------------------------------------------------------- Changes - 2.6.24-rc6-zen0 - Released 12/2X/07 ------------------------------------------------------- Added support for 1000 and 10000 mbps Network Cards (sorry about that guys) Added madwifi (Atheros) Support Built With Special KBUILD Flags for Speed AMD C1E Fix Implemented to Allow Dynticks and High Resolution Timers for AMD Users Genetic IO Schedulers now an option, not built for Desktop debs as they are more for servers Removed EARLY_PRINTK, as it adds size and ugliness New config option: 216hz for quad-core users ------------------------------------------------------- Changes - 2.6.24-rc5-zen0 - Released 12/12/07 ------------------------------------------------------- Trying out some new options and patches for performance, trying more low-latency settings Disabled Preemptive RCU due to conflicts Having troubles with nVidia drivers? Let us know about it. Missing hardware support? Let us know...(I couldn't find the Gigabyte Network Adapter anywhere) I may release a followup to this version in a day or so, after playing with some config options. ------------------------------------------------------- Changes - 2.6.24-rc4-zen1 - Released 12/10/07 ------------------------------------------------------- Applied fix for the nVidia/ATI driver kernel issue that is allowing us to keep preemptible RCU Set maximum number of processor cores to 8 so that multi-cores are all supported Removed plenty of seemingly useless items, some may be needed, but those users can compile on their own Added iwl drivers, you will need the ucode (see readme) Added b43 drivers, you will need the firmware (see readme...I haven't figured this out myself, yet) Made this changelog Trimmed Fat (see changelog) ----------- Removed: ----------- fusion mpt FDDI HIPPI PHY Infastructure Watchdog Timer Support DVB/DAB Adapters Radio Adapters Video Capture Adapters Toshiba SMI (broken) --------------------------------- Filesystem Support Removed: --------------------------------- B-tree filesystem eCrypt Filesystem ADFS Amiga FFS BFS EFS cramfs Coda Andrew ------- To Do: ------- Figure out what is the perfect balance for desktops between powersavings, performance, speed, stability (help me out on this one, guys) Remove useless crap from the kernel Perhaps fork Zen if it comes to the point of needing patching that the gentoo guys won't do get b43 to work with wireless (personal thing there...): 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- 2.6.24-rc4-zen0 - Broken but Working ------------------------------------------- Thanks to Mutsy-bg for helping by compiling 32 bit kernels and hacking around on some bugs Added AMD64 kernel...not sure about keeping it or not Stability/Driver issues Not quite as stable as first release Accidentally discriminated against quad core users by only allowing dual cores -------------------------------------- 2.6.24-rc3-zen3 - Initial Release -------------------------------------- Adds features as described elsewhere