Linux 3.0 release

http://lwn.net/Articles/452531/

by timf • 15 years ago

191 17 15 years ago

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mrb• 15 years ago

Human-readable list of changes in 3.0.0, since 2.6.39: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.0

(For those who don't know, Kernelnewbies is a kernel developers community. They maintain by far the best changelogs.)

sho_hn• 15 years ago

I disagree. The h-online.com articles, while not in bulletpoint style, are usually more detailed and better written, and currently the best way to dig into a new release.

Overview: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Linux-3-...

Networking: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Filesystems: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Architectures and general infrastructure, including virtualization: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Drivers: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Mithrandir• 15 years ago

Here's the commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

the tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

the diff: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

and the snapshot: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

It'll probably be a bit/longer for it to be 'officially' listed on kernel.org as stable.

robinbourne2• 15 years ago

I wonder if they have the fixed the battery drain bug in this release.

When I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my netbook, it had that bug. Read it on reddit that it has something to do with regression or something. So I had to downgrade to 10.10 to go back to previous version of the kernel.

JoshTriplett• 15 years ago

Not exactly a regression. Current Linux started working around a BIOS bug that causes many people's systems to hang: namely, those BIOSes configure PCI Express devices to do Active State Power Management (ASPM), but tell the OS not to support ASPM, causing the system to go pear-shaped when the devices try to go into a low-power state. Linux now turns off ASPM on devices if the BIOS says not to use ASPM; that makes many people's systems more stable, at the cost of a bit more power usage.

So, complain to your BIOS vendor, or turn off that workaround in Linux and take the risk that your system will become less stable.

zobzu2• 15 years ago

Im sure complaining to the BIOS vendor will work cough cough cough

checker22• 15 years ago

How does Windows work around this?

gmartres• 15 years ago

See http://lwn.net/Articles/449448/

zobzu2• 15 years ago

Not the only issue tho http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux...

robinbourne2• 15 years ago

A little late to reply, but thankyou!

gcr• 15 years ago