Kernel Log: 2.6.27 nearing completion; Btrfs to be added to the kernel?
Linus Torvalds hinted that the eighth release candidate (RC) of Linux 2.6.27, would be the last RC prior to release of the next major kernel revision saying "So yet another week, another -rc. This one should be the last one". Usually, once such a hint is dropped, it takes one to two weeks for the next version to be released, but then it is not unusual for yet another RC to appear despite such signals.
Torvalds pointed out, however, that there are still regressions, new issues which were not apparent problems on 2.6.26. His comments led to further discussion about the problem of damaged Intel network hardware believed to be associated with the e1000e driver and the version 2.6.27 release candidates (1, 2). According to the latest status report, posted by Intel developer Jesse Brandeburg, developers still have not found the exact cause of the problem. That is why no one is really sure if the patches that Brandeburg and other kernel hackers have developed actually prevent damage to data in the network EEPROM.
While Brandeburg and numerous other kernel hackers]continue to search for the cause of the bug, other developers have already announced wish lists of new functions and improvements that they would like to incorporate into version 2.6.28. In future, the Libata subsystem will support disk shock protection, for instance, and four new drivers for network chips manufactured by Atheros, Cisco, Jmicron and Qlogic will be added. KVM's developers have already prepared three series of patches (1, 2, 3); patches contained in this series will give KVM guests access to PCI devices.
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