2.6.0 is there!
December 18, 2003 04:31 AM
OMGOMG, the 2.6.0 kernel is out!
It''s compile time!!!
www.kernel.org
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December 18, 2003 04:39 AM
And it''s great for Gamedev - Proper pre-emption, extended USB gaming device support (Joystick programming with Force Feedback is a cinch in Linux compared to DX). Must download and compile!!!! Yey! It even has XBOX and PS2 game controller drivers built-in. ALSA has proper RTC support too!
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December 18, 2003 07:56 AM
quote: Original post by pkelly83
And it''s great for Gamedev - Proper pre-emption, extended USB gaming device support (Joystick programming with Force Feedback is a cinch in Linux compared to DX). Must download and compile!!!! Yey! It even has XBOX and PS2 game controller drivers built-in. ALSA has proper RTC support too!
What do you mean by ''proper preemption''? sorry to ask but i''m not deeply involved on *nix''es
-Mat
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December 18, 2003 11:18 AM
So who''s tried it yet? And what do you think of it so far?
I''m probably going to wait until about 2.6.3 or so to start using it, unless I hear lots of good things about it.
I''m probably going to wait until about 2.6.3 or so to start using it, unless I hear lots of good things about it.
December 18, 2003 11:47 AM
Well, I''m compiling it right now. But I don''t expect much differences in comparison to the recent test releases I''ve used. It just got "stable", but I don''t think I''ll even notice anything.
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December 18, 2003 11:55 AM
quote: Original post by matias suarez
What do you mean by 'proper preemption'? sorry to ask but i'm not deeply involved on *nix'es
-Mat
The Scheduler was O(n) now it's O(1) (not sure about that). So Linux was not very fast with many tasks and under load it wasn't as responsible as Windows.
There's a article about that here: http://developer.osdl.org/craiger/hackbench/
For example Mozilla now reacts very smoothly if you compile something with GCC at the same time, with 2.4 I got many short lags while browsing
[edited by - noVum on December 18, 2003 12:56:42 PM]
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December 18, 2003 03:10 PM
Been running it for months. (think -test1....now) Very stable for me. In fact I''ve only had 1 non-critical problem that lasted about a day before it got patched.
Try it. It won''t nuke your machine...
Try it. It won''t nuke your machine...
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December 19, 2003 12:53 AM
*Waiting for the source to propagate into Debian Sid.*
I know I don''t have to wait, but I''m in no hurry.
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