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Old 10-21-2010, 09:50 AM   #1
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Linux 2.6.36 is out


Cheers! I see that Linux 2.6.36 is out.

Linus' blurb: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/20/409
Changelog: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_36

I will probably be testing it later today with Slackware 13.1 x64. If you are using it already, please let us know how that works out for you.
 
Old 10-21-2010, 10:51 AM   #2
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FYI, Con Kolivas' patchset (with BFS scheduler) that applies to it is out also

http://ck-hack.blogspot.com/2010/10/2636-ck1.html

Last edited by ponce; 10-21-2010 at 10:59 AM.
 
Old 10-21-2010, 11:50 AM   #3
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ponce, you mean Ck is back working on kernel stuff?
 
Old 10-21-2010, 11:54 AM   #4
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ponce, you mean Ck is back working on kernel stuff?
I've been using his patches for 2.6.34 for awhile, haven't bothered with new kernels since then.
 
Old 10-21-2010, 12:14 PM   #5
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yes gnashley, he got back with new motivation when he read this xkcd comic, "supported features"

http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/su...d_features.png


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Old 10-21-2010, 12:32 PM   #6
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yes gnashley, he got back with new motivation when he read this xkcd comic, "supported features"

http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/su...d_features.png

Meh, that's Adobe's fault.
 
Old 10-21-2010, 12:39 PM   #7
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yes, he blame them too in the faq

Quote:
Thanks to the guys in irc.oftc.net #ck for inspiration to work on this and
early testing! Many of them sat idle in that channel for years while nothing
happened. The xkcd comic supported_features also helped motivate this
work. Yes I know you probably still can't watch full screen videos on youtube,
but that's not entirely the scheduler's fault.
but, on that side, with webm/html5 things are getting better

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Old 10-21-2010, 01:40 PM   #8
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Code:
make: ygcc: Command not found
when executing
Quote:
make bzImage modules
anybody?

Latest 2.6.35.7 reacts properly.
 
Old 10-21-2010, 03:14 PM   #9
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2.6.36

Built and running using config-generic-2.6.35
64 bit no multi-lib
no problems so far
needed to update the Nvidia driver

Anyone know when nouveau will be usable?

thanks
john

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Old 10-21-2010, 03:36 PM   #10
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Code:
make: ygcc: Command not found
I don't think make bzImage modules is valid. I just upgraded to .36 using

Code:
make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install
Worked without any issues. Try make help in the source.
 
Old 10-21-2010, 11:25 PM   #11
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It's been valid for years, so I don't think it's the problem. Probably something went wrong during gcc-multilib upgrade few hours earlier.

Update:
Quote:
cd /usr/bin
ln -s gcc ygcc

Last edited by tomtomjkw; 10-21-2010 at 11:28 PM. Reason: Too early, no coffee
 
Old 10-21-2010, 11:33 PM   #12
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I have used it on my desktop and laptop and so far, so good
The latest NVidia driver 260.12.19 is compatible with it and if you are running VMWare Workstation, i have found a workaround patch to make it work with 2.6.36 and i have posted it on my blog: http://slackblogs.blogspot.com/2010/...ux-kernel.html
 
Old 10-21-2010, 11:34 PM   #13
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Quote:
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Code:
make: ygcc: Command not found
when executing anybody?

Latest 2.6.35.7 reacts properly.
In my case, i used:
Code:
make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install
 
Old 10-22-2010, 12:54 AM   #14
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I don't think make bzImage modules is valid.
It is valid. See Alien Bob's site: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...rnelbuilding&s[]=kernel&s[]=compile
I build my kernels this way every time.

I think, the problem is the y in front of gcc.
 
Old 10-22-2010, 01:24 AM   #15
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My guess is that the "y" prefix comes from the make *config (probably from some cross compiling option), env var or even a patch. I'd try with a clean source tree.


As for the "make bzImage modules", the GNU make [1] takes the following args[2]:
Code:
 make [ -f makefile ] [ options ] ... [ targets ] ...
In this case, "bzImage" and "modules" are targets and the command should be valid - assuming he is using the GNU make[1].


I have been using this kernel for a couple of hours now. The only problem i have had so far is that sometimes (usually when i open an OpenGL application or start a video playback with either mplayer or vlc) my screen "blinks" for 1-2sec.


[1] I'm not sure if the non-GNU versions accept multiple targets.
[2] From the man make(1)
 
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