Linux 2.6.23-rc2 Released, Reviewed Aug 6, 2007, 14 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (8897 reads)
KernelTrap: Linux, 2.6.23-rc2, "-rc2 Is the New -rc1"
"'So I tried to hold people to the merge window,' Linus Torvalds began in announcing the 2.6.23-rc2 kernel, 'and said no to a few pull requests, but this whole '-rc2 is the new -rc1' thing is a disease, and not only is -rc2 late, it's bigger than it should be. Oh, well.' He noted that over 250 people contributed patches between -rc1 and -rc2, adding:
"'A lot of the changes are small, and a lot of them really are fixes, but there's a MIPS merge in there too, and some absolutely _huge_ diffs due to some drivers undergoing Lindent cleanups (28 _thousand_ lines changes in advansys.c, and the PNP files got Lindented too, although those weren't nearly as big)...'"
"While the Linux 2.6.23 kernel is only weeks into development, it's already generated quite a bit of attention. From the merging of the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) to the -rc2 kernel being "the new -rc1", the Linux 2.6.23 kernel is certainly in store for being an ornate release. Adding to this attention has been a stable user-space driver API and virtualization improvements (KVM, Xen, and LGuest). With all of this activity surrounding the Linux 2.6.23 kernel we've decided to conduct a handful of benchmarks comparing the Linux 2.6.20, 2.6.21, 2.6.22, and 2.6.23 kernel releases so far..."
