Linux 2.6.33 released

15 Comments

1. 2010-02-24 9:35 pm

   kragil

   Is Trim support for SSDs.
• 2010-02-25 12:02 am

  ngaio

  Yes I agree. But is will it work by default, or does the user need to use a kernel parameter to activate it?

  It’s a real pity this feature will not be part of the next Ubuntu release (unless someone backports it into their release kernel).
• 2010-02-25 11:01 pm

  aaron

  Sticking with 2.6.32 makes sense for 10.04 LTS. I think Redhat, SuSe and Ubuntu (Mainly the first two) will “keep it alive”:

  http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/stable-status-01-2010.html

  I’d like to announce that the 2.6.32-stable tree is also going to be maintained as a “long-term” stable release, living for 2-3 years, like the 2.6.27 kernel is. This is because a number (i.e. more than 2) Linux distributions are basing their “enterprise” releases on this kernel version, and it will make their lives easier if I keep it alive.

  Note, the viability of me keeping this tree alive for such a length of time relies on the developers working for those distros to keep me informed of patches that need to be backported and applied to it. Without their help, I will have no problem in stopping the maintenance of the tree.
2. 2010-02-24 10:58 pm

   TommyD

   I can’t wait to use my Wii-Fit to edit text in VI. Let me see, is it Stomp or Shuffle to switch to insert mode…
3. 2010-02-25 12:20 am

   theosib

   For people running servers that require maximum disk reliability, some of us like to use full data journaling. This involves double-writes of all data, but it’s more robust. Well, EXT4 doesn’t support delayed allocation (which would a really nice optimization) in data journaling mode. STILL.
• 2010-02-25 1:22 am

  Elv13

  You can use XFS to put the full journal in a second disk, so your disk will undergo less I/O stress. But I agree, being able to wait for idle moment to do the stuff would be nice, but it’s a little dangerous.
• 2010-02-25 4:59 am

  cerbie

  I thought XFS only journaled metadata.
• 2010-02-25 8:30 pm

  big_gie

  I think ext3/4 can put the journal somewhere else too. Or is it only ext4? I remember checking that for my eeepc…
4. 2010-02-25 2:14 am

   TaterSalad

   Does anyone have some good links to hacking the Wii?
• 2010-02-25 3:23 am

  thomas_vg1

  http://www.wiibrew.org should get you started.
5. 2010-02-25 11:36 am

   Damnshock

   Page flipping: A ioctl has been added to support page flipping in the KMS API. This functionality is needed to implement tearing-free desktops

   When will this happen? I really hope it’s soon…
• 2010-02-25 3:21 pm

  diegocg

  Wayland uses it. I don’t know how this fits in X.org
• 2010-02-25 3:30 pm

  Damnshock

  That’d be great news if it wasn’t for the fact tha Wayland is not even close to usable right now (and there is not much work on it, check the commits…)
6. 2010-02-25 7:33 pm

   vivainio

   Kernelnewbies is the place to see a list of changes that actually makes sense:

   http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
• 2010-02-27 5:41 pm

  WereCatf

  Kernelnewbies is the place to see a list of changes that actually makes sense: