On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 03:08:32AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > 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). > > >
Just saw these two on another list (haven't looked there though so I don't know the content I'm afraid. They were posted in response to a question about differences between 2.4 and 2.6) Joe Pranevich's Wonderful World of Linux 2.6: http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html Dave Jones's Halloween Document: http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/ > 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]
