| By Maureen O'Gara |
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| October 31, 2003 12:00 AM EST |
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The long-promised 2.6 kernel was released for enterprise testing Monday. The
Open Source Develop Lab (OSDL), where Linux creator Linus Torvalds and 2.6
kernel maintainer Andrew Morton now work because OSDL wants to be the center of
the Linux universe, made the announcement.
The OS, known as test9, can be found
at either www.kernel.org or ftp.kernel.org.
OSDL says the preview should be
tested, validated and enhanced - in other words pounded on - in preparation for
the next production kernel release, which probably can't happen before next
year.
The first test release was in July and established stable APIs like Posix
and thread interfaces.
The OSDL has done performance and regression tests on the
latest thing in both in its lab in Oregon and in Japan. The results can be found
at www.osdl.org/projects/26lnxstbiztn/results/. The New kernel is supposed to be
more versatile than its predecessors and enlarge the places where Linux can
replace legacy apps.
It's supposed to scale to 32 production processors and
support up to 8GB of memory on an IA-32 machine. It's got a new native Posix
thread library for faster threading and an enhanced driver layer to handle
features such as logical volume management and improved disk performance,
support for more embedded devices and improved desktop features such hot-plug
devices and a new Linux sound architecture.
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara
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