It's one of those rare 'perfect' kernels!
By: Marius Nestor, Linux Editor
Linus Torvalds announced last night the release of Linux Kernel 2.6.19. "It's one of those rare 'perfect' kernels. So if it doesn't happen to compile with your config (or it does compile, but then does unspeakable acts of perversion with your pet dachshund), you can rest easy knowing that it's all your own d*mn fault, and you should just fix your evil ways." - says Linus.
Since Release Candidate 6 of this version, there aren't a lot of changes. The shortlog tells the whole story, bugs fixes and lots of improvements. The major user-visible changes are:
• Parallel ATA driver subsystem;
• The GFS2 and ext4 filesystems;
• A long list of new drivers;
• eCryptfs, and more.
For those that encounter problems when compiling the kernel, Linus says: "You could send me and the kernel mailing list a note about it anyway, of course. (And perhaps pictures, if your dachshund is involved. Not that we'd be interested, of course. No. Just so that we'd know to avoid it next time). "
30th of November 2006, 07:40 GMT | Copyright (c) 2006 Softpedia
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