Linux 2.4.18 Released 391
Kourino writes: "Marcelo
announced the release of 2.4.18 a couple hours ago after 4 release candidates, but the tree marked 2.4.18 on kernel.org is
missing the -rc4 patch that finally made the kernel releasable. Basically, what's marked as 2.4.18 is really -rc3, and what's marked as -rc4 is what should have become 2.4.18. According to Marcelo on #kernelnewbies, most users won't be affected, but people on SPARC systems should definitely grab 2.4.18-rc4. Your best bet is probably just to get 2.4.17 and patch to 2.4.18-rc4. Seems 2.4 is destined to be an "interesting" release branch ^_^; For the new release, head over to your favorite kernel.org mirror. (Marcelo will set things straight in 2.4.19-pre1.)"
Few things you should know :) (Score:3, Informative)
2.4.17 is actually quite stable on my old SS20's - one of which is doing firewall stuff right now on att broadband.
2.4.19-pre1 is out now. (Score:5, Informative)
That was quick. (It includes a lot more stuff than just the patch missing from rc4).
Re:Sience this patch seems mostly for the Sparc. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:this is an enterprise ready os? (Score:2, Informative)
Linux/SPARC (Score:5, Informative)
Anyone using a SPARC/Linux machine that wants the latest and greatest should always turn to the
vger.samba.org [samba.org] sparc/linux kernel cvs tree. It's always got the latest stuff for both 64-bit and 32-bit SPARCs (and networking as well).
That said, 64-bit SPARC machines should run fine with the recent kernels. For the 32-bit SPARC machines, I can only comment on the sun4m and sun4c machine. Currently, the sun4m machines should boot and be ok... the sun4c machines do not.
sun4m machines: ss20, ss10, ss5, ss4, lx, classic, javastations
sun4c machines: ss2, ss1+, ss1, ipx, ipc, slc, elc
Re:What a silly thing to do (Score:3, Informative)
2.4.18 IS OK? (Score:2, Informative)
Has anyone had an opportunity to check?
Here's a link to the chap saying it's ok:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel
Re:How about a new Slashdot feature. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:2.4.19-pre1 is out now. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Just give me a kernel that turns off my compute (Score:4, Informative)
make menuconfig
General Setup -> Power Management support -> Advanced Power Management BIOS support -> Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off
This should fix it