The Linux Kernel version 2.6.20 has just been released. There’s a bunch of cool new features and improvements, including:
- Sony Playstation 3 support
- Virtualization support through KVM
- Paravirtualization support for i386
- Relocatable kernel support for x86
- Fault injection
- IO Accounting
- Relative atime support
- UDP-Lite support
- Generic HID layer
- Sleazy FPU optimization
- Use ‘regparm’ in x86-32
- round_jiffies() infrastructure
- New drivers
Announcement - Super Bowl special!
Changelist
Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI to a thousand decimal places.
You may like the Wii or the 360 more, but only the PS3 is gaining official Linux support, written by Sony engineers.
Time to compile!
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This entry was posted by Patrick Mylund Nielsen on Monday, February 5th, 2007, at 2:00 am, and was filed in the News, Software, Linux categories with the tag(s) kernel.
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