LinuxKernel latest stable version 2.6.27 released

Article title: The latest stable version 2.6.27 of LinuxKernel is released. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Linus released the latest stable version kernel 2.6.27 this morning, which is nearly three months away from 2.6.26 of the previous version 2008-07-14 (a new version is basically three months) and has passed 9 RC versions. 2.6.26 to 2.6.26.6, 2.4 series is 2.4.36.7. improvements in this version include: the new flash-based UBIFS file system, lockless page caching, enhanced scalability and performance of direct I/O, and latency allocation of ext4, multi-queue network, device block layer integrity support, sysprof support, enhanced support for video cameras, support for Intel wireless 5000 series, RTL8187B NICs, and some other new drivers, and some other enhancements and fixes.

2.6.27 add a new filesystem (UBIFS) optimized for "pure" flash-based storage devices, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation for ext4, multiqueue networking, an alternative hibernation implementation based on kexec/kdump, data integrity support in the block layer for devices that support it, a simple tracer called ftrace, a mmio tracer, sysprof support, extraction of all the in-kernel's firmware to/lib/firmware, XEN support for saving/restorig VMs, improved video camera support, support for the Intel wireless 5000 series and RTL8187B network cards, a new ath9k driver for the Atheros AR5008 and AR9001 family of chipsets, more new drivers, improved support for others and other improvements and fixes.

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