Linux Kernel 2.6.35 improves network performance

Another quarter has passed. Linus Torvalds also released the latest official Linux Kernel version 2.6.35 on schedule. This is the main line version of Linux kernel mainstream ).

Linux Kernel 2.6.35 has the following features:

◆ Receive packet steering receiving package control from Google)

◆ Receive flow steering receiving stream control from Google)

◆ Memory compression Memory compaction)

◆ Direct I/O support for Btrfs

◆ Added a new driver

The two new features donated by Google can allocate network processing loads among multiple CPUs of the system to improve network processing performance.

Linux 2.6.35 Kernel introduces the ATI power management support for the Radeon KMS Open Source graphics card driver and the Intel H of the new Intel GMA integrated chipset. 264 VA-API video acceleration support, Radeon DRI2 synchronization and switching, Btrfs file system improvement, network incoming load processor core distribution RPS and RFS support, etc.

In terms of performance, the development of Linux 2.6.35 Kernel had experienced a severe performance decline for a short time by the end of May, but fortunately it was quickly repaired and now everything is normal. In general, the performance of the new kernel is basically the same as that of the previous version, except for the Btrfs file system.

Linus Torvalds also announced a new policy that will strictly limit the addition of new code to the Git code tree after the release of the new kernel RC1 candidate version, greatly reducing the maintenance workload. In Linux 2.6.36 Kernel, he will continue to adhere to this policy.

Linux 2.6.35 Kernel will be quickly adopted by releases such as Ubuntu 10.10. Later we will see detailed performance tests on the new Kernel.

See http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_35 for details.

Download: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.35.tar.bz2