ONE MILLION new lines of code hit Linux Kernel

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ONE MILLION new lines of code hit Linux Kernel

#1 Post by Bindee »

4.2 rc1 is biggest … release … candidate … EVER

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/06 ... ux_kernel/

WOW , and 41 per cent of the entire patch is for new amd gpu headers.

:shock:

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#2 Post by slavvo67 »

Well, forgive my negativity but that's opens the door to quite a few errors in coding. I think Puppy proves that sometimes smaller is better. :wink:

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#3 Post by Flash »

Do they count the comments in the lines of code?

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#4 Post by Bindee »

Linus Torvalds warns he's in no mood to be polite as Linux 4.2 drags

Nowt 'disastrous', but current kernel candidate is in 'fairly annoying' state

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/03 ... _42_drags/

Already causing problems...........

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#5 Post by Scooby »

[quote] “quite a bit of low-level x86 changes: both source code re-organization for x86 entry code and lots of FPU handling cleanups.

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#6 Post by 8Geee »

My opinion bears repeating after reading this...
Its time to split the kernal into RISC, PAE, and non-PAE.

AMD's bid for their own kernel? :roll:
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Much improvements are occurring all around us.

#7 Post by gcmartin »

What did anyone expect when we see the changes in industry occurring. Same old thing does NOT fly. Never did. Over time we continue to see this occurring, not just in tech industry, but everywhere thruout time.

And, as usual, there will always be those who question the way. In the last 2 decades we have seen so much of this. It will continue.

I do recognize the obvious as hardware manufacturing, firmware ability, and capability is migrating into what is needed, today. Dont dismiss the fact that mainstream OSes,of which LInux is a member, are already privy to what is occurring, not to mention how the public is viewed to use this.

All of this is intended to meet the demand that will be generated in business and public space.

Code size is not what is important! Especially in the PCs built in the last decade! We must begin to understand this mere fact. PERFORMANCE is what OSes are doing and will continue doing as time moves forward. We are still a decade or 2 away from when hardware and code will match the processing speed and ability of the human brain.

In Puppyland, we will be the benefactors of Linux improvements.

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#8 Post by Bindee »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/17 ... eels_good/

Linux 4.2 release 'possible' for next week

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