Article title: The latest stable version of LinuxKernel 2.6.26 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 2.6.26 this morning, which is nearly three months away from 2.6.25 of the previous version 2008-04-17 (a new version is basically three months) and has passed 9 RC versions. 2.6.25 to 2.6.25.10, 2.4 series or 2.4.36.6. improvements in this version include read-only binding to mount, x86PAT (Page attribute table), and KVM virtualization enhancement. built-in memory tester. the security bit of each process, KGDB,/proc/pid/mountinfo and some related driver upgrades.
2.6.26 adds support for read-only bind mounts, x86 PAT (Page Attribute Tables ),
PCIExpress ASPM (Active State Power Management), ports of KVM to IA64, S390 and PPC, other KVM improvements including basic paravirtualizationsupport,
Preliminar support of the future 802.11 s wireless mesh standard,
Much improved webcam support thanks to a driver for UVC devices,
A built-in memory tester,
A kernel debugger,
BDI statistics and parameters exposure in/sys/class/bdi,
A new/proc/PID/mountinfo file for more accurate information about mounts, per-process securebits,
Device white-list for containers users,
Support for the OLPC,
Some new drivers and small improvements
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