35 articles tagged "linux kernel"

GNU/GCC Compiler Techniques Used in Linux Kernel

Excellent article - you can find information about GCC extensions for the C language. The Linux kernel uses several special capabilities of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) suite. These capabilities range from giving you shortcuts and simplifications to providing the compiler with hints for optimization.

This article provides a glimpse of the techniques made available by GCC in the Linux kernel. You can read more about all the available extensions for both C and C++ in the GNU GCC manual.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 IMPORTANT Security Update [ 4-Nov-2008 ]

Red Hat today released kernel updates to fix at least 15 security flaws in its core called Linux kernel. RHEL users can grab the latest updates from RHN website or by simply running yum update command. This update has been rated as having important security impact.
Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS

Interesting read and claim has been independently verified by somebody from Microsoft.

Greg Kroah-Hartman is a longtime developer of the Linux kernel, known for his work maintaining USB drivers as well as for packaging the SUSE kernel at Novell. O’Reilly Media recently interviewed Greg about his claim that the Linux kernel now supports more devices than any other operating system ever has, as well as why binary-only drivers are illegal, and how the kernel development process works.

Read full interview: How Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS, Ever
Is The Linux Community Afraid of Opensolaris?

It’s about time someone wrote this article. I know the headline is a little bit provoking. But when you think about some comments from Linux proponents you could think so.
Critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Update

Red Hat issued an update version of Linux operating system core called kernel that plugs various security holes for RHEL 5.x. This update has been rated as having important security impact. All users are advised to upgrade kernel package.
RedHat Bought Qumranet's Virtualization including its KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)

Red Hat paid approximately $107 million in cash for Qumranet, a privately held company. Now, Red Hat positioned to deliver comprehensive, reliable and open virtualization to Linux and Windows servers and desktops.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Kernel Bug Fix Update

Updated kernel packages that fix several bugs, while adding an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
RHEL5: Linux Kernel kexec-tools bug fix update

An updated kexec-tools package that fixes a bug is now available for RHEL systems. The kexec-tools package provides tools that facilitate a new kernel to boot using the Linux kernel kexec feature, either on a normal or a panic reboot.
HP Releases Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System ( AdvFS ) Source Code
AdvFS is a file system that was developed by Digital Equipment Corp and continues to be part of HP’s Tru64 operating system. AdvFS has been released under GPL v2.
Debian Linux Kernel v2.6.18 Local / Remote Packages Fix Overflow Conditions Bug
Updated kernel packages that fix several bugs are now available for Debian Linux v4.0.