http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Android_keert_mogelijk_terug_in_Linux-kernel.html De Linux-community en Google onderhandelen weer over de opname van de Android-source code in de Linux-kernel. Eerder werd Android-code de deur gewezen omdat Google werk aan de kernel verwaarloosde. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Android_and_the_Linux_Kernel_Community.html An anonymous reader links to Greg Kroah-Hartman's explanation of a rift (hopefully mendable) in the development culture of Google's Linux-based Android OS and the Linux kernel itself. "As the Android kernel code is now gone from the Linux kernel, as of the 2.6.33 kernel release, I'm starting to get a lot of questions about what happened, and what to do next with regards to Android. So here's my opinion on the whole matter ..."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Android-code_geschrapt_uit_Linux-kernel.html Drivers voor Android zijn vanaf versie 2.6.33 uit de Linux-kernel verwijderd. Volgens de maintainer van de Linux-drivercode verwaarloost Google de code. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux_Kernel_2.6.32_Released.html diegocg writes "Linus Torvalds has officially released the version 2.6.32 of the Linux kernel. New features include virtualization memory de-duplication, a rewrite of the writeback code faster and more scalable, many important Btrfs improvements and speedups, ATI R600/R700 3D and KMS support and other graphic improvements, a CFQ low latency mode, tracing improvements including a "perf timechart" tool that tries to be a better bootchart, soft limits in the memory controller, support for the S+Core architecture, support for Intel Moorestown and its new firmware interface, run time power management support, and many other improvements and new drivers. See the full changelog for more details."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Deadline_Scheduling_Proposed_For_the_Linux_Kernel.html c1oud writes "At the last Real-Time Linux Workshop, held in September in Dresden, there has been a lot of discussion about the possibility of enhancing real-time capabilities of Linux by adding a new scheduling class to the Linux kernel. According to most kernel developers, this new scheduling class should be based on the Earliest Deadline First (EDF) real-time algorithm. The first draft of the scheduling class has been called 'SCHED_EDF,' and it was proposed and discussed on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) just before the workshop. Recently, a second version of the scheduling class (called 'SCHED_DEADLINE,' to meet the request of some kernel developers) has been proposed. Moreover, the code has been moved to a public git repository on Gitorius. The implementation is part of a FP7 European project called ACTORS, and financially supported by the European commission. More details are available."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Torvalds%3A_Linux-kernel_is_%27bloated%27_en_%27uit_zijn_voegen_gegroeid%27.html Linus Torvalds, de Fin die aan de wieg stond van de Linux-kernel, heeft op de LinuxCon in Portland zijn opensource-OS getypeerd als 'bloated', 'eng' en 'uit zijn voegen gegroeid'. Toch zou de ontwikkeling van de kernel goed verlopen. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Microsoft_doneert_Hyper_V-drivers_aan_Linux-kernel.html Microsoft doneert drie van zijn device drivers aan de Linux-kernel om de prestaties van gevirtualiseerde Linux-omgevingen op Windows-servers te verbeteren. Naar verwachting zal de code in de volgende versie van Linux, versie 2.6.32, opduiken. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux_Kernel_2.6_Local_Root_Exploit.html aquatix writes "This local root exploit (Debian, Ubuntu) seems to work everywhere I try it, as long as it's a Linux kernel version 2.6.17 to 2.6.24.1. If you don't trust your users (which you shouldn't), better compile a new kernel without vmsplice." Here is millw0rm's proof-of-concept code.Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux-kernel_krijgt_ingebouwde_virtualisatiesoftware.html Een van de nieuwe features in versie 2.6.20 van de Linux-kernel is de virtualisatiesoftware KVM. Een groot verschil met concurrerende software van onder meer XenSource en VMware is dat KVM onderdeel is van de kernel, wat een performancevoordeel kan bieden. De KVM-software bestaat uit twee delen: een kernelmodule en een userspacecomponent. De kernelmodule zorgt ervoor dat geheugen- en I/O-aanroe... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux-kernel_krijgt_ingebouwde_virtualisatiesoftware.html Een van de nieuwe features in versie 2.6.20 van de Linux-kernel is de virtualisatiesoftware KVM. Een groot verschil met concurrerende software van onder meer XenSource en VMware is dat KVM onderdeel is van de kernel, wat een performancevoordeel kan bieden. De KVM-software bestaat uit twee delen: een kernelmodule en een userspacecomponent. De kernelmodule zorgt ervoor dat geheugen- en I/O-aanroe... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Weakness_In_Linux_Kernel%27s_Binary_Format.html Goodfellas writes, "This document aims to demonstrate a design weakness found in the handling of simply linked lists used to register binary formats handled by the Linux kernel. It affects all the kernel families (2.0/2.2/2.4/2.6), allowing the insertion of infection modules in kernel space that can be used by malicious users to create infection tools, for example rootkits. Proof of concept, details, and proposed solution (in PDF form): English, Spanish. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux_Kernel_Developers%27_Position_on_GPLv3.html A group of 29 Linux kernel developers have recently come together and produced a position statement on GPLv3 [.pdf|.txt] explaining why they don't like the GPLv3. "The three key objections noted in section 5 are individually and collectively sufficient reason for us to reject the current licence proposal. [...] We foresee the release of GPLv3 portends the Balkanisation of the entire Open Source Universe upon which we rely." They've also run a GPLv3 poll. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux_Kernel_Developers%27_Position_on_GPLv3.html diegocgteleline.es writes "A group of 29 Linux kernel developers have recently come together and produced a position statement on GPLv3 (PDF, txt) explaining why, essentially, they don't like it. 'The three key objections noted in section 5 are individually and collectively sufficient reason for us to reject the current licence proposal ... we foresee the release of GPLv3 portends the Balkanisation of the entire Open Source Universe upon which we rely'. They've also run a GPLv3 poll" http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux_Kernel_2.6.18_Released.html The Linux kernel 2.6.18 was released, changelog is 3 MB in file size. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Loadable_Linux_Kernel_Modules_and_Device_Drivers.html A 28-page book chapter about loadable Linux kernel modules and device drivers is available for free download on LinuxDevices.com. The chapter, an excerpt from the second edition of 'Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications', shows how kernel modules can be loaded, unloaded, compiled, and architected. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Linux_Kernel_2.4.33.2.html Willy Tarreau heeft op Kernel.org een nieuwe Linux Kernel uitgebracht in de 2.4-tak en deze voorzien van 2.4.33.2 als het exacte versienummer. Alle veranderingen van 2.4.32 tot 2.4.33 zijn op deze plek na te lezen en de veranderingen van 2.4.33 tot 2.4.33.2 zien er als volgt uit:... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Openwall_Linux_kernel_patch_2.4.33-ow1_%28Linux_2.4_branch%29.html The Openwall Linux kernel patch is a collection of security "hardening" features for the Linux kernel. In addition to the new features, some versions of the patch contain various security fixes. The "hardening" features of the patch, while not a complete method of protection, provide an extra layer of security against the easier ways to exploit certain classes of vulnerabilities and/or reduce the impact of those vulnerabilities. The patch can also add a little bit more privacy to the system by restricting access to parts of /proc so that users may not see what others are doing.License: GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:This release was updated to Linux 2.4.33.Source: http://rss.freshmeat.net/~r/freshmeat/feeds/fm-releases-global/~3/13278221/ http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/A_Survey_on_Linux_Kernel_Quality.html As has been reported on LWN recently [OSNews coverage], Andrew Morton (one of the core Linux kernel developers) has been heard to worry that bugs are being added to the kernel more quickly than they are being fixed. But it is hard to know for sure. In an attempt to obtain a little more data on the problem, Andrew has asked LWN to run a survey of its subscribers. The results will, hopefully, shed some light on how a wider part of the community sees the kernel quality issue; they will be discussed at the upcoming kernel summit. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:06 +0100