Season 2 – Episode 4 – 2023/04/24 Summary The latest stable kernel is Linux 6.3, released by Linus Torvalds on Sunday, April 23rd, 2023. The latest mainline (development) kernel is 6.3. The Linux 6.4 “merge window” is open. Linux 6.3 Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.3, noting, “It’s been a calm release this…
Read MoreSeason 2 – Episode 3 – 2023/03/09 Summary The latest stable kernel is Linux 6.2.2, released by Greg Kroah-Hartman on March 3rd 2023. The latest mainline (development) kernel is 6.3-rc1, released by Linus on March 5th 2023. Mathieu Desnoyers has announced Userspace RCU release 0.14.0 which adopts a baseline requirement of C99 and C++11, and…
Read MoreSummary The latest stable kernel is Linux 6.1.11, released by Greg K-H on February 9th 2023. The latest mainline (development) kernel is 6.2-rc7, released on February 5th 2023. Linux 6.2 progress A typical kernel development cycle begins with the “merge window” (period of time during which disruptive changes are allowed to be merged into the…
Read MoreThe Linux “Kernel Podcast” returns from a long hiatus for a new “season 2”. Our host Jon Masters introduces the new season, and summarizes recent happenings during Linux 6.2 development.
Read MorePrologue This is the pilot episode for what will become season 2 of the Linux Kernel Podcast. Back in 2008-2009 I recorded a daily “kernel podcast” that summarized the happenings of the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML). Eventually, daily became a little too much, and the podcast went weekly, followed by…not. This time around, I’m…
Read MoreLinux 4.12 final is released, the 4.13 merge window opens, and various assorted ongoing kernel development is described in detail
Read MoreLinux 4.12-rc1 (including a full summary of the 4.12 merge window), Linux 4.11 final is released, saving TLB flushes, various ongoing development, and a bunch of announcements
Read MoreLinux 4.11-rc8, updating kernel.org cross compilers, Intel 5-level paging, v3 namespaced file capabilities, and ongoing development
Read MoreLinus Torvalds announces Linux 4.11-rc7, a kernel security update bonanza, the end of Kconfig maintenance, automatic NUMA balancing, movable memory, a bug in synchronize_rcu_tasks, and ongoing development. The Linux 4.12 merge window…
Read MoreLinus Torvalds announces Linux 4.11-rc6, Intel Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA), Coherent Device Memory (CDM), Paravirtualized Remote TLB Flushing,kernel lockdown, the latest on Intel 5-level paging, and other assorted ongoing…
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