-ar patchset

Why does the world need yet another kernel patchset? There are a couple of reasons, basically. The first is that I have a bunch of free time coming up, and I want to get back in sync with the kernel hacking process. The other is that I want to strike a balance: a little more experimental than -ck, but with less heavy updating and (I hope) potential instability than -mm.

I intend to release mostly for release kernels only; this one is for 2.6.7-rc3 because I'm impatient and because that is what Con is currently syncing up with.

All that being said, at http://hobbs.dynup.net/patches/2.6.7-rc3-ar1/ you can find the initial version of the patch, with staircase, autoregulate-swappiness, supermount-ng, ext3 and reiser improvements, and a free toy in every box. Passes the boot test on i386; if it breaks anywhere that rc3 doesn't, I'd love to hear about it. If it makes your machine twice as fast, I'd love to hear about that too.

Andrew Rodland < [email protected] >

P.S. I read via GMANE, so Cc:ing me if you want my attention couldn't hurt.

I don't intend to make announcements on a regular basis, but -ar2 is out for 2.6.7-rc3, with submount and some scheduler improvements. Since everyone seems to be looking in the directory I posted earlier, I should probably mention that http://hobbs.dynup.net/patches/ is holding new releases in the obvious way. I'm still hunting for any other patches that improve user experience, especially for desktop users, but I think I like where I am so far, and that it's quite easily maintainable at this point.

Cheers
Andrew Rodland < [email protected]> via GMANE