It includes a new configuration option "make nconfig".

It's based on ncurses, like "make menuconfig" but the user interface is nicer.

Interesting...

I'm still hoping for a way to configure the kernel where I can edit a file that lists EVERY option (and suboption, etc ... leaving nothing out for the selected architecture). Just dropping in my own config file isn't the same, since the saved config files don't have all options in them.

@Skaperen: run "make config", "make allyesconfig" or "make allmodconfig", as you like.

It seems like only yesterday that I was compiling 2.0.35

lol @ mostlyharmless

my first kernel experience was 2.4.33.3 !

I am running 2.6.35 right now without issue - works just as well as the last release, but if you follow ChangeLogs, you'll notice a lot of new stuff (improvements) in both .35 and .34 over previous versions.

I did try the nconfig menu, and found it to be ugly as heck - needs some colorizing at the least, and maybe some borders around the popup boxes (one or both, to aid in distinguishing popup boxes from background text). Functionally, it's better than menuconfig IMO, though it seems it would take a few builds to get used to the nconfig keys/buttons.

I prefer xconfig over all.

@Skaperen: 'make oldconfig' is probably what you want.

It asks you about all the new (added) options that don't exist in your config file from the previous (old) kernel, and carries forward all the other old options without asking you.

It was too long ago to remember exactly, but 1.1.46 rings a bell with me for some reason. I can certainly remember building 1.1.89 and then being really excited when 1.2 was released.

Anyway, nostalgia aside... As well as the new .35 branch, there's also been releases of 34.2 33.7 and a 32.17.

Slackware 13.1 shipped with the .33 branch and 33.7 will be the last of that branch so folks running that need to plan what they're going to do in future when new security vulnerabilities are found. Downgrade to .32 for the long-term or upgrade to .35 and chase the leading edge seems to be the choice at hand.

I'm not sure which I'm going to run at the moment but either way I don't run .0's if I can help it.

I had some problems with the TG3 driver, but found a patch that has seemed to fix it. there was a huge number of updates to this driver in the changelog.
Anyone else run into any problems with Broadcom?

I would bet that there will be a quick .1 release because there were about 10 Russian posts within the first 14 hours of release. The only thing I could read in them was TG3

john

WRONG AGAIN!
It seems the patch was not required
dhcpcd was timing out during boot
result no network
after logging in if I run dhcpcd from command line
the network hooks up fine buisness
My guess is dhcpcd is running too early during boot-up
thanks
john

Has anybody tried AUFS with 2.6.35?

There aren't any patches for 2.6.35 yet, but the 2.6.34 patches seem to apply cleanly.

Not sure aufs will ever make its way in a mainline kernel...

Anyhow, would I ever want to try it, I'd follow this page and pull it from git, either as a standalone kernel module or with full kernel source files, instead of patching a mainline kernel.

Sasha, do you not see something like this?

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Bruce,

similar to that, minus the borders around stuff. Thinking about it now, the reason may have been due to my terminal settings (I start xterms with a launch script). Lemme go and try it with a 'stock' terminal... Back in a few moments.


Yep, that was it, Bruce.

Just ran nconfig in a black-backgrounded `konsole` and it looked like your pic. Thanks - though I still prefer xconfig for within X; I think the nconfig will be good in a VT though (where I usually don't rebuild kernels unless something went awry on the last build).

I still remember back when I compiled my first kernel, the 2.6.35 (way back then). But seriously, this is the first time I have attempted to compile a kernel myself. It is compiling right now. :-)

I'm thinking I might give it a shot by following AlienBobs how-to, mainly just for learning purposes. Wish me luck