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Stable kernel 2.6.27.5
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| The 2.6.27.5 stable kernel update is available. "It contains a wide range of
| bugfixes, and all users of the 2.6.27 kernel series are strongly encouraged
| to upgrade. Very strongly. Did I mention that you all should upgrade?
| Seriously, what are you waiting for? Running those old kernel trees prior
| to .27? Are you crazy? You really want to run this one. It's all shiny new
| and has that lovely new-kernel smell that we all know and love." For people
| running those older kernels, the 2.6.26.8 and 2.6.25.20 updates are currently
| in the review process with a likely release on Monday, November 10.
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http://lwn.net/Articles/306365/
Recent:
GEM Patches Submitted For Linux 2.6.28-rc1
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| Earlier this month we shared that Intel's GEM would be in Linux 2.6.28 and
| today the patches that add this have been submitted to Linus Torvalds for
| inclusion into the Linux 2.6.28-rc1 kernel. GEM, the Graphics Execution
| Manager, is the kernel memory manager for graphics drivers on Linux that
| replaced Tungsten's TTM in Intel's driver and it's beginning to appear
| elsewhere.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njc4OQ
Intel's GEM Coming In Linux 2.6.28 Kernel
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| Since May when Intel first introduced their Graphics Execution Manager after
| X.Org developers were enraged over Tungsten's TTM memory manager and its
| development challenges, we've been talking about GEM several times since
| then.
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| Intel's Graphics Execution Manager is a kernel memory manager for graphics
| processors and has since overtaken TTM in what will become the de facto
| standard for GPU memory management. A technical explanation of GEM can be
| found here.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njc2NA
The State of Kernel Mode-Setting
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| All of the kernel-based mode-setting excitement in Fedora 9 was limited to
| those using Intel's integrated graphics hardware. With Fedora 10 not only can
| Intel users benefit but so can those with ATI Radeon hardware. Jerome Glisse
| has been working on Radeon kernel mode-setting code since December of last
| year, and in recent months David Airlie and Adam Jackson have joined in on
| this work. For those using an ATI R300 GPU to R500 will have kernel-based
| mode-setting support enabled by default in this next Fedora release. A few
| months back AMD had released a new AtomBIOS parser to the open-source
| community, which is being used for the KMS driver and should enter the
| mainline Linux kernel -- likely with Linux 2.6.28.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=xorg_kms_2008&num=1
Kernel Log: 2.6.27 nearing completion; Btrfs to be added to the kernel?
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| Chris Mason has transferred the source code of the experimental Btrfs file
| system into a Git repository. This move is intended to make it easier for
| other kernel hackers to evaluate the file system and to stimulate discussions
| about incorporating it into the Linux main development branch. Mason believes
| that it would be best to continue development of the file system from now on
| within the framework of the official Linux kernel. If this were to happen, it
| should be with the caveat that Btrfs is not intended for everyday use, in
| much the same way that developers treat the Ext4 file system, which kernel
| hackers have been working to complete within the framework of the Linux main
| development branch since version 2.6.19.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Kernel-Log-2-6-27-nearing-completion-Btrfs-to-be-added-to-the-kernel--/news/111632
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