Linux 2.5.1-pre7 Released | Linux Today

Linux 2.5.1-pre7 Released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 8, 2001

Kernel.org
Mirrors

Changelog:

pre7:
 - Jens Axboe: more bio fixes/cleanups/breakage ;)
 - Al Viro: superblock cleanups, boot/root mounting.

pre6:
 - Jens Axboe: more bio stuff
 - Coda compile fixes
 - Nathan Laredo: stradis driver update

pre5:
 - Patrick Mochel: driver model infrastructure, part 1
 - Jens Axboe: more bio fixes, cleanups
 - Andrew Morton: release locking fixes
 - Al Viro: superblock/mount handling
 - Kai Germaschewski: AVM Fritz!Card ISDN driver
 - Christoph Hellwig: make cramfs SMP-safe.

pre4:
 - Jens Axboe: fix up bio highmem breakage, more cleanups
 - Greg KH: USB update

pre3:
 - Al Viro: more superblock cleanups
 - Jens Axboe: more patches for new block IO layer
 - Christoph Hellwig: get rid of the old, long- deprecated SCSI error
   handling

pre2:
 - Greg KH: USB update
 - Richard Gooch: refcounting for devfs
 - Jens Axboe: start of new block IO layer

pre1:
 - me: README references to 2.4.x -> 2.5.x
 - Alexander Viro: fix unmount inode breakage, show_vfsmnt cleanup
 - Jeff Garzik: fix 8139too initialization

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.