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Kernel space: Multiqueue networking
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| One of the useful features in new networking hardware is extra transmit
| queues, to give a latency advantage to outgoing audio and video packets. A
| new kernel feature lets device driver writers use multiple queues per device.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/071508-kernel.html
New Linux kernel expands virtualisation support
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| Open-source developers on Sunday released the latest stable version of the
| Linux kernel, version 2.6.26, adding improvements for wireless,
| virtualisation, multimedia and other features.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39447469,00.htm?r=13
Linux 2.6.26 brings embedded improvements
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| A new stable kernel is out. Three months in the making, Linux 2.6.26 boasts
| read-only bind mounts, "big-iron" KVM ports, USB webcam support, 802.11s mesh
| WiFi, built-in support for remote kernel debugging, and a host of embedded
| architecture improvements, among other enhancements.
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| [...]
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| Salient for embedded developers are a host of chip- and board-specific
| improvements, along with several interesting "big ticket" feature additions,
| such as built-in support for remote kernel debugging using KGDB.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6182587150.html
Recent:
Linux kernel maintainer calls for embedded specialist
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| The maintainer of Linux 2.6 has called for a full-time,
| architecture-independent "embedded maintainer." Speaking at a CELF's fourth
| annual Embedded Linux Conference, Morton also told embedded developers how to
| select a kernel, get support from the kernel community, and decide whether to
| submit code to mainline.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2083975586.html
Linux kernel community grows, but elite group remains
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| Viro has contributed 1,571 changes to the kernel, which sits at the core of
| the Linux operating system, over the past three years, according to a new
| report from the Linux Foundation. That's more than any other individual
| developer, the report states. In contrast, Torvalds, the kernel's creator and
| steward, contributed 495 changes. Viro couldn't be reached for comment about
| the report.
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| [...]
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| But this group of coding superstars sails atop a roiling sea of newer
| community members, notes Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux
| Foundation. Roughly 3,700 developers from more than 200 companies have
| contributed to the kernel since 2005, according to the report.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/040108-linux-kernel-community-grows-but.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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