Re: Linux 2.1

[jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl (J.H.M.Dassen)]

> No for a 2.0.x patch, but yes as the development of 2.1 has started on Sep 30
> with a 2.0.21-2.1.0 patch of 310 kB gzipped!!! Now, I haven't looked into
> Usenet in a long time, so have you heard what the kernel development is up to
> these days?  Are the goals of 2.1 public somewhere?

I've not seen any formal goals of 2.1 yet, but I think we can expect a
few nice developments (e.g. inclusion of IPv6 code and maybe full integration
of a number of non-{intel,alpha} ports).

> Anyway, as 2.0 seems to have converged (no patch since Sep 20), we might want
> to compile a new set of kernel-{image,source,headers}, bootdisks, pcmcia
> modules etc.

2.0 is not yet converged. Linus has stated he expects to release a number
of bug-fixes for 2.0 (arp NULL pointer dereference, SCSI tape), and 
possibly a defence against SYN floods.

Ray
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