Submitted by Linux 2.6.27 has been released. It adds a new filesystem (UBIFS) for “pure” flash-based storage, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation support for ext4, multiqueue networking, data integrity support in the block layer, a function tracer, a mmio tracer, sysprof support, improved webcam support, support for the Intel wifi 5000 series and RTL8187B network cards, a new ath9k driver for the Atheros AR5008 and AR9001 chipsets, more new drivers, and many other improvements and fixes. Full list of changes can be found here.
Is this fixed? http://lwn.net/Articles/301251/
From the changelog I can’t tell…
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
I read earlier this week or late last week (cannot recall) that it was fixed.
Yeah it is fixed. Linus wouldn’t release a kernel with such a show stopping bug.
LWN to the rescue: http://lwn.net/Articles/302556/
There’s a workaround, but it’s not fixed (yet).
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/9/30/3451554/th…
Linus does not consider this to have been a software bug per se:
Which was followed up by this:
wow , offtopic but :
a new version of mandriva , python and kernel released on the same day !!!
whats next ?
This seems a huge release… the lockless page cache, ext4 delayed allocation, BL data integrity, tons of new webcams, new wifi drivers etc..
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?
For the main linux user profile: server administrators
Anyway some of the improvements will benefit desktop usage as well
What about the gspca driver? It will add support for a lot of webcams (the current lack of support is a common user complain)
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
Even if he (it?) didn’t win, it would certainly make for a much more interesting campaign.
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.
I don’t understand. I thought it was *leaving* that office this coming January.
Edited 2008-10-10 17:13 UTC
I thought he’s been running the US for the last 8 years or so…..
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.
… operating system vendors can adopt royalty free …
Like iso9660?
And that can work on flash devices, external storage devices, thumb drives etc. etc?
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.
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?