Re: Linux 2.6.30-rc8

Michael S. Zick
2009-06-05T18:47:38Z

On Tue June 2 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> This is almost certainly the last -rc, and I debated even doing it. But
> rather than just do 2.6.30, I decided that I'd be better off doing a last
> -rc8 and then a real release probably this weekend.
>
> This has mostly driver and arch updates, with perhaps the intel drm/kms
> and network driver changes standing out, but there's powerpc, blackfin and
> arm updates too. Admittedly, the two biggest parts of the powerpc update
> are a revert and a defconfig update.
>
> A lot of small stuff, fixing a few regressions (and at least one bugzilla
> entry going back to 2.6.24). The small stuff does matter. Please test.
>
> Linus
>

Today's test build for VIA powered NetBooks is posted (as -09156):
Details at:
http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=7043#p7043

Summary:
Yesterday's (last night's, this morning's) record holder (9+ hours)
plus the changes proposed by Dave Jones and Bob Copeland.

Mike