Software-update: Linux Kernel 2.6.38

Maandag is versie 2.6.38 van de Linux Kernel vrijgegeven. De kernel is het hart van het besturingssysteem en zit, simpel gezegd, als laag tussen de hardware en de applicaties in. In versie 2.6.38 treffen we onder andere de mogelijkheid aan om automatisch processen te groeperen, is er het Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc Networking oftewel batman mesh-protocol en ondersteuning voor Amd Fusion grafische processoren.

Linux 2 6 38

This release adds support for a automatic process grouping (called "the wonder patch" in the news), significant scalability improvements in the VFS, Btrfs LZO compression and read-only snapshots, support for the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol (which helps to provide network connectivity in the presence of natural disasters, military conflicts or Internet censorship), transparent Huge Page support (without using hugetblfs), support for the AMD Fusion APUs, many drivers and other changes.

• Prominent features (the cool stuff)
  • Automatic process grouping (a.k.a. "the patch that does wonders")
  • VFS scalability: scaling the directory cache
  • Btrfs LZO compression, read-only snapshots
  • Transparent Huge Pages
  • B.A.T.M.A.N. Mesh protocol
  • Support for AMD Fusion Graphics
• Drivers and architectures
• Core
• CPU scheduler
• Memory management
• Block
• File systems
• Networking
• Crypto
• Virtualization
• Security
• Tracing/perf

Versienummer	2.6.38
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Linux, Linux AMD64, Linux IA-64
Website	Linux
Download	http://www.kernel.org/
Licentietype	Voorwaarden (GNU/BSD/etc.)