On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 06:43:46AM +0800, csj wrote: > On 18. December 2003 at 7:19AM +0100, > Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:49:10 -0700, > > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [...] > > > > AFAIK, 2.6 is still being tested. It's not a "production" release, > > > > ..the truth just changed: ;-) > > finger @finger.kernel.org > > [zeus-pub.kernel.org] > > The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.0 > > Just confirmed the rumor on slashdot;-). Would this stable > version be as stable as the unstable early days of the 2.4
Last time I checked it, it was quite stable, although you probably should give it some time yet unless there is a feature you really want. > release? I fear that releasing 2.6 as stable would only > "encourage" freesoft developers and the occasional company > (e.g. nVidia and its binary-only 3D drivers) to stop supporting > 2.4. > > My main concerns revolve around video and optical storage. I've > read many horror stories about the ide-scsi stuff being "broken" > in 2.6. Is this true? I've also read that devfs is now > deprecated. In favor of what? > test11 ran my dvd/cdrw using ide-scsi quite fine do I don't think its broken (I don't believe it would live test<n> stage without ide-scsi as its a widely used interface. As for devfs it does seem that its been deprecated in favor of udev (this is from test 11): Note that devfs has been obsoleted by udev, <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/>. It has been stripped down to a bare minimum and is only provided for legacy installations that use its naming scheme which is unfortunately different from the names normal Linux installations use. > Is there a definitive switcher's howto or readme (URI) I should > consult? I'd usually use google for this. But as the issue's > still new, I expect to get lots of false positives (including > flamewar threads on the direction of kernel development). > Main things I saw that you would probably notice is that you need module-init-tools since 2.4 modprobe doesn't work, different module infrastructure. Also all mice are now repeated to /dev/input/mice, including ps2 which is also repeated into /dev/psaux (I think you can access them individually in /dev/input/mouse<n> The make xconfig has also been changed quite a bit to use qt and there is a new make gconfig for gtk. On the surface, I believe most else will look the same (different learning scheduler which should be somewhat faster and a preemptive scheduler ...) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
