----- Original Message ----- From: "sukrit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:11 AM Subject: [little_league] Linux kernel 2.6 developments to watch
> Linux kernel 2.6 developments to watch > > From: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/2003/0721linux1.html > > By Phil Hochmuth > Network World Linux Newsletter, 07/21/03 > > The Linux 2.6 kernel last week took a step closer to production, as Linux > creator Linus Torvalds released a beta version of the code for the open > source community to test. > > The release of the 2.6 code essentially puts a stop to the development of new > features for the new kernel, which means developers can get to work debugging > and fine-tuning the features that will eventually be in the next-generation > Linux. > > Enterprise Linux users will see many of the new features in the production 2.6 > kernel, which is expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2004. > > Among the features being packed into Version 2.6 is support for embedded > processors. While the Linux 2.4 kernel has undergone many tweaks in order for > it to run on small devices, 2.6 will consolidate this work, allowing the > Linux code to run on platforms from such embedded system makers as Motorola, > Lineo, NEC and Hitachi. You could probably expect to see an even bigger wave > of small devices, from PDAs to network appliances, running Linux down the > road. > > Also new to 2.6 will be support for Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA), a server > technology used on some of the largest multi-processor systems. NUMA allows > processors in a server to access pools of memory in separate banks. This > allows processors to draw from memory that is closest to the chip, rather > than in standard symmetrical multiprocessing, where processors draw on a > common shared pool of RAM. Support for NUMA could put Linux in some of the > biggest Iron servers the operating system has seen. > > Wireless is another development in 2.6 that users should keep an eye on. While > wireless support - whether it be 802.11, Bluetooth or infrared - has been > developed for Linux over time, the 2.6 kernel will organize and compile > wireless support into a common subsystem and API. This development could > allow wireless applications to be developed more easily for Linux, and also > make Linux-based machines better at roaming in a 802.11 infrastructure. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
