Try it out. If you find bugs then submit them. The more people that try out the kernel and test it the more stable it becomes. Welcome to the open source community where you are part of the process at making things better.
Most people don't want to be beta tester or free kernel tester. I for one make my living by developing Windows driver. I would waste a lot of my time and money if i hit kernel bugs. Sorry the proposition is meaningless when people are trying to make a living off of the OS.
Think of a scenario - Hey i bought a new device but it has the drivers only in latest kernel but i can't upgrade because i get Kernel panic.
Sorry but this IMO does not fly for consumers of the OS.
Member since:2007-05-15
> You and I are going to start. Get the latest
> development kernel and build it. Try it out. If you
> find bugs then submit them. The more people that try
> out the kernel and test it the more stable it becomes.
> Welcome to the open source community where you are part
> of the process at making things better.
If someone have a problem with kernel testing, here is "Linux Kernel Tester’s Guide" (translation unfinished) http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/handbook/handbook-en.pdf
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2005-10-13
You would have a lot more luck asking for them to implement automatic, transparent checksumming on block IO in the native linux filesystems than asking for ZFS. Adding ZFS to the kernel is ILLEGAL and won't happen unless Sun gives the OK. So try focusing on the possible rather than endlessly bringing up the impossible.