Linux Kernel 2.6.29 released!

haxit · 2009-03-24 23:01:38

anrxc wrote:

Careful, networking seems to be broken http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ker … cus=811417

I laugh in the face of kernel errors.
No, I seriously do this:
Edit: NSFW - Allan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

Last edited by Allan (2009-03-24 23:59:05)

skottish · 2009-03-24 23:21:22

haxit wrote:

anrxc wrote:
Careful, networking seems to be broken http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ker … cus=811417
I laugh in the face of kernel errors.
No, I seriously do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

Please mark links like this as "Not safe for work". Or better yet, don't post stuff like this at all.

szymon_g · 2009-03-25 00:38:07

oh, seems that phoronix tested it already

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a … arks&num=1

thats link to benchmarks of kernels from 2.6.24 to 29

CheesyBeef · 2009-03-25 00:46:53

szymon_g wrote:

oh, seems that phoronix tested it already
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a … arks&num=1
thats link to benchmarks of kernels from 2.6.24 to 29

I saw that - very interesting article

generic_ · 2009-03-25 07:12:03

Well can anyone tell a big difference? I just finished the perfect "formula" for my custom 2.6.28 kernel about 3 weeks ago! I'm going to miss .28...

Themaister · 2009-03-25 07:30:13

Careful, networking seems to be broken http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ker … cus=811417.

Yup ... Noticed this. All of a sudden, the network just stopped working out of nowhere. Had to restart. Happened three times in a row, so ... Back to 2.6.28.8

Dieter@be · 2009-03-25 09:54:05

haxit wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

lol

fukawi2 · 2009-03-25 11:14:38

Uhhhhhh, that was random

Bralkein · 2009-03-25 15:54:40

I read that starting with 2.6.29 the kernel will contain some experimental technology to make the kernel boot faster by using asynchronous function calls. Supposedly these features can be enabled by appending "fastboot" to the kernel boot parameters in GRUB/LILO. There's an article about it somewhere on LWN. Since so many people around here seem to be interested in cutting boot times, I was wondering if anyone had tried it?

P.S. This is an experimental feature I think so I'm definitely not encouraging you to use something that might murder your system or anything ;-)

bangkok_manouel · 2009-03-25 16:38:00

Bralkein wrote:

I read that starting with 2.6.29 the kernel will contain some experimental technology to make the kernel boot faster by using asynchronous function calls. Supposedly these features can be enabled by appending "fastboot" to the kernel boot parameters in GRUB/LILO. There's an article about it somewhere on LWN. Since so many people around here seem to be interested in cutting boot times, I was wondering if anyone had tried it?
P.S. This is an experimental feature I think so I'm definitely not encouraging you to use something that might murder your system or anything ;-)

bootchart says i saved 1 second...

[edit] YAY! [/edit]

Last edited by bangkok_manouel (2009-03-25 16:40:27)

litemotiv · 2009-03-25 18:55:18

fijam wrote:

Will KMS be enabled by default in Arch?

X doesn't work well with kernel-KMS enabled when there's no compatible driver, so i guess (hope) not since only Intel works for now.

Running a KMS-enabled X without kernel-KMS should not be a problem though.

(source)

haxit · 2009-03-25 19:19:48

skottish wrote:

haxit wrote:
anrxc wrote:
Careful, networking seems to be broken http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ker … cus=811417
I laugh in the face of kernel errors.
No, I seriously do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
Please mark links like this as "Not safe for work". Or better yet, don't post stuff like this at all.

Sorry about that, didn't realize it was THAT bad
Lol.

Well other than that. I heard this is in testing. I updated ABS and I don't see it...

Last edited by haxit (2009-03-25 19:20:27)

dyscoria · 2009-03-25 19:38:55

Haven't tried the kernel in testing, but my own compiled 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless connection (intel wireless 3945ABG) and judging from the various threads around internet it isn't my kernel options that are the cause but a regression/bug (from my brief glances it seems possibly something to do with code concerning SSID).

Cypher · 2009-03-25 20:27:43

dyscoria wrote:

Haven't tried the kernel in testing, but my own compiled 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless connection (intel wireless 3945ABG) and judging from the various threads around internet it isn't my kernel options that are the cause but a regression/bug (from my brief glances it seems possibly something to do with code concerning SSID).

what about wlan speed ?, read that should be faster than 2.6.28?

http://www.osnews.com/permalink?354689

Last edited by Cypher (2009-03-25 20:32:26)

dyscoria · 2009-03-25 20:34:03

Cypher wrote:

dyscoria wrote:
Haven't tried the kernel in testing, but my own compiled 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless connection (intel wireless 3945ABG) and judging from the various threads around internet it isn't my kernel options that are the cause but a regression/bug (from my brief glances it seems possibly something to do with code concerning SSID).
what about wlan speed ?, read that should be faster than 2.6.28?
http://www.osnews.com/permalink?354689

Well considering the 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless i'm getting a wlan speed of zero

Cypher · 2009-03-25 20:40:42

dyscoria wrote:

Cypher wrote:
dyscoria wrote:
Haven't tried the kernel in testing, but my own compiled 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless connection (intel wireless 3945ABG) and judging from the various threads around internet it isn't my kernel options that are the cause but a regression/bug (from my brief glances it seems possibly something to do with code concerning SSID).
what about wlan speed ?, read that should be faster than 2.6.28?
http://www.osnews.com/permalink?354689
Well considering the 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless i'm getting a wlan speed of zero

sorry

skottish · 2009-03-26 00:08:13

There will be an update very quickly to fix the network issues:

http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 10887.html

CheesyBeef · 2009-03-26 00:18:17

So far, after about an hour and a half of uptime, there have been no network problems for me with the 2.6.29 kernel in testing.

Cypher · 2009-03-26 00:18:22

just compiled 2.6.29 in my system, have a vostro1400 and wireless works fine, and the kwin efects feels more smooth that with 2.6.28

with 2.6.29+kms+xorg-server1.6 finally can run opengl apps smoth?, remember read something about dri2...

Zariel · 2009-03-26 09:45:36

Just built .29, no problems so far. Seems faster and the boot seems faster than .28, hmm async boot :>

Dieter@be · 2009-03-26 13:03:03

dyscoria wrote:

what about wlan speed ?, read that should be faster than 2.6.28?
Well considering the 2.6.29 kernel breaks my wireless i'm getting a wlan speed of zero

:lol::lol:

skottish · 2009-03-26 16:57:53

It was mentioned on the mailing list and I'll bring it up here because it happened to me. All four of my ext4 partitions threw the "primary superblock features different from backup" error and ran the disk check. Three out of four were on the second boot after installing the new kernel, that last on the third. I searched around and most of the hits were related to ext4-dev (or whatever it was called). Is anyone else here seeing this?

Arkane · 2009-03-26 17:28:38

No trouble with ext4.

haxit · 2009-03-26 19:24:00

Woot, I see it in /var/abs! Pro.

hatten · 2009-03-26 19:58:53

i almost didn't even notice. ext4 here too.

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