kernel

Over this column and the next one (and possibly the one after that, depending on how detailed we get), we're going to discuss kernel and module debugging using proc files. Specifically, we're going to discuss the seq_file implementation of proc files, which represents the newest and most powerful variation of the proc files we're interested in.

Linus reflects on today's 2.6.27 release...

Now you don't have to interrupt processes to put them to sleep; you can just kill them...

Another 2.6.27 prepatch, quite probably the last one... "Linus has released 2.6.27-rc8. "This one should be the last one: we're certainly not running out of regressions, but at the same time, at some point I just have to pick some point, and on the whole the regressions don't look _too_ scary." It is worth noting that the e1000e corruption problem remains unsolved; one assumes that the final 2.6.27 release will not happen before that gets fixed..."

Oracle reveals more details about it's kernel development participation..."The kernel is an integral part of Linux that manages system resources and provides services and APIs on top of hardware for all tools and applications to use. Building on a decade-long commitment to Linux, an experienced engineering team at Oracle continues to develop key Linux kernel technology for the open source community.

By Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz September is kernel month here at Linux Developer Network. While that might seem to be at an opposite pole from the "lightweight," "agile" programming in which this column specializes, there are actually many connections between kernel work and scripting.... [more]

As part of our month of kernel development coverage, Oracle has kindly allowed LDN to highlight some articles on their Oracle Technology Network site. This article is a good look inside what Oracle's doing for the kernel these days. In future months, Oracle will be contributing new content to LDN, so keep an eye out! -BKP

"Standing at the headwaters of the ecosystem that is Linux is the Linux Foundation and its executive director Jim Zemlin. The Linux Foundation was forged out of the merger of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group in 2007 as a new group with a new mandate for Linux..."

Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel.