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Linus Torvalds has given the world Linux 4.10 kernel

Linus Torvalds has given us all version 4.10 of the Linux kernel.

“ So there it is, the final 4.10 release,” Torvalds told the world after his customary Sunday afternoon effort.

“ On the whole, 4.10 didn' t end up as small as it initially looked,” he adds. “ After the huge release that was 4.9, I expected things to be pretty quiet, but it ended up very much a fairly average release by modern kernel standards.”

That means “ about 13,000 commits” , among them support for Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0. Chipzilla' s GVT graphics virtualization, which makes it easier to share GPUs, has also made it to the kernel. ATA Command Priority Support has slipped in, too, allowing orders-of-magnitude faster read request processing on supported drives.

This release also features a new maintainer for the Xen interface, namely a chap called Martin Schwidefsky.

Qualcomm' s SnapDragon 808 and 810 also gain support. Both are 450Mbps-LTE-capable devices said to be ideal for streaming 4K video. Now on Linux.

As ever, there' s oodles more to contemplate, and even more to come because come Monday in the United States Torvalds will start pulling requests for Linux 4.11. If it follows recent development cycles, The Register imagines it will debut in late April.

Tag : Linux Linux kernel
FAQ
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What editor and mail reader does Linus use?
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Linus deftly avoids the most persistent religious war in the hacker community by using neither Emacs nor vi. He uses MicroEmacs. And, we are told, Pine as a mail reader.
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Where does Linus live?
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He's now resident in Portland, Oregon, having moved to the U.S. from Helsinki in early 1997. He lived in Santa Clara and San Jose before going to work for OSDL
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What does Linus do when he's not hacking Linux?
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He works at Open Source Development Labs.

He plays with his baby daughters, Patricia Miranda and Daniela. We have a picture of his family.

He drinks beer (especially Guinness). Occasionally he shoots pistols. He does not combine these two activities.

He enjoys driving his Merecedes SLK 32 AMG.

Yes, he in fact has a life. We await enlightenment on his other leisure-time activities. Assuming he wants to talk about them.
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What is Linus's middle name?
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Many people seem to think think Linus's middle name is "God". A few claim it ought to be Eric. But in fact his middle name is `Benedict'. He doesn't use it much.
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Who is Linus Torvalds?
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He wrote the Linux kernel. If you don't know that, why are you reading this?